by Holly Cain – NASCAR Wire Service
Ryan Sieg gets his first NASCAR O’Reilly Series win at Daytona International Speedway; Rajah Caruth grabs the last Chase spot in the Winn-Dixie 250
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – After 424 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series starts – earning five runner-up finishes – Georgia owner-driver Ryan Sieg hoisted his first career trophy Friday night at Daytona International Speedway in a dramatic overtime victory in the Winn-Dixie 250 Powered by Coca-Cola.
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Daytona Drama: Five Drivers, Three Spots, One Last Chance—Who races into the 2026 Chase in the NASCAR Cup Series regular-season finale?
As the NASCAR Cup Series heads to the high banks of Daytona International Speedway to end its regular season, the Chase picture is nearly complete with five drivers fighting for three spots in the 16-car field.
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Jimmie Johnson has been there before – more than any other driver in the past two decades.
But this trip to Homestead-Miami Speedway for Sunday’s Ford EcoBoost 400 at 2:30 pm ET is different. In the first place, Johnson has his first opportunity to win a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship under the 16-driver elimination format introduced by the sanctioning body in 2014.
Beyond that, in what is the transcendent story of this year’s Chase, Johnson has a chance to win a seventh series title, one that would tie him for the all-time lead with NASCAR Hall of Fame inductees Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt. Continue reading →
The crowning achievement of Joe Gibbs Racing’s 2016 season may also be its biggest problem.
But it’s a problem the organization is happy to have.
When defending NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Kyle Busch earned a return trip to the Championship 4 season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway with a second-place finish at Phoenix, JGR became the first organization in the three-year history of the Chase’s elimination format to put more than one driver in the final race with a chance to win the title. Continue reading →
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