After 12 seasons of the NASCAR Playoffs, the premier stock car racing series is returning to the Chase format for the 2026 season, the first time since 2013.  The move comes after years of constant complaining from drivers and fans about the lack of crowning a “real champion” in the playoffs, especially after the 2025 Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway ended in controversial fashion.   As a result of that race, Denny Hamlin, who led the majority of the race and had dominate

Since 2004, the NASCAR Cup Series has had a variety of different postseason formats. What once was a simple points-earning system with the top-performing driver being crowned the champion became a convoluted, confusing, and sometimes unnecessary gimmick.  In 2016, NASCAR introduced its current version of the “Playoffs”. In it, 16 drivers would qualify after a 26-race regular season. With a “win and you’re in” model, it intends to make every race important throughout the seaso

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