League News and Notes
Nashville SS Recap: Jason House makes it two-in-a-row at Nashville
June 1, 2026
Race Recap:
Not sure why NASCAR ran a race on Sunday night with no holiday on Monday, but they sure did last night. Rain halted the proceedings before they could get started, so a 7:30 start time became 8:30. It was a pretty decent race all things considered. Denny Hamlin passed teammate Christopher Bell, who probably had the better car, on the final restart and held on for the win. Gibbs cars went 1-2-3 and Toyota continues to dominate the series. Amazon Prime's coverage continues to be a breath of fresh air after the sad excuse Fox rolls out each week. It was nice to see Mark Martin on the pre-race show.
Race Rating: B
Race Finish: B+
Best Battle: Hamlin/Bell/Briscoe for the win
Fight Rating: No Fights
Bonehead of the Race: n/a
Best Race of the Year Tracker: Atlanta
Worst Race of the Year Tracker: COTA & Watkins Glen
League Recap:
Qualifying Results
Quals were rained out, so they set the field via "The Metric". The pole winner this week was Jason House. Jason gets his 1st pole of 2026, his 3rd career pole and 1st at Nashville SS.
Stage Results
Stage 1: Steel Norman
Stage 2: Andrew Brown
Race Results
Jason House joins Michael Klaus this season as 1st time winners who then won the next week as well. 2nd career win and 1st at Nashville SS.
Segment Results
Jason House has a massive lead after 2 races.
Standings update
New points leader this week. Red Hot Jason House moves into 1st place ahead of Jeremy Steele.
BFNL Chase
Jason House was already locked in.
BFNL Survivor
Elisabeth Draughon was the elimination this week.
Track Type Championships
Jason House still has a monster lead on the Intermediates.
The Summer Shootout
The Coca Cola 600 was the 1st round, and we had several big upsets. the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th seeds all lost. The next round will be North Wilkesboro.
Looking ahead...
Next week is Michigan.
Coca Cola 600 Recap: Jason House wins a somber race at Charlotte
May 25, 2026
Race Recap:
The mood around the whole weekend was subdued due to the shocking and untimely death of Kyle Busch. The news earlier in the week that Busch has been hospitalized was surprising, but it wasn't something that caused much of a pause. Driver have been missing races more often in the last few years as there has been more focus on driver health. The news Thursday that Busch had died was so shocking and unexpected that it didn't seem real. He was young. 41 years old. Death has always been a part of the sport. Driving a car at high speeds is inherently dangerous. Those of us that have followed the sport for several decades sadly have experienced it numerous times. Dale Earnhardt. Adam Petty. Kenny Irwin Jr. Tony Roper. Neil Bonnett. J.D. McDuffie. Senna. The off track losses are always more shocking. Davey Allison. Alan Kulwicki. Rob Moroso.
Kyle Busch won more NASCAR races than anyone. He has the most Truck series and Busch Series win off all-time. He has the 9th most Cup series wins. He just won a truck race a week ago at Dover. Busch leaves behind a wife and two kids. NASCAR paid tribute to him before the race, and it was very emotional. Steve O'Donnell did a pretty good job handling things over the weekend.
The went on as scheduled. NASCAR battled rain the whole weekend. NASCAR race control once again made some questionable calls. The race was stopped for "lightning" during the final stage, only to be give the all clear almost immediately. Previously a lightning strike was an immediate 30-minute race hold, and they clear the stands. They completely waived that last night, giving some odd explanation about "being cleared by a meteorologist". Dale Jr. and Steve LeTarte were just as surprised as the teams on pit road. I don't really have a problem with them doing away with the rule to get more racing in, but man, how about some transparency? Why throw the caution if you are just going to waive it off and go back racing? It changed the entire complextion of the race. Danie Suarez won the race with the help of two extremely timely cautions. NASCAR failed to complete a full race across all 3 series this weeken for the first time.
