RFK Racing's Chris Buescher holds the final playoff spot and teammate Ryan Preece is the first driver below the cutline heading to Sunday's race at Iowa.

When NASCAR Cup driver Denny Hamlin and basketball Hall of Fame member Michael Jordan began forming 23XI Racing Hamlin believed in Bubba Wallace’s capability and understood his potential long before the driver won this year’s Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

1. Denny Hamlin, 4. 2. Christopher Bell, 3. 2. Kyle Larson, 3. 2. Shane Van Gisbergen, 3. 5. Josh Berry, 1. 5. Ryan Blaney, 1. 5. Chase Briscoe, 1. 5. William Byron, 1.

The NASCAR Cup season is a long one -- 36 points races, and 39 overall events (Twin 125s, Clash, All-Star Race). While big fans can find intrigue in anything on a weekly basis, having something extra to root for, diehard fan or not, is always going to be a win for the sport.

Katherine Legge has come a long way since her rocky NASCAR Cup Series debut earlier this year at Phoenix Raceway. Legge made steady progress over her next three starts and in Sunday’s Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway,

NASCAR is one of the most popular motorsports leagues both domestically and internationally. This means many sports bettors enjoy wagering on stock car racing, with 36 races that run from early February through November.

Joe Gibbs Racing driver Ty Gibbs might not have won a Cup Series race yet. But he came out of Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday carrying a million dollars in his bag after winning NASCAR’s maiden In-Season Tournament.

Denny Hamlin believes Larry McReynolds was “probably referencing me” after the SiriusXM NASCAR Radio host called out a member of the NASCAR playoff committee for advocating for the return of the full-season points format.