Brendan Gaughan makes his first NASCAR Truck Series start in nearly 13 years at the San Diego Streat Course this Friday.
50-year-old Brendan Gaughan will come out of retirement this week to take part in NASCAR’s inaugural race weekend through the streets of San Diego at Naval Base Coronado. He’ll make his return to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck series this Friday for the first time since 2013, in the McAnally Hilgemann Racing No. 20 Chevrolet Silverado.
Kas Grala is set for his NASCAR return with Halmar Friesen at San Diego’s Street Course race in the NASCAR Truck Series on Friday night.
Kaz Grala is set to make his first NASCAR start of 2026 at the San Diego Street Race at Naval Base Coronado in the No. 62 Toyota Tundra for Halmar Friesen Racing.
NASCAR started its first-ever In-Season Challenge in 2025. It’s coming back in 2026 with a small twist.
NASCAR is not having three ‘seeding races’ to determine which drivers will. earn, what seed for the knockout stages. I, Taz Taylor, say for 2026 bring back the “seeding races!”
Fan4Racing (F4R)l 110 Nation, and Race Chat Live (RCL) want to challenge YOU, THE FANS!!!
Here is how the tournament will work
Michigan, Pocono, and San Diego are the seeding races.
Drivers will race to earn the best position possible to get themselves the best seed in the knockout rounds.
The top 32 drivers with the BEST AVERAGE FINISH of the three seeding races will qualify for the knockout rounds.
After the San Diego race, the knockout bracket will be released for YOU, THE FANS, to fill out (released on Monday, June 22nd)
All you have to do is pick which driver will do better than the other in the matchup, similar to March Madness basketball.
Whether it is one of us at F4R, 110, or RCL, or if it is one of you fans that score the most points in the tournament, YOU WILL BE THE CHAMPION!
The Points Breakdown
Round of 32 correct picks = 10 points
Super 16 correct picks = 20 points
Elite 8 correct picks = 40 points
Fast 4 correct picks = 80 points
Championship Final correct picks = 160 points
* Tiebreaker: What position will the In-Season Tournament champion finish?
Play Both In-Season Challenge by NASCAR and Taz’s In-Season Tournament
For NASCAR’s In-Season Challenge details, go to the NASCAR Website
LONG POND, PENNSYLVANIA – JUNE 14: Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 King’s Hawaiian Shake ‘Em Bites Toyota, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Great American Getaway 400 presented by VISITPA at Pocono Raceway on June 14, 2026, in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. (Photo by David Jensen/Getty Images)
Denny Hamlin wins record eighth NASCAR Cup Series Pocono Raceway race in a three-race streak in the Great American Getaway 400.