It was also very noticeable that many of the bigger media guys were up at Indianpolis covering the Indy 500, instead of in Charlotte for a Crown Jewel race.
Race Rating: B-
Race Finish: F
Best Battle: Nah
Fight Rating: No Fights
Bonehead of the Race: NASCAR "lightning" caution
Best Race of the Year Tracker: Atlanta
Worst Race of the Year Tracker: COTA & Watkins Glen
League Recap:
Qualifying Results
The pole winner this week was Brittany Hooper. Brittany gets her 1st pole of 2026, her 8th career pole and 2nd at Charlotte.
Stage Results
Stage 1: Dennis Williams
Stage 2: Jason House
Stage 3: Jason House
Race Results
Congratulations to new race winner Jason House. Jason gets his 1st BFNL win in his 126th career race. He breaks Michael Klaus' record from a couple weeks ago. He came up just short of the all-time one-week score, but set a new largest winning margin record.
Segment Results
Segment 4 starts with Jason House taking a huge lead.
Standings update
No change up front this week, Jeremy Steele remains in 1st, but Jason House moves into 2nd with his big week.
BFNL Chase
Jason House locks into The Chase with the win.
BFNL Survivor
Gary Bolen was the elimination this week.
Track Type Championships
Jason House has a monster lead on the Intermediates.
The Summer Shootout
The Coca Cola 600 was the 1st round, and we had several big upsets. the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th seeds all lost. The next round will be North Wilkesboro.
Looking ahead...
Next week is Nashville SS.
Watkins Glen Recap: Brittany Hooper wins at The Glen
May 10, 2026
Race Recap:
SVG Won. Hendrick cars were horrible. No one could pass.
Race Rating: F
Race Finish: F
Best Battle: Nah
Fight Rating: No Fights
Bonehead of the Race: n/a
Best Race of the Year Tracker: Atlanta
Worst Race of the Year Tracker: COTA & Watkins Glen
League Recap:
Qualifying Results
The pole winner this week was Valerie Jacobs. Valerie gets her 1st pole of 2026, her 3rd career pole, and her 2nd at Watkins Glen.
Stage Results
Stage 1: Dennis Williams
Stage 2: Brittany Hooper
Race Results
The winner this week was Brittany Hooper. Brittany gets her 1st win of 2026, her 7th career win and her 1st at Watkins Glen.
Segment Results
Segment 3 goes to Michael Klaus, his 1st career Segment win.
Standings update
We have another points lead change. Jeremy Steele retakes the lead from Manish. A lot of folks got back into the mix this week.
BFNL Chase
Brittany Hooper locks herself into The Chase with the win.
BFNL Survivor
Dustin Reynolds was the elimination this week.
Track Type Championships
Brittany Hooper takes the points lead on road courses.
The Summer Shootout
The Coca Cola 600 will be the 1st round of the Summer Shootout. Jeremy Steele will be the #1 seed. The new bracket has been posted.
Looking ahead...
Next week is the All- Star race at Dover. Don't ask me why the All Star race is at Dover. It will not count for our league. So enjoy an off week.
Texas Recap: Michael Klaus doubles down for two-in-a-row at Texas
May 3, 2026
Race Recap:
If you told me a few years ago, Chase Elliott would have 2 wins at Texas, I would have told you that was crazy. But here we are. Elliott held off Denny Hamlin on a late restart to get his 2nd win of the season, and his 2nd win at Texas. He is the only other repeat winner this season behind Tyler Reddick. Elliott led the most laps today (87), a stat so shocking that his own crew chief was surprised to hear it when he was being interviewed during post-race. Why they were interviewing him, I have no idea.
In other news, Kyle Busch tried to clear himsel across John H. Nemechek's nose on the penultimate lap, and then intentionally slammed him into the fence to finish the job, which almost brough out a caution on the last lap. Kyle Busch has always been a cry baby loser, and now he's driving cars that match.
