William Byron's late-race incident triggered the caution that transformed the championship battle and left Denny Hamlin ...

Kyle Larson prevailed as the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series champion at Phoenix Raceway Sunday. A late caution denied Denny Hamlin of his first title.

Kyle Larson captured his second NASCAR Cup Series championship, finishing third on an overtime restart at Phoenix Raceway. Denny Hamlin, who was trying to punctuate his 20th NASCAR Cup Series season ...

Dale Jr.'s team had three of the final four teams with a shot at the Xfinity series crown and still left Phoenix empty-handed ...

It started with a half-dozen high-school students in Los Angeles. They assembled a project car, then scribbled their names on scraps of paper, tossed them in a hat, and drew to determine which one of ...

Denny Hamlin secured the pole position, over William Byron, for Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway.

Everything was lining up for Denny Hamlin to claim his elusive first NASCAR Cup Series title. Then came another cruel twist ...

NASCAR's method for determining its Cup Series champion has evolved multiple times since its inception. The current playoff format, which began in 2004, culminates in a winner-take-all final race ...

NASCAR competition officials issued changes Saturday to the eligibility rules for its three national series in 2026.

Cup drivers with three-plus years of full-time experience in the premier series will be permitted to compete in a maximum 10 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series races a season beginning in 2026. That is an ...

Larson is the only driver in the final four with a championship, the one he won in 2021, his first season at Hendrick.

NASCAR ran a full season points format through 2003. The sport moved to a playoff format for the first time in 2004. It was ...