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NASCAR Cup team changes drivers after season-worst finish

2+ hour, 2+ min ago  (351+ words) On three occasions so far during the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season, Richard Childress Racing have fielded a third car, alongside their full-time No. 3 Chevrolet for Austin Dillon and No. 8 Chevrolet for Kyle Busch. The team's two O'Reilly Auto Parts Series…...

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beyondtheflag. com > cole-custer-replacement-confirmed-for-talladega-nascar-race-01kpvqzx50qv

Cole Custer replacement confirmed for Talladega NASCAR race

1+ day, 52+ min ago  (348+ words) Cole Custer's 18th place finish at Las Vegas Motor Speedway back in March marked his first NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series start since his second full-time stint with the now defunct Stewart-Haas Racing from 2023 to 2024. The 2023 series champion returned for this…...

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beyondtheflag. com > hendrick-cup-drivers-new-teammate-swaps-nascar-teams-again-01kpvrd0vvmh

Hendrick Cup drivers' new teammate swaps NASCAR teams again

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (496+ words) Rajah Caruth is the primary driver of the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet for the 2026 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series season, but unlike Connor Zilisch a year ago, Caruth is not the car's full-time driver. Of the 33 races on this year's…...

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beyondtheflag. com > william-byron-replacement-confirmed-for-talladega-nascar-race-01kpvr0hjf5b

William Byron replacement confirmed for Talladega NASCAR race

21+ hour, 44+ min ago  (434+ words) While Rajah Caruth is the primary driver of the No. 88 Chevrolet for JR Motorsports, the car driven full-time a year ago by Connor Zilisch, the team only signed him for 23 of 33 races on the 2026 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series schedule....

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5 biggest threats to Alex Palou's Indy 500 repeat attempt

2+ day, 42+ min ago  (411+ words) While there's still one more road course race on the 2026 NTT Indy Car Series schedule before the 110th running of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the focus has already begun to shift to the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing", with the two-day open…...

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6 biggest threats to a seemingly inevitable Tyler Reddick NASCAR championship

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (506+ words) For as much hype as the new NASCAR Cup Series "Chase" playoff format has gotten, the one flaw is that no matter how good 23 XI Racing's Tyler Reddick is during the 26-race regular season, his points lead can be no…...

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beyondtheflag. com > 2026-nascar-cup-season-exposing-concerning-next-gen-trend-01kpnx0vq60j

The 2026 NASCAR Cup season is exposing a concerning Next Gen trend

2+ day, 19+ hour ago  (502+ words) When the NASCAR Cup Series' Next Gen car was first introduced in 2022, nobody knew what to expect. And by the end of that season, we still didn't really know what was going on. Between the new car and the return…...

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beyondtheflag. com > tyler-reddick-not-guaranteed-nascar-playoff-spot-kidding-01kpmjvvrfh6

Tyler Reddick not guaranteed a NASCAR playoff spot, but who are we kidding?

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (446+ words) It's no secret that the NASCAR Cup Series playoff format wasn't exactly straightforward during the Championship 4 knockout era from 2014 to 2025. The format was considered "win and in", yet that was never completely true, since there were 26 regular season races and…...

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beyondtheflag. com > nascar-new-last-place-playoff-driver-after-kansas-shakeup-01kpqsrjm4kf

NASCAR has a new last-place playoff driver after Kansas shakeup

2+ day, 21+ hour ago  (431+ words) For two consecutive races, the 16 drivers inside the provisional NASCAR Cup Series "Chase" playoff picture were the same, after there had been some sort of change after each of the season's first six events. Trackhouse Racing's Shane van Gisbergen entered…...

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beyondtheflag. com > tyler-reddick-2026-season-already-becoming-one-nascar-all-time-greats-01kpmb8gw6k5

Tyler Reddick's 2026 season is already becoming one of NASCAR's all-time greats

3+ day, 19+ hour ago  (414+ words) Entering the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season, no driver had ever won more than six times in one year since the 2022 introduction of the Next Gen car. Nine races in, and Tyler Reddick has already won five. On Sunday, Reddick won…...