Race Rating: C+
Race Finish: B+
Best Battle: Elliott holding off Hamlin
Fight Rating: No Fights
Bonehead of the Race: Kyle Busch's last lap nonsense.
Best Race of the Year Tracker: Atlanta
Worst Race of the Year Tracker: COTA
League Recap:
Qualifying Results
The pole winner this week was Stuart Adkins. Stuart gets his 1st pole of 2026, his 3rd career pole, and his 2nd at Texas.
Stage Results
Stage 1: Jason Hollingsworth
Stage 2: Keith Williams
Race Results
The winner this week was Michael Klaus. Again! Michael liked winning so much he went ahead and got his 2nd win the week after his first. Not sure if this has happened before in the history of the league, but I'd say it's very rare. Klaus now has the most top 5's in the league, and is moving into contention.
Segment Results
Three races in, and it's Michael Klaus way out front.
Standings update
We have a new points leader. Manish Nagpal finally sneaks past Jeremy Steele and takes the lead. This is the first time Manish has led the points since last year.
BFNL Chase
TBD
BFNL Survivor
Dennis Williams was the elimination this week.
Track Type Championships
Michael Klaus takes the points lead on Superspeedways.
The Summer Shootout
Coming this summer.
Looking ahead...
Next week is Watkins Glen for some reason.
Talladega Recap: Michael Klaus rides the 'dente at Talladega
April 27, 2026
Race Recap:
A very forgettable race at Talladega. One of the worst from a racing perspective, but par for the course with this car. A 26 car wreck took out pretty much all of the leaders and left most of the other cars with at least some kind of damage, even if it was just paint scrapes. The few cars that made it through unscathed put on a masterclass of not being able to pass. Carson Hocevar and Chris Buescher led the two lanes pretty much exclusively over the final 30 laps. No one could pull out to pass. No one tried, really. Hocevar got the final push and won this 1st race. He then proceeded to drive down the front stretch hanging out his car, until he eventually ran into the wall and did a burnout. A memorable celebration that will likely over shadow how bad the on-track product was. NASCAR announced Steve O'Donnell as the new CEO. He has quite a lot of work ahead of him.
Race Rating: F
Race Finish: F
Best Battle: Hocear trying to get this car to turn before he hit the wall celebrating
Fight Rating: No Fights
Bonehead of the Race: Whoever approved this car
Best Race of the Year Tracker: Atlanta
Worst Race of the Year Tracker: COTA
League Recap:
Qualifying Results
The pole winner this week was Michael Klaus. Michael gets his 1st pole of 2026, and his 2nd career pole. Both have come at Talladega.
Stage Results
Stage 1: Keith Williams
Stage 2: Kyle Zaepfel
Race Results
The winner this week was Michael Klaus. Michael finally scores his 1st BFNL win, breaking the longest winless streak from the start of their career, 124 races. The previous record was 122 races by Chris House. Congratulations, Michael.
Segment Results
Two races in, and it's Michael Klaus and Chris Burfield at the top.
Standings update
Jeremy Steele still clings to the points lead, but it's down to 51 points over Manish, heading to Texas.
BFNL Chase
TBD
BFNL Survivor
Bob Francis was the elimination this week.
Track Type Championships
Justin Braswell holds on to the points lead on Superspeedways.
The Summer Shootout
Coming this summer.
Looking ahead...
Next week is Texas
Kansas Recap: Chris Burfield gets a killer win at Kansas
April 19, 2026
Race Recap:
Tyler Reddick wins again. Denny Hamlin was about to cruise to the win coming off turn 4 to get the white flag, and Cody Ware, the worst driver on the worst team in the series randomly spun out and brought out the only natural caution of the day. On the ensuing restart, Kyle Larson passed Hamlin going into one, and took the lead. But miraculously, Tyler Reddick and his absolutely legal car, made up 3 tenths and passed Larson for the win on the last lap. Reddick now has 5 wins in the first 9 races, matching Dale Earnhardt's 1987 pace.
Race Rating: C+
Race Finish: B
Best Battle: The final restart.
