Kyle Larson
2026 Season — NASCAR Cup Series
Through June 21, 2026 · 180 pts behind leader
Roles
- Alumni — Lee Faulk Racing
- Driver — Hendrick Motorsports
Coverage (20 articles)
When Jordan Shows Up, Reddick Wins: 5-for-6 and Counting
Tyler Reddick has won five of the six races Michael Jordan has attended this season. The one Jordan missed was the one Reddick lost. The numbers, not the narrative, tell the story.
Spire Motorsports Locked the Front Row at Texas.
Carson Hocevar won the pole at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday in the Spire Motorsports No. 77, edging teammate Daniel Suárez by 0.003 seconds. It is the second pole of Hocevar's career, the second Spire car on the front row — and the third weekend in a row that Spire Motorsports, the Concord-based Cup team, has put a car in NASCAR's spotlight.
What to Watch and Who's Hot at Dover's First All-Star Race
The NASCAR All-Star Race goes to Dover Motor Speedway Sunday for the first time in the event's 41-year history — the 42nd running of the showcase, three segments, 26 cars, the trophy on the line. A preview of what to watch and who's hot heading in.
The Coca-Cola 600 Carries the 250th Birthday.
The Cup field rolls into Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday for the Coca-Cola 600 the weekend the country marks its 250th birthday. Mission 600 ran for the ninth straight year — five U.S. Armed Forces stops, from Beaufort to a video bridge into Lithuania. Five Coca-Cola 600 drivers said what makes the weekend land.
He Won at Hickory First. Now William Sawalich Has Won at The Rock.
William Sawalich won his first O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Rockingham Speedway on Saturday, becoming the youngest winner in track history in his 42nd career start. The nineteen-year-old Joe Gibbs Racing driver charged from 14th to lead 80 laps, outlasting Corey Day's dominant early effort that faded on tire wear.
Tyler Reddick Won His Fourth Race in Six Weeks. Darlington Couldn't Stop Him. Nobody Can.
Tyler Reddick won the Goodyear 400 at Darlington from the pole for his fourth Cup victory in six 2026 races, beating Brad Keselowski by 5.8 seconds despite cool shirt and electrical issues. Michael Jordan's 23XI Racing now has four of the first six wins this season.
William Byron Returns to the Team That Built Him — for One Night in Kansas
Saturday night, Byron runs the No. 88 for JR Motorsports. Sunday afternoon, he's in the No. 24 for Hendrick Motorsports. Same Kansas weekend, same Charlotte story — thirty miles on either end of I-77.
Hamlin Wins the Million From the Pole at Dover. The Million Goes to Mama.
Denny Hamlin won the NASCAR All-Star Race from the pole at Dover Motor Speedway on Sunday, beat his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Chase Briscoe in a side-by-side fight to the line, and became the third driver in the sport's history to win the All-Star at multiple tracks. Asked what he'd do with the $1 million check, he said he'd give it to his mother — a line that landed harder given his father's death in a December fire. The Cup field heads to Charlotte Motor Speedway next for the Coca-Cola 600.
Corey Day's Final Lap Was the Only One. Now Texas.
Corey Day won Talladega last Saturday by leading exactly one lap — the last one — for Hendrick Motorsports. Six days later, the same Concord-Mooresville pipeline runs at Texas, with Kyle Larson in the JR Motorsports No. 88, Connor Zilisch in the No. 1, and Austin Dillon in the Richard Childress No. 3. Three Cup drivers, the final Dash 4 Cash of 2026, and Justin Allgaier with a stage-points pace nobody has hit since Denny Hamlin in 2021.
Hendrick Motorsports Files to Rezone 22 Acres Near Charlotte Motor Speedway: What It Means
Hendrick Motorsports wants to rezone 22 acres near Charlotte Motor Speedway for manufacturing and fabrication. The expansion would grow the largest NASCAR campus in America. Here is what is being proposed, the approval timeline, and what it means for Charlotte jobs and land use.
JR Motorsports Put Four Cars in the Top Five at Bristol. That Doesn't Happen by Accident.
JR Motorsports placed four entries in the top five at Bristol. The Mooresville operation's organizational depth — from Rodney Childers' strategy call to the talent corridor that feeds it — is the real story of the Suburban Propane 300.
Kyle Larson Can't Win the $100,000 at Bristol Saturday. He Can Still Win the Race.
Kyle Larson is the defending winner of Saturday night's Suburban Propane 300 at Bristol — and he's not eligible for the $100,000 Dash 4 Cash bonus. The reigning Cup champion has won his last two O'Reilly Series starts at Thunder Valley. The four drivers fighting over six figures still have to beat him.
Kyle Larson Hasn't Won in 36 Races. He's Headed to the One Kind of Track Where That Usually Ends.
Kyle Larson heads to the Coca-Cola 600 on a 36-race winless streak — his longest since joining Hendrick Motorsports in 2021 — but Charlotte is a 1.5-mile track, and no driver in the Next Gen era has been better on them. Ten career wins, 17 stage wins, and 1,920 laps led on the mile-and-a-halfs say Sunday is his best chance to end it.
Kyle Larson Heads to Nashville on a 37-Race Winless Streak.
Kyle Larson hasn't won a Cup Series race since Kansas in May 2025. The streak now stands at 37 — his longest since joining Hendrick Motorsports — and on Sunday night he returns to the track where his 5.2 average finish is the best he has anywhere.
Two Toyotas, One Title, and the Track Ford Refuses to Lose
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.
Hamlin Charges From the Back to Win at Michigan, Honor an Old Friend
Denny Hamlin drove from the rear of the field to win the FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan for the second straight week, his 63rd career Cup win tying the late Kyle Busch for ninth all-time. He honored Busch with an 18-8 tribute flag, and with points leader Tyler Reddick wrecked out for his first DNF, cut the title gap to 51.
Hamlin Grabs Pocono Pole
Denny Hamlin was the last man out at Pocono and grabbed the Busch Light Pole by fifty-seven thousandths of a second, his fourth of the season. The bigger story is the streak: two straight wins, his best track in front of him, and a shot at the first three-race run of his career on Sunday.
Hamlin Wins Third Straight at Pocono, Cutting Reddick's Lead to 19 Points
Denny Hamlin held off Tyler Reddick by 1.678 seconds at Pocono on Sunday for his third straight NASCAR Cup win, a record eighth at the track. The streak cut Reddick's once-100-point lead to 19, turning the championship into a contest with 10 races left to set the Chase field.
NASCAR Hits the Streets of San Diego: Hamlin's Hot Streak Meets His Road-Course Problem
Denny Hamlin has won three straight and chopped Tyler Reddick's points lead to 19. This weekend NASCAR races a street course laid through an active naval base for the first time ever, and road courses are the one place Hamlin has never figured out. The title could swing in San Diego.
Corey Heim Wins NASCAR's First San Diego Cup Race and Leaves With Zero Points
Corey Heim won the Anduril 250 at the San Diego Street Course, the first Cup Series race ever run at Naval Base Coronado, then collected zero championship points: as a Truck Series cross-entry he was ineligible. It was the first Cup win of his career. Tyler Reddick still leads the standings.