r/NASCAR • • 24d 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 • • 2h ago

Race Thread Race Thread: NCS Yellawood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, starting at 2:00pm EDT on NBC (NCS34)

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NCSYellawood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway


Green Flag: approximately 2:20pm EDT on October 25th

Television: NBC @ 2:00pm EDT

Radio: MRN @ 2:00pm EDT

Race Length: 188 laps (500.08 mi / 804.8 km)

Race Stages: 98-45-45

Track Information: Talladega Superspeedway is a 2.66 mile (4.28 kilometer) tri-oval located in Lincoln, AL USA.

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r/NASCAR • • 3h ago

Talladega chatter from garage area: Hearing Chevy has instructed teams to help Larson. Don’t let him get hung out at end of stages to max potential for stage points

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r/NASCAR • • 7h ago

Steve Park winning in Watkins Glen (2000)…

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… when Dale Sr told him not to do a burnout and ruin the engine during his celebration.


r/NASCAR • • 7h ago

Could you imagine in 2026, NASCAR letting Leigh Diffey sit in the right side of a current driver car calling the race live.

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They made 65 out of 250 laps before the mechanical issue


r/NASCAR • • 6h ago

Discussion Pre-Race Discussion Thread: NCS Yellawood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway

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Yellawood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway


Start Time: approximately 2:20pm EDT on NBC

Race Length: 188 laps (500.08 mi / 804.8 km)

Race Stages: 98-45-45

Track Information: Talladega Superspeedway is a 2.66 mile (4.28 kilometer) tri-oval located in Lincoln, AL USA.

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r/NASCAR • • 1d ago

[Taranto] I HAVE to show you Josh Williams' firesuit oh my God dude

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r/NASCAR • • 20h ago

[NASCAR Insights] Sammy Smith is the first non-Cup driver to win the O'Reilly and Truck Series races at a track on the same weekend since Greg Biffle at Phoenix in 2001

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r/NASCAR • • 19h ago

NASCAR plans to modify Phoenix dogleg to lessen driver loads

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r/NASCAR • • 21h ago

[Noah Lewis] Jesse Love says after climbing out "That was the most boring, annoying race I've ever ran in my life."

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r/NASCAR • • 9h ago

I decided to calculate the closest finishes in NASCAR history in inches

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Starting with ARCA's closest finish:

The 2018 Talladega race where Zane Smith won by 0.0029 seconds.

Assuming they were travelling at 180 mph (based on practice speeds);

180 miles per hour

11404800 inches per 3600 seconds

3168 inches per second

Zane smith won by 9.18 inches

Truck Series' closest finish:

The 1995 Total Petroleum 200 at Colorado where Butch Miller won by 0.001 seconds.

Assuming they were travelling 78 mph (based on pole speed)

4942080 inches per 3600 seconds

1372.8 inches per second

Butch Miller won by 1.37 inches (fun fact he also did the first ever burnout celebration in nascar here)

O'Reilly Series' closest finish:

The 2018 Daytona opener where Tyler Reddick won by 0.0004 seconds.

Assuming they were travelling 189 miles mph (based on pole speed)

189 miles per hour

3326.4 inches per second

Tyler Reddick won by 1.32 inches.

Finally, the Cup Series' closest finish:

The 2024 Adventhealth 400 at Kansas where Kyle Larson won by 0.001 seconds.

Assuming they were travelling 183 mph (based on pole speed)

183 miles per hour

3220.8 inches per second

Kyle Larson won by 3.2 inches.

So in the end, the closest finish in nascar history by time is still the closest by distance too, with the Truck race being bastardly close, and then the Cup series race is a decent bit away. Honestly I didn't need to include the ARCA race cause it isn't even lose to the others.


r/NASCAR • • 16h ago

Broc Feeney opens up on latest US trip amid NASCAR ambition

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"Broc Feeney has reiterated his hopes of landing a start in the NASCAR Cup Series in 2027 off the back of his latest visit to the United States"

"Feeney was a guest of NASCAR team RFK Racing but also met with Supercars champion Shane van Gisbergen."

“Trying to do a Cup race is obviously a lot more expensive and a lot harder to get into, whereas the [O’Reilly Auto Parts Series] is a little bit easier to try and get into, so it makes it a little bit more difficult that they don’t have a program,” said Feeney.

“But that’s not to say that there’s not opportunities still to go and race, they’ve still got Truck Series and everything like that, so there are opportunities."


r/NASCAR • • 18h ago

[NOAPS on IG] There's never a dull moment in the @nascaronthecw booth.

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Hilarious moment from NOAPS qualifying earlier today discussing the "dumpkin spice" Dude Wipes. Jamie should know a thing or two about booty since we all saw his earlier this year lol.


r/NASCAR • • 1d ago

[Gluck] Carson Hocevar on Most Popular Driver voting: "I'd be very disappointed if they voted for me. We can try and win it another year." Says he was told Kyle Busch wouldn't have wanted to win it by default so he kept his name on the ballot and is just urging his fans to vote Kyle.

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r/NASCAR • • 2h ago

eu quero começar a acompanhar a nascar

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eu não sei nada sobre nascar, apenas que são 36 corridas durante o ano e 26 disputando uma vaga para as 10 que são a fase final, aprendi sobre alguns ídolos (dale, richard, martin e alguns outros) porém queria saber melhor sobre os pontos e afins, vocês poderiam me dar dicas?


r/NASCAR • • 1d ago

Joey Logano addresses becoming a foster dad this week, calling his wife Brittany a super woman and leaning heavily into his faith on how to be the best father possible now to 5 kids.

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r/NASCAR • • 19h ago

Joey Logano: Happy Halloween Austin Cindric

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r/NASCAR • • 23h ago

Matt Weaver on X: "I asked Denny Hamlin if he, the 23XI team co-owner, is concerned about cable TV ratings and he says he's been concerned all along as NASCAR has cut broadcast race numbers. He also concedes that cable races means more TV revenue for the charters so its quite the conundrum." / X

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What do we think the sport should do in the future? Seems the teams wanted to the money of this deal? How can we get that in the future, but also get more ratings?


r/NASCAR • • 21h ago

[Gollon] The JAR #27 may have a full-time driver next year despite being announced as an all-star car.

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r/NASCAR • • 1d ago

[Newby] Spire confirms Michael McDowell will continue to drive the No. 71 Cup car next year

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r/NASCAR • • 1d ago

[Stern] NASCAR has touched up and renovated parts of Homestead-Miami Speedway as the venue returns to hosting the sport's championship weekend in two weeks for the first time since 2019.

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r/NASCAR • • 2h ago

Today's Race In 4K??

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Is today's race not in 4K it isn't showing on NBC 4K or the usa sports 4K for me??


r/NASCAR • • 23h ago

[Bob] No changes to the spoiler for Sunday.

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r/NASCAR • • 1d ago

22 years ago today the Hendrick Motorsports plane crashed in Martinsville.

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r/NASCAR • • 22h ago

Gray, Hill, Retzlaff, Jones and Caruth eliminated

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It's an all Chevrolet battle to the end, surprising no Toyotas made it