Fight Rating: No Fights
Bonehead of the Race: Cody Ware
Best Race of the Year Tracker: Atlanta
Worst Race of the Year Tracker: COTA
League Recap:
Qualifying Results
The pole winner this week was Brandon Braswell. Brandon gets his 1st pole of 2026, his 49th career pole, and his 3rd at Kansas (breaking a 7-way tie for most all-time).
Stage Results
Stage 1: Miranda Brown
Stage 2: Chris House
Race Results
The winner this week was Chris Burfield. Chris gets his 1st win of 2026, his 6th career win, and his 1st at Kansas.
Segment Results
Segment 3 opened this week, so it's Burfield at the top.
Standings update
Jeremy Steele remains in front, but he loses half of his lead.
BFNL Chase
TBD
BFNL Survivor
Valerie Jacobs was the elimination this week.
Track Type Championships
Brandon Braswell takes the lead on the Intermediates.
The Summer Shootout
Coming this summer.
Looking ahead...
Next week is Talladega. Good luck.
Bristol Recap: Gary Bolen wins at Bristol
April 13, 2026
Race Recap:
Really don't understand why NASCAR runs the Bristol spring race (or any race) up against The Masters. I spent most of the afternoon watching Rory and Scottie. Ty Gibbs finally broke through and got his 1st Cup series victory, holding off Ryan Blaney on an overtime restart. Blaney and Larson dominated most of the race, but Gibbs stayed out on the last pitstop to get the lead. Tires didn't matter too much this week, so Gibbs was able to take advantage of the clean air and get the win.
Race Rating: C
Race Finish: C
Best Battle: Gibbs holding off Blaney
Fight Rating: No Fights
Bonehead of the Race: Chase Elliott spun out twice for no apparently reason
Best Race of the Year Tracker: Atlanta
Worst Race of the Year Tracker: COTA
League Recap:
Qualifying Results
The pole winner this week was Chris House. Chris gets his 1st pole of 2026, his 3rd career pole and 1st at Bristol.
Stage Results
Stage 1: Brooks Deaton
Stage 2: Dustin Draughon
Dustin gets his 3rd Stage win of the year, giving him the most so far this year.
Race Results
Welcome back to victory lane ole Grizz. Gary Bolen holds off Tim Laney to get his 1st win of the season. Gary becomes a member of the 30-win club, and gets his 3rd career win at Bristol. Tim Laney was looking to break a 200+ winless streak, but will have to settle for a nice 2nd place.
Segment Results
Jeremy Steele wins Segment 2 in convincing fashion. This was Jeremy's 12th Segment win all-time, breaking a tie with bitter rival Brandon Braswell for the most in league history.
Standings update
Jeremy stays up front, but loses a few points to Manish. He still has a nice cushion.
BFNL Chase
TBD
BFNL Survivor
Justin Braswell was the elimination this week.
Track Type Championships
Thomas Tolbert remains out front on the short tracks.
The Summer Shootout
Coming this summer.
Looking ahead...
Next week is the 1st race of Segment 3, at Kansas. Make sure to pick your new teams.
Martinsville Recap: Jeremy Steele gets his 3rd win of the year
March 29, 2026
Race Recap:
About 1 time a year, ole Alan Gustaffson gets one right. AG brought the 9 car in for an early pit stop and got a timely caution that gave Elliott the track position he needed. After getting around Ross Chastain Elliott was able to get out ahead of Denny Hamlin who had dominated the race. Two very surprising things happened. 1) There were no late cautions. 2) Elliott was actually able to get through lapped traffic without a lot of issues. For Chase Elliott it is only his 2nd career short track win (also at Martinsville in 2020). Elliott has won the Clash at Bowman Gray and the All Star at Bristol, but those don't technically count.
The additional horsepower made very little difference today. This car just ain't it on short tracks.
Duke lost as I was writing this recap. March Madness!
