Penske controls that car. Honestly I don't know how much the Woods are involved. To add, Josh's problem is that he isn't funded and for a period wrecked a lot of cars. Not a good combination.

NEWS: Austin Hill and Richard Childress Racing have agreed to a contract extension that will have Hill racing full-time in the Cup Series in 2027, sources tell @TheAthletic. An announcement could come as soon as this afternoon.

— Jordan Bianchi (@Jordan_Bianchi) August 24, 2026

Yeah really surprised that RCR didnt take Josh Berry. Berry has been a Chevy guy his whole career up until the Woods Bros ride. Thought he would have slid into the RCR ride quite easily.

RCR now has two rides open in the O'Reilly series.

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Penske controls that car. Honestly I don't know how much the Woods are involved. To add, Josh's problem is that he isn't funded and for a period wrecked a lot of cars. Not a good combination.

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Didn't realize until I read today that the Woods brothers really haven't been a big part of the driver changes. I would've taken Josh Berry over Austin Hill, though.

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The family is involved but I don't think it's really deep. I believe Penske brings most of the sponsorships outside of Motor Craft. The pit crew, crew chief and so on are Penske. Some folks have argued that the 21 at times is a developmental team for Penske, which may answer some questions about the revolving door of drivers. Also, glad to see you Steve here on this thread!

NASCAR makes it official that the Cup Series and O'Reilly Series will race on Naval Base Coronado on the weekend of July 30-Aug. 1, 2027.

— Jordan Bianchi (@Jordan_Bianchi) August 25, 2026

Looks like this race may move to another base in 2028.

Also, Storm isn't going to like this.

Byron's team penalized for loss of wheel at NHMS pic.twitter.com/pd28wbV09p

— Jayski (@jayski) August 25, 2026

.@USANetwork averaged 2.0 million viewers for Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series Dollar Tree 301 @NHMS after the rain delay, or 1.793 million when including the rain delay.

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NASCAR makes it official that the Cup Series and O'Reilly Series will race on Naval Base Coronado on the weekend of July 30-Aug. 1, 2027.

— Jordan Bianchi (@Jordan_Bianchi) August 25, 2026

Looks like this race may move to another base in 2028.

Also, Storm isn't going to like this.

Byron's team penalized for loss of wheel at NHMS pic.twitter.com/pd28wbV09p

— Jayski (@jayski) August 25, 2026

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I have to admit that it kind of fits perfectly with the rest of the season so far... and yeah, while I knew that he had zero chance to win, it was somewhat nice to at least see him up in the top 3-5 on those mid-late race restarts until the proverbial "wheels fell off"...

Berry's chances keep dropping.

Richard Childress Racing makes it offical that Chandler Smith and Carson Brown will drive full time for the team in the O'Reilly Series in 2027. Smith is in the No. 21 car, Brown the No. 2 car.

— Jordan Bianchi (@Jordan_Bianchi) August 26, 2026

I know the pack plays football finally again this weekend but anyone making the trip to Daytona? Several buddies and I driving down Friday afternoon to catch the race Saturday. Will be our first super speedway race in person so looking forward to it

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I know the pack plays football finally again this weekend but anyone making the trip to Daytona? Several buddies and I driving down Friday afternoon to catch the race Saturday. Will be our first super speedway race in person so looking forward to it

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Take it all in. I won't be there, our next race is the Southern 500. Ya'll camping? BTW, my father in law is working that race ( Daytona ). They hate the late night....lol

I can imagine it's not great to work. We rented a place by the beach so we could enjoy it while not at the race. Won't be at Darlington but headed to Bristol in September for the night race.

Looks like FedEX is replacing Craftsman for the title sponsor for the truck series.

NEWS: NASCAR's Truck Series to have a new entitlement sponsor in 2027, with FedEx Freight replacing Craftsman, sources tell @TheAthletic. (Story is free to read.) https://t.co/JHONt1yb4W

— Jordan Bianchi (@Jordan_Bianchi) August 26, 2026

Friday, August 28
4 a.m., SPEED With Harvick & Buxton (re-air), FS1
4:30 a.m., Kevin Harvick's Happy Hour (re-air), FS1
9 a.m., NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series: Team EJP 175 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (re-air), FS2
Noon, SPEED With Harvick & Buxton (re-air), FS2
12:30 p.m., Kevin Harvick's Happy Hour (re-air), FS2
3 p.m., NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series: Qualifying at Daytona International Speedway, ESPN Unlimited
5 p.m., NASCAR Cup Series: Qualifying at Daytona International Speedway, truTV
5:15 p.m., NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour at Stafford Speedway, FloRacing
7 p.m., NASCAR Countdown Live, The CW
7:30 p.m., NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series: Winn-Dixie 250 Powered by Coca-Cola at Daytona International Speedway, The CW
9 p.m., ARCA Menards Series: Atlas 200 at Madison International Speedway, FS1
TBD, NASCAR Weekly Racing at Autodrome Granby, FloRacing

NASCAR
NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series
Winn-Dixie 250, Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
Qualifying The CW on ESPN Unlimited, 3 p.m.
Race The CW, 7:30 p.m.

NASCAR Countdown Live The CW, 7 p.m.

NASCAR Cup Series
Coke Zero Sugar 400, Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
Qualifying truTV/HBO Max, 5 p.m.

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I know the pack plays football finally again this weekend but anyone making the trip to Daytona? Several buddies and I driving down Friday afternoon to catch the race Saturday. Will be our first super speedway race in person so looking forward to it

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Hope ya'll have a safe trip and the weather works for ya'll keep us posted.

Been traveling all week but looking over the schedule a little bit, there is some decline in the number of NC races next year. They are not making it back to Rockingham, even though the events had a good turn-out.

North Wilkesboro - only getting the All-Star race in May, plus the O'Reilly and Truck races that same weekend

Bowman Gray - only the Truck race in August

Rockingham - no races

Charlotte - 2 weekends for all 3 series

It's still better than the previous years when only Charlotte was on the schedule. Wish the Rockingham races had stayed but seems to be too much uncertainty in ownership of that place to draw continued interest from Nascar. Hopefully North Wilkesboro continues to be included in the future.

Also glad to see them at Darlington for 2 weekends.

I agree, I hate seeing The Rock back sitting. Sadly that is their biggest issue, NASCAR nor SMI owning that track. Overall I don't mind the schedule, But I don't know about 30 sum odd trucks on track at Bowmen Gray?

Ross Chastain on the pole, good qualifying run for Hill, SVP and Zilisch

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Ross Chastain on the pole, good qualifying run for Hill, SVP and Zilisch

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Chevy and Ford on the front row. