r/NASCAR • • 25d ago

Serious NASCAR 101 and Track Attendance Questions - October 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 • • 13h ago

Discussion The Day After the Races - October 26, 2026

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Welcome to this week's Day After the Races thread! The dust has settled, the track has cooled, and the confetti's been swept. With this weekend's activities over, what are your thoughts? Here's a summary of the previous week's race(s):


NCS Yellawood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway

Elapsed Time: 3:07:54 for 189 laps (502.74 mi / 809.08 km)

Cautions: 4 cautions for 18 laps

Leaders: 41 lead changes among 15 leaders (Chris Buescher led most with 53)

Stage 1: Chris Buescher at 98 Laps

Stage 2: Joey Logano at 143 Laps

Race Winner: Kyle Larson at 189 Laps

Current Standings at NASCAR.com

Race Threads: [Pre]:[Race]:[Post]


NORAPS The Progress Group 250 at Talladega Superspeedway

Elapsed Time: 1:47:30 for 94 laps (250.04 mi / 402.4 km)

Cautions: 4 cautions for 20 laps

Leaders: 11 lead changes among 8 leaders (Carson Kvapil led most with 67)

Stage 1: Carson Kvapil at 25 Laps

Stage 2: Justin Allgaier at 50 Laps

Race Winner: Sammy Smith at 94 Laps

Current Standings at NASCAR.com

Race Threads: [Race]:[Post]


NCTS Love's RV Stop 225 at Talladega Superspeedway

Elapsed Time: 1:54:10 for 86 laps (228.76 mi / 368.15 km)

Cautions: 5 cautions for 26 laps

Leaders: 32 lead changes among 15 leaders (Sammy Smith led most with 21)

Stage 1: Giovanni Ruggiero at 17 Laps

Stage 2: Tanner Gray at 39 Laps

Race Winner: Sammy Smith at 86 Laps

Current Standings at NASCAR.com

Race Threads: [Race]:[Post]


r/NASCAR • • 3h ago

George Siciliano (Squirrel McNutt) will be racing full time in ARCA next year for Rette Jones Racing.

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r/NASCAR • • 6h ago

Steven Taranto on X: "With respect to Riley Herbst, I went and clipped the 35 team radio after his horrible impact. You can hear the immediate concern they had for Riley and they were also dissatisfied with NASCAR's response time as safety workers attended to Joey Logano's upside down car. [...]"

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Felt like this was important to share; hope they find new strategies in the future to check in on every car in quick order.

EDIT: Steven Taranto did an onboard with Brad and confirmed help was issued around 50 seconds after deployment. https://x.com/STaranto92/status/2114737721335755031


r/NASCAR • • 10h ago

Those last laps were a rollercoaster. What a finish! One hand on the trophy now.

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r/NASCAR • • 4h ago

[@joe_srigley]Talladega Shouldn't Be Race No. 34... For The Sake of The Championship

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r/NASCAR • • 33m ago

[Door Bumper Clear 18:00] NASCAR considered black flagging the whole field during the fuel saving in stage one

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r/NASCAR • • 3h ago

Actions Detrimental with Denny Hamlin: Kyle Larson Never Went Below the Double Yellow Line

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r/NASCAR • • 2h ago

Even Year Logano is now a Wikipedia article

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r/NASCAR • • 10h ago

[OT-ish] Eric Bauza, voice actor behind Bugs Bunny and [NASCAR on Fox's Digger] dies at 46

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He voiced Digger for NASCAR on Fox in The Adventures of Digger and Friends and voiced him in that Alvin and the Chipmunks movie someone on here mentioned a few days ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Bauza#Filmography


r/NASCAR • • 8h ago

Per Ryan Preece, the 2.4 hours of LeMullets will include 4 Cup drivers (and a scattering of other famous people)

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r/NASCAR • • 11h ago

{The Burnout Podcast 1:02:55} Matt Weaver says Cleetus McFarland will be running full time with RCR in the ARCA Menard Series in 2027.

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r/NASCAR • • 56m ago

[Actions Detrimental 18:40] “If you are Trackhouse, Spire, Hyak or whoever else, it all runs through Hendrick, it doesn’t run through Chevy… you have to suck at the teet of the Master (Hendrick)”

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r/NASCAR • • 4h ago

@jeff_gluck on Instagram: Looks like NASCAR got the call right?

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What do you think?


r/NASCAR • • 9h ago

Hocevar at Dega

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I feel like Hocevar having zero help was completely lost in all the chaos of the race. For months now we've heard drivers say they wouldn't help him, but it was hard to believe they'd stand by it. Then yesterday the 77 drove to the front only to immediately fall to the back as zero drivers wanted to work with him. Seemed like a genuinely big thing that got skipped over.

Before Hocevar fans try to jump all over me, I like the guy and wouldn't mind seeing him win. My point is only that we've heard drivers say they'd make him pay for months, and they all finally stuck to it.


r/NASCAR • • 6h ago

2026 NASCAR Onboards: Ross Chastain pushes Kyle Larson to comeback win on last lap at Talladega

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r/NASCAR • • 11h ago

[Spire Motorsports Website] “Freeway Insurance returns to Spire Motorsports In Pursuit of 2027 NASCAR Cup Series Title”

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r/NASCAR • • 12h ago

NASCAR Chase Standings [Talladega 2]

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129 Upvotes

All drivers more than 150 points back have been mathematically eliminated


r/NASCAR • • 7h ago

Austin Hills PackRat/Spirit Halloween scheme for Martinsville

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r/NASCAR • • 12h ago

Potential Scenario: Larson winning the Championship during a Stage break

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Kyle Larson leads the championship by 73 points with 2 races to go. Assuming he doesn't clinch in Martinsville, he will probably take a hefty lead into Miami.

Let's say Larson has a 70 point lead going into the last race. If he wins Stage 1, the championship is over. #5 team could park the car afterwards and start partying.


r/NASCAR • • 6h ago

Does Nascar not have a minimum speed rule anymore?

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I’m asking cause i’ve noticed a lot of people pointing out the “stalling” and fuel saving on plate tracks. I honestly don’t know. I just remember there used to be a minimum speed so that damaged cars weren’t running way below the flow of traffic.


r/NASCAR • • 10h ago

[Gluck] Was Talladega a good race?

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r/NASCAR • • 5h ago

I’m tried of hearing how team want to save money.

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Every time we go to drafting track the story at start of weekend how teams want to save so no practice and such. Team owners are people worth millions. I say going forward since track activities are now dead. Allow any team that doesn’t want to save money 3 hours of open track for teams at track that weekend.


r/NASCAR • • 10h ago

Cup Series Standings - Past 5 Races - Kansas 2 thru Talladega 2

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r/NASCAR • • 10h ago

What do people want at superspeedways?

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For context, I went in person, so maybe I’m biased. I know we all loathe the fuel saving stuff and yesterday for the first bit of the race it was AWFUL, but RFK saying screw it and ditching the field made it extremely interesting in my eyes. Also, it seemed like the new package went a long way. You can make a third lane, make moves to the inside, they were 200+ when going 100%, and could maneuver around how they needed to. I thought the racing was pretty damn good. The crappy parts were the fuel saving before RFK left and Chastain in the front row. I loved the race and I really thought the TV would reflect that. Is it just because Twitter is super negative all the time? Someone help me out here