Race Rating: B-
Race Finish: B-
Best Battle: Elliott holding off Hamlin
Fight Rating: No Fights
Bonehead of the Race: Bubba Wallace wrecked a bunch of cars for no reason
Best Race of the Year Tracker: Atlanta
Worst Race of the Year Tracker: COTA
League Recap:
Qualifying Results
The pole this week goes to Dustin Draughon. Dustin gets his 1st pole of 2026, his 12th career pole, and his 1st at Martinsville.
Stage Results
Stage 1: Dustin Draughon
Stage 2: Dustin Draughon
Race Results
Jeremy Steele gets his 3rd win this week. Jeremy is off to a red hot start this year. 47th career win. 2nd career win at Martinsville. 2nd year in a row with 3 or more wins. He hasn't done that since the early 00's. Great start to the year.
Segment Results
Jeremy re-takes the Segment lead from Jennifer this week.
Standings update
Jeremy holds on to the points lead for the 3rd straight week, and he really stretched it out this week. He is out front by more than 600 points.
BFNL Chase
TBD
BFNL Survivor
Brittany Hooper was the elimination this week.
Track Type Championships
Thomas Tolbert moves into 1st on Short Tracks.
The Summer Shootout
Coming this summer.
Looking ahead...
Next week is Bristol.
Darlington Recap: Jennifer Braswell has record breaking win at Darlington
March 22, 2026
Race Recap:
Tyler Reddick wins for the 4th time this season. Those 23XI cars are now entering "hmm" territory. How did a team that didn't win a single race last year win 4 of the first 6 races. Anyway, Alan Gustaffson was up to his old tricks, leaving Chase Elliott out on old tires long enough to end a top 10 run. Elliott ended up 15th, and somehow was only behind 1 other Hendrick car (Byron). Larson has his usual Spring Darlington misfortune, and finished way back. Justin Allgaier wasn't very good in the 48 car still filling in for Bowman. Brad Keselowski dominated most of the race, but couldn't keep Reddick behind him in the end.
Race Rating: C+
Race Finish: C+
Best Battle: Alan Gustaffson vs. Employment
Fight Rating: No Fights
Bonehead of the Race: Crew Chief for the 9 leaving Elliott out too long
Best Race of the Year Tracker: Atlanta
Worst Race of the Year Tracker: COTA
League Recap:
Qualifying Results
The pole winner this week was Jennifer Braswell. Jennifer gets her 1st pole of 2026, her 5th career pole, and her 2nd at Darlington.
Stage Results
Stage 1: Michael Klaus, Dean Paxton
Stage 2: Michael Klaus, Dean Paxton
Race Results
We have another two-time winner this season. Jennifer Braswell runs it back at Darlington with another win. Jennifer won by 294 points, breaking the all-time record for largest win margin, which was set in 2014! This was Jennifer's 12th career win, and her 2nd at Darlington.
Segment Results
Jennifer's big win moves her into 1st place in the Segment.
Standings update
Jeremy Steele holds on to the points lead for the 2nd week in a row, but Jennifer Braswell moves up to 2nd.
BFNL Chase
TBD
BFNL Survivor
Nick Prytula was the elimination this week.
Track Type Championships
Jennifer Braswell moves into 1st on Intermediates.
The Summer Shootout
Coming this summer.
Looking ahead...
Next week is Martinsville
Las Vegas Recap: Jeremy Steele wins again at Vegas
March 15, 2026
Race Recap:
Standard Las Vegas race. The big teams ran up front, minus Penske for some reason. Hendrick and Gibbs traded the lead all during the race. Denny Hamlin held off a suprising Chase Elliott over the last 10 laps to win the race.
Race Rating: C
Race Finish: C+
Best Battle: Cameron Young beating Matt Fitzpatrick at The Players
Fight Rating: No Fights
Bonehead of the Race: Didn't really see one
Best Race of the Year Tracker: Atlanta
Worst Race of the Year Tracker: COTA
League Recap:
Qualifying Results
Your pole winner this week was Gary Bolen. Gary gets his 1st pole of 2026, his 32nd career pole, and his 2nd at Las Vegas.
