A week after Chase Elliott locked up his spot in the 16-driver field, Kyle Larson and William Byron punched their tickets as well on Sunday at new Hampshire Motor Speedway. Larson did so via a fifth-place finish , his second top 10 in a row.

Ty Gibbs held off Christopher Bell at Iowa Speedway for his second victory of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season.

The Dollar Tree 301 2026 odds via FanDuel Sportsbook list Blaney and Christopher Bell as +400 co-favorites. Hamlin and Logano are both at +550 to utilize in NASCAR New Hampshire bets, with Chase Briscoe (+850) rounding out the top five. Meanwhile, Hamlin is at +125 to win the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series championship.

Just two races remain until the postseason begins for the NASCAR Cup Series. New Hampshire and Daytona are the final stops in the regular season.

The gap between the last postseason spot and the first outsider is now 50 points in the updated NASCAR standings.

NASCAR has a new playoff system in 2026. It’s back to The Chase. Instead of win-and-in, it’s the top-16 drivers in the regular-season standings that will make the 10-race Chase, which will be a mini-season of its own with no eliminations.

With an impressive surge from 20th place to ninth in the standings over the past six races, Joey Logano has flipped the narrative on the elimination playoffs that determined the Cup Series champion fr