r/NASCAR 21d ago

Serious NASCAR 101 and Track Attendance Questions - July 2026

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Welcome to this month's NASCAR 101 and Track Attendance Questions Thread!

NASCAR 101: A thread for new fans, returning fans, and even current fans to ask any questions they've always wanted to ask.

Track Attendance: Any questions related to seats, policies, first time attendees, or advice regarding track attendance!


r/NASCAR 14h ago

Discussion General Discussion Wednesday - July 22, 2026

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Welcome to this week's General Discussion Wednesday!


General Discussion Wednesday - a post to discuss whatever you want: the economy, other sports, books, movies, or anything else on your mind, even further NASCAR discussion!


r/NASCAR 5h ago

(NASCAR on x) NEWS: Beginning at @NHMS, NASCAR Cup Series practice will be consolidated into a single 50-minute session.

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r/NASCAR 7h ago

Jeff Gluck on Twitter: "It's been emphasized on this media call that USA Sports (Versant) is completely separate from NBC now, even though a few races will air on NBC. For the NBC races, it's going to be all 'USA Sports' branding; it's not 'NBC Sports'."

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261 Upvotes

RIP Nascar on NBC, you were marginally better of the two legacy networks.


r/NASCAR 4h ago

[Alex Gray] "Just ran by Kentucky Speedway after the events of the tornadoes yesterday. Track is fine, no damage at all. The tornado was just a bit south of here."

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r/NASCAR 52m ago

Longest Running Cup Race Title Sponsors

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With Quaker State not renewing its title sponsorship of the 2nd Atlanta race, here's the new longest running title sponsors of Cup races:

  1. Coca-Cola 600 - Charlotte - 1985

T2. Food City 500 - Bristol - 1992

Toyota/Savemart 350 - Sonoma - 1992

  1. Bank of America 400 - Charlotte - 2006

  2. Toyota/Savemart 350 - Sonoma - 2007

  3. Coke Zero Sugar 400 - Daytona - 2008

  4. Hollywood Casino 400 - Kansas - 2012

T8. Firekeepers Casino 400 - Michigan - 2016

Bass Pro Shops Night Race - Bristol - 2016

T10. Pennzoil 400 - Las Vegas - 2018

Go Bowling at the Glen - Watkins Glen - 2018

South Point 400 - Las Vegas - 2018

YellaWood 500 - Talladega - 2018


r/NASCAR 13h ago

Forde on “Regular season champion” - there's only one champion per season and that's the one who takes home the big trophy. So don't need that anymore either.

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On "Hauler Talk," @mforde weighs in on the "regular season champion" discussion:

"Here's where NASCAR stands, in a way: I don't think we care what anyone calls it, really. We're not going to call it the 'regular season champion,' we're not going to call it 'playoffs' and that comes from feedback from the playoff committee."

Forde notes @markmartin brought up that in racing, the competitors don't "play" and so "playoffs" isn't an appropriate term, and Forde said fans agree: they don't love any term that has anything to do with "playoffs" vernacular.

Forde: "Regular season champion -- there's only one champion per season and that's the one who takes home the big trophy. So don't need that anymore either."

He goes on to confirm there's not going to be a regular season trophy anymore. NASCAR is just calling that person the "No. 1 seed" rather than "regular season champion."

(Side note: Forde then directly addresses @TravisRockhold and says "Call it whatever you want, Travis. I'm good. Whatever you want!")


r/NASCAR 10h ago

Hamlin vs Brickyard

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Denny Hamlin is one of the successful drivers in Nascar, but the only track he has not won it yet. It is Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway

In 2018, Hamlin was come close winning at Indy, but then a late caution gave Brad Keselowski a win over him.

In 2020, Hamlin has the dominant car, He has come close, winning with only six laps to go, but then a tire failure sent him into the wall.

In 2021, Hamlin was close winning the 2021 Verizon 200, Then he was caught up in a late wreck with Chase Briscoe ending his hopes of winning.

This is like Larson at ANY drafting track


r/NASCAR 9h ago

The Hollywood Reporter: Days of Thunder 2': Jonathan Levine in Talks to Direct Tom Cruise in Paramount's Racing Sequel (Exclusive)

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The engines are ready to roar again.
Paramount is finally putting the pedal to the floor on a sequel to Days of Thunder, giving the keys to Jonathan Levine to sit in the driver’s seat as director of the Tom Cruise vehicle.
Cruise is on board to star in the follow-up to his 1990 racing drama and is producing with Jerry Bruckheimer, one of the producers of the original. The feature is intended to be Cruise’s next production.
Paramount’s tapping of Levine, whose deal is in the midst of negotiations, is a strong vote of confidence in Mr. Irrelevant, its upcoming sports drama that Levine helmed. That movie, which stars David Corenswet and has a prime Christmas Day wide release, has been hitting stratospheric highs during test screenings earlier this spring


r/NASCAR 3h ago

Whelen Modified Tour

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Are there any updates to this? There were multiple withdraws from this race, and some of the series' best haven't returned to the Whelen Modified Tour.