Stage Results
Stage 1: Brandon Braswell, Chris Faulk, Andrew Brown & Brooks Deaton
Stage 2: Andrew Brown
Race Results
The winner for the 2nd time this year was Jeremy Steele. Jeremy gets his 46th career win and his 2nd at Las Vegas. The win moves Jeremy into 1st place in the standings for the first time since 2022.
Segment Results
After 1 race, Jeremy Steele is your leader.
Standings update
After the win this week, Jeremy Steele takes the points lead.
BFNL Chase
TBD
BFNL Survivor
Jason Hollingsworth and Tim Laney were eliminated this week.
Track Type Championships
Jeremy Steele takes the lead on Short Tracks.
The Summer Shootout
Coming this summer.
Looking ahead...
Next week is Darlington
Phoenix Recap: Andrew Brown wins the 1st real race of the season
March 8, 2026
Race Recap:
The Reddick run ended this weekend. Ryan Blaney won his 2nd straight race at Phoenix, holding off Christopher Bell on the last lap. There were a lot of cautions for a Phoenix race. Joey Logano caused two of them. Alex Bowman was unable to run this weekend due to vertigo, putting Anthony Alfredo in the 48 car, and effectively putting Bowman out of the championship battle for this year already. No timetable for his return, so it might be Alfredo in the 48 for a while. Chase Elliott got caught up in about 3 wrecks this week, and the new Chevy body might not be that great.
Race Rating: C
Race Finish: C+
Best Battle: Akshay Bhatia chasing down Daniel Berger and winning in a playoff at Bay Hill
Fight Rating: No Fights
Bonehead of the Race: Joey Logano x2. Tried to push Ross Chastin and caused a big wreck. Tried to get in front of AJ Allmendinger and caused...a big wreck.
Best Race of the Year Tracker: Atlanta
Worst Race of the Year Tracker: COTA
League Recap:
Qualifying Results
Pole winner this week was Dennis Williams. This was the 9th career pole for Dennis, and his 1st at Phoenix.
Stage Results
Stage 1: Thomas Tolbert
Stage 2: Alan Ross
Race Results
Your winner this week was Andrew "Doo" Brown. Andrew gets his 1st win of 2026, and his 4th career win (1st at Phoenix, and 1 fewer than his wife Miranda Brown's 2). Thomas Tolbert came up just 4 points short of the win.
Segment Results
Thomas lost the race, but he won the Segment. Taking the 1st Segment of 2026, and earning his 6th career Segment win (1st since 2022).
Standings update
Thomas Tolbert takes the points lead.
BFNL Chase
TBD
BFNL Survivor
Dean Paxton and Keith Williams were eliminated this week.
Track Type Championships
Andrew Brown takes the lead on Short Tracks.
The Summer Shootout
Coming this summer.
Looking ahead...
Segment 2 opens next Sunday at Las Vegas. Don't forget to submit those teams.
COTA Recap: Jeremy Steele & Mike Williams tie for the win in Texas
March 1, 2026
Race Recap:
Tyler Reddick won. Again. First time in NASCAR history a driver has won 3 straight races to start the season. Maybe Chase Elliott should try suing NASCAR. Reddick dominated the race. It was a typical COTA race. Not much passing. The field got strung up after a few laps. The only question was if SVG could get past Reddick after the final restart. He couldn't. SVG's streak of 5 straight road course wins comes to an end.
Race Rating: C-
Race Finish: C
Best Battle: Reddick holding off SVG over the last 15 laps.
