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Austin Cindric

2026 Season: NASCAR Cup Series

● Playoff eligible
11th
Position
2090
Points
0
Wins
2
Top 5
7
Top 10
29
Starts

Through September 19, 2026 · 116 pts behind leader

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Coverage (4 articles)

Two Drivers Made the Playoff at Daytona. Between Them They Led 11 Laps.

John Speedway·

Ryan Preece led five laps of the Coke Zero Sugar 400 and won it. Austin Cindric led six and finished sixth. Both are in the Cup Series playoff and Shane Van Gisbergen, who won the opening stage, is out. Twelve drivers led more laps than the winner, and one of them cracked the top ten.

Two Toyotas, One Title, and the Track Ford Refuses to Lose

John Speedway·

Tyler Reddick and Denny Hamlin have turned 2026 into a two-Toyota title fight, and they're carrying it into Michigan International Speedway, the track Ford has won at 44 times and can't win at now. A FireKeepers Casino 400 preview from John Speedway.

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