Justin Bonsignore: 4x champion, 4x runner-up, 2nd most wins all time, 246 starts.

Ron Silk: 2 x Champ, 2x runner-up, 8th most wins, 282 starts.

Others that have been away from the series since; Craig Lutz 158 starts, Dave Sapienza 127 starts, Kyle Bonsignore 112 starts.

Side note, I did see Bonsignore and Silk racing in the Monaco Modified Series, and their extended race highlights on Youtube are great.


r/NASCAR 7h ago

John Newby (@JohnNewby_) on X. The broadcast team for the USA Sports part of the schedule (Iowa through the end of the season).

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r/NASCAR 11h ago

[SiriusXMNASCAR on X] Front Row GM Jerry Freeze on Noah Gragson's Future. "We believe in Noah and look for him to be at Front Row for the Foreseeable Future."

94 Upvotes

r/NASCAR 10h ago

Daniel Suarez’ UHP scheme for the Cook Out 400 at Richmond [Spire Motorsports on X]

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r/NASCAR 29m ago

Best Brickyard 400’s?

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I know the race quality has been up and down over the years, but what were some of the years it was “up?” (Other than 1994)


r/NASCAR 12h ago

Logano hopes win at North Wilkesboro propels him back into hunt for fourth championship

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Any shot Logano can equal Blaney's success. If so, he can still win it, imo


r/NASCAR 10h ago

NASCAR 26 Dev Diary: Ep 01

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r/NASCAR 13h ago

SMI buying Rockingham? - Did Dale slip up on the Download?

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I was listening to DJD this morning and at about the 1:12:30 mark Dale was talking to Marcus Smith about SMI's recent investment CARS Tour. Marcus asked Dale what some of the feedback has been and he said "well people just assumed that welp they are going to race Bristol, they are going to race Rock.....they're going to go to all your racetracks and start racing." It could've been Dale just slipping up but it felt like maybe he knows something we don't yet, and caught himself.


r/NASCAR 11h ago

[From RCR's wallpaper Wednesday] Looks like a New FICO Scheme for Austin Hill this week

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r/NASCAR 11h ago

Do you ever just… Miss Race Rock?

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This place was amazing.


r/NASCAR 11h ago

Is there any particular reason why the O’Reilly series doesn’t go to Richmond or New Hampshire?

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I was just looking at the schedule and noticed after Iowa the O’Reilly series is off until Daytona at the end of August. They also didn’t race at North Wilkesboro, what comes to my mind is NASCAR is limiting how many smaller tracks they run after the craziness of Martinsville a few years ago. Is there any legitimate reason or is it just the way the schedule fell and I’m reading too much into it?


r/NASCAR 1d ago

Heim's paint scheme for Indy.

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534 Upvotes

Clean and crisp: Bass Pro, Field and Stream has entered the chat.


r/NASCAR 10h ago

Toyota needs to hurry up and give Isabella Robusto some chances in truck. She deserves at least something.

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Yes, I am aware that her results and speed have regressed since last season. However I’m a believer that she has the talent, and that things are just not falling into place this season.

She has plenty of ARCA experience at this point, 36 races with 23 top 10s and plenty of top 5s. She has contended for wins.

I don’t think this seasons results should depict her future. Some people are great in ARCA and don’t do well afterwards, some people don’t show speed in ARCA and excel outside of it.

If she’s given the opportunity and it doesn’t work out, at least Toyota can say they tried, but now even Boschele is getting his opportunity first, with way less experience.


r/NASCAR 19m ago

Austin X Ty Dillon, who is the best?

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Hi guys. Here in Brazil in a Zap group we are talking about Austin and Ty Dillon. Some belives that Ty is better race driver than Austin and for others, it's the oposite. Looking for the other series that both have raced, which Dillon Brother is the best one?


r/NASCAR 23h ago

Did the creation of the Truck Series help boost the popularity of pickup trucks in the US or anywhere else worldwide? How much more revenue do execs/employees from Chevy,Dodge/RAM, etc make from the truck brands competing?

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r/NASCAR 1d ago

[TNT Sports PR] TNT Sports Delivers Its Second Most-Watched NASCAR Race Under Current Rights Deal last Sunday night at North Wilkesboro with an average of 2.4M viewers, up 22% over last years comparable. It peaked at 2.8M viewers.

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