Long before playoffs, stages, and win-and-you’re-in rules were standardized, NASCAR and its championship format were built on ...

The heady mix of the three-race Elimination Format with the Next Gen car had tilted the competitive table in favor of Team ...

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

A legend inside the SageNet Center, veteran NASCAR star J.J. Yeley returns to the Chili Bowl Nationals for his 30th attempt ...

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

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- NASCAR's nearly two-year study into an overhaul of its championship-deciding format concluded Monday with ...

The 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season is rapidly approaching. After the 2025 season, which produced plenty of thrilling finishes ...

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

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

The updated Chase-style system puts less emphasis on chaos and more on points, but maybe not enough on outright wins.