2026 NASCAR Thread

[CommanderBond]

Very nice race in my books. SVG finishing in the top 5 was the cherry on top

Definately. I watched a clip on YouTube where he said "I'm leading, now what the F do I do"

instant classic.

 

[Blitz24]

Alex Bowman will be returning to Hendrick for 2027. However, he will not be there in 2028 as he plans to retire following the end of next season.

 

[Veinz]

Zilisch to Hendrick please

 

[RACECAR]

Zilisch to Hendrick please

Boy do I have good news for you.

Adam Stern (@A_S12) on X

.@TeamHendrick driver @Alex_Bowman has signed a one-year extension through 2027 and plans to retire from full-time motorsport competition after that. ➡️ HMS is understood to have Trackhouse Racing driver @ConnorZilisch at the top of its wish list for 2028.https://t.co/H3r6VrmjZb

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[Blitz24]

Jimmie Johnson will drive the #48 car for the 2027 Daytona 500. The final race of his career as Rick Hendrick agrees to loan the car number to Legacy Motorsports for the occasion.

 

[Blitz24]

Corey Heim dominates at Indianapolis to take his 2nd career win. Todd Gilliland wins the $1 million in-season challenge.

 

[Gerarghini]

Boy do I have good news for you.

Adam Stern (@A_S12) on X

.@TeamHendrick driver @Alex_Bowman has signed a one-year extension through 2027 and plans to retire from full-time motorsport competition after that. ➡️ HMS is understood to have Trackhouse Racing driver @ConnorZilisch at the top of its wish list for 2028.https://t.co/H3r6VrmjZb

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On one hand, Zilly definitely needs to get out of Trackhouse; that team is being carried by SVG at the moment and even SVG can do better than TH.

On the other hand, holy hell in a handbasket is Zilly doing poorly. In 22 races, he has less points than Kyle Busch not only that, but the 23XI 67 is higher in Owner's Points than the 88 I know he's a rookie and all and it's unrealistic that he put up fantastic numbers out the gate (I expected 2023 Ty Gibbs performance, maybe less due to the equipment differences), but he quite literally cannot stop finished P30th+. At a certain point, I think it stops being bad luck and just being...bad.