Winning and consistency will be equally important with the NASCAR Cup Series going back the playoff series it used in the ...

At some point, stock car racing was awarding points based on prize money, race lengths, or even laps completed. In the modern ...

The changes come amid fan complaints to periodic tweaks of a system that had been largely unchanged from its 2004 ...

NASCAR's Cup Series future will be a blast from the past as the original 10-race postseason returns in 2026 with 16 drivers ...

NASCAR is bringing back the Chase for the Championship, used from 2004-2013, and emphasizing winning with a return to a ...

Rebranding its playoffs as “The Chase,” the moniker used for a similar method of selecting Cup Series champions from 2004-13, ...

Learn all the details about how NASCAR's new championship format, The Chase, across all three series beginning in 2026.

After more than a decade with an elimination playoff system, NASCAR will return to a postseason Chase in all three national ...

NASCAR has a new playoff format ahead of the 2026 season. After using a playoff system for the past decade-plus, NASCAR will ...

After a year-long process full of debate, options and simulations, NASCAR ultimately settled on a playoff format in the ...

After more than a year of debate, NASCAR has settled on its new playoff format — a return (mostly) to the old that will be ...