The NASCAR Cup Series rolls into the desert for the second race of the Round of 12 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with the South Point 400. The 1.5-mile D-shaped oval pairs progressive banking with multiple racing grooves, rewarding a setup that holds tire over a long green-flag run while preserving turn-entry rotation. With one…

The NASCAR Cup Series wraps the regular season under the Daytona International Speedway lights with the Coke Zero Sugar 400. As the win-and-in race that closes the regular season, Daytona’s high-speed drafting and big-pack chaos offers a final shot at the playoffs for any winless driver still hunting a first victory of the year, with…

The NASCAR Cup Series rolls into New Hampshire Motor Speedway for the USA Today 301. The flat 1.058-mile oval in Loudon places a premium on long-run tire management, late-braking discipline into Turns 1 and 3, and clean traffic management once the field starts catching lapped cars. With the regular season’s playoff cutoff one race away,…

The NASCAR Cup Series heads to EchoPark Speedway in Hampton, Georgia for the Quaker State 400. The reprofiled 1.54-mile quad-oval – formerly Atlanta Motor Speedway, repaved and steepened in 2022 – now races more like a superspeedway than a traditional intermediate, with massive packs, late-race draft strategy, and a habit of producing surprise winners under…

The NASCAR Cup Series returns to Chicagoland Speedway for the first time since 2019 with the TBA 400. The 1.5-mile tri-oval in Joliet was a fixture on the modern Cup calendar before sliding off in the schedule shake-ups of the early 2020s, and its return brings classic high-speed mile-and-a-half racing back to the Midwest at…