Fight Rating: No Fights
Bonehead of the Race: Whatever happened to the 9 car that got them back in 35th after the 1st stage
Best Race of the Year Tracker: Atlanta
Worst Race of the Year Tracker: COTA
League Recap:
Qualifying Results
Pole winner this week was Manish Nagpal. 1st pole of 2026. His 17th career pole, and 1st at COTA
Stage Results
Stage 1: Manish Nagpal
Stage 2: Steel Norman
Race Results
The winners this week were Mike Williams and Jeremy Steele. For Jeremy, this was win number 45, first at COTA. For Mike it was win number 7, also first at COTA.
Segment Results
Justin Braswell holds on to a slim points lead over Manish, Jeremy and Mike.
Standings update
Justin Braswell still out front.
BFNL Chase
TBD
BFNL Survivor
Brooks Deaton & Kyle Zaepfel are the eliminations this week.
Track Type Championships
Mike Williams and Jeremy Steele lead on Road Courses.
The Summer Shootout
Coming this summer.
Looking ahead...
Last race of Segment 1, and it's Phoenix.
Atlanta Recap: Jennifer Braswells wins without a fender
February 22, 2026
Race Recap:
If you didn't see enough cars get wrecked at Daytona, Atlanta came thru with another 30 cars getting torn up. The winning car (Tyler Reddick) didn't even have a right front fender. Not entirely sure how that is even possible on a track that all about aero. Carson Hocevar turned off his brain a couple of times, and still almost won the race.
Race Rating: B
Race Finish: B+
Best Battle: Carson Hocevar vs. Being a Smart Driver
Fight Rating: No Fights
Bonehead of the Race: Larson wrecked himself trying to block SVG
Best Race of the Year Tracker: Atlanta
Worst Race of the Year Tracker: Daytona 500
League Recap:
Qualifying Results
Qualifying was rained out, so the field was set by the "metric". Justin Braswell gets his 1st pole of the season.
Stage Results
Stage 1: Jennifer Braswell
Stage 2: Jennifer Braswell
Race Results
The top 10 from this week looked a lot like the top 10 from last week. Jennifer Braswell picked up the win this week, holding off Manish and Justin. This was Jennifer's 11th career win, and her 1st at Atlanta.
Segment Results
Justin Braswell leads, with Jennifer Braswell now in 2nd.
Standings update
Justin Braswell still out front.
BFNL Chase
TBD
BFNL Survivor
Mason Steele and John Regan are the first eliminations of the year.
Track Type Championships
Justin Braswell leads on the Super Speedways.
The Summer Shootout
Coming this summer,
Looking ahead...
Results will likely be different next week. They head out to COTA for the 1st road course race of the year.
Daytona 500 Recap: Justin Braswell wins his 2nd Daytona 500
February 15, 2026
Race Recap:
NASCAR is back. Tyler Reddick won the Daytona 500 with a last lap pass of Chase Elliott. Elliott was gifted the lead on the last lap after several cars in front of him wrecked out of the lead. Elliott held the lead down the backstretch and into turns 3-4. Reddick got a great run and juked Elliott, taking the lead coming to the line. The guys behind all started wrecking and Elliott got turned hard into the wall. Reddick and 23XI win the Daytona 500 just months after 23XI sued NASCAR and settled out of court.
Race Rating: C
Race Finish: B+
Best Battle: The finish of the race vs. impending weather
Fight Rating: No Fights
Bonehead of the Race: Too many to count
Best Race of the Year Tracker: Daytona 500
Worst Race of the Year Tracker: Daytona 500
League Recap:
Qualifying Results
First pole of 2026 goes to Greg Camden.
Stage Results
Stage 1: Tim Hodge
Stage 2: Brittany Hooper
Race Results
Your Daytona 500 winner is Justin Braswell. This was Justin's 5th career win at Daytona (most all-time), and his 2nd win in the Great American Race (2002). This was Justin's 38th career win, tying him with Larry Braswell for 3rd all-time. This was Justin 7th Crown Jewel win, tying him with Bob Francis for 3rd.
Segment Results
Justin Braswell leads after 1 race.
Standings update
Justin Braswell takes the points lead for the first time since the 2012 season.
BFNL Chase
TBD
BFNL Survivor
Chris Faulk and Dustin Draughon are the first eliminations of the year.
Track Type Championships
Justin Braswell leads on the Super Speedways.
The Summer Shootout
Coming this summer,
Looking ahead...
Next week they go to Atlanta, for more drafting track racing, and probably a lot more wrecked cars.
Phoenix Recap: Greg Camden wins the race, Chris Faulk wins his 1st Championship
November 2, 2025
Race Recap:
Some guys are just not meant to win a Championship. Junior Johnson. Mark Martin. Carl Edwards. Denny Hamlin.
You have to feel a little bit bad for Hamlin after yet another championship slipped away from him today. Hamlin had by far the best car, and led a ton of laps today. His car was probably super illegal (I'm sure the others are too, but his was almost flagrantly fasters than everyone else). Stop me if you've heard this before....but a late caution turned everything upside down. Hamlin took 4 tires, Larson took 2. A bunch of guys stayed out. Hamlin never even got close to Larson on the Green-White-Checkered. Larson becomes a 2-time champion. Hamlin remains arguably, the best driver to never win a championship. He is a very unlikeable guy. He goes out of his way to be an asshole most of the time. He takes zero accountability when it comes to wrecks. He's a massive hypocrit. He's also a really good race car driver. He should have won a championship. He's a champion caliber driver. For Joey Logano to have 3 Championships, or for Kyle Busch to have one when he missed 11 races, is very silly. It stands to be a very emotional few months for Hamlin. His father is terminally ill. He's locked in a legal battle with NASCAR he is very likely to lose, and stands to lose his charters for 23XI. It remains to be seen what the next chapter will be for him.
Larson was probably the worst of the 4 cars today. Much like his 1st title. It was yet another indictment of the awful Playoff Era for NASCAR. There is a lot of rumbling this will be the final race for this format. And I say good riddance. A full season 36 race format is the only way to crown a legitimate champion. Everything else is performative for the sake of entertainment. We will likely get a modified version of the playoffs, with a 3-3-4 format. It will be better than what we have now, but it will still be fake. But for now, the offseason is here, and I am tired of the discourse.
Race Rating: B
Race Finish: B+
Best Battle: Chase Elliott vs. Pit Road Speed
Fight Rating: No Fights
Bonehead of the Race: Chris Gayle pitted and took 4 tires. Lost the Championship.
Best Race of the Year Tracker: Atlanta 2
League Recap:
Qualifying Results
Final pole of the season goes to Shawn White. Shawn and Brad Calhoun tie for the most poles this year with 3.
Stage Results
Stage 1: Shawn White
Stage 2: Kyle Zaepful
Greg Camden wins the most Stages this season with 6.
Race Results
The final winner of the year was Greg Camden. Greg gets his 3rd win of the season, and clinches the Short Track Championship. The win also moved him up to 10th in points for the year.
Segment Results
Kyle Zaepful wins the final segment of the year, and becomes the only 2-time segment winner this season.
Standings update
Your 2025 BFNL Champion is Chris Faulk. Chris wins for the 1st time, and becomes the 15th different Champion in the league's history. Chris was part of the original league way back in 1999. He fell out for a few years but came back in 2010, and has been in the league ever since. He suffered a crushing defeat in 2011, losing the championship in the final race after dominating most of the season. Congratulations to the champ!
BFNL Chase
Kyle Zaepful wins the Chase, over Brandon Braswell. Tucker Lovelace finishes 3rd, Chris Faulk 4th.
BFNL Survivor
The last man standing was Thomas Tolbert. Congrats!
Track Type Championships
Greg Camden closes out the year with the Short Track Championship.
The Summer Shootout
Shawn White was the SS Winner this year.
Looking ahead...
That's all for this year. Thanks to everyone that played. Next year I will probably cut back the number of players, and say goodbye to some of those folks who weren't picking their teams. Hope everyone had a great time. I know I did! Thanks, and see you at Daytona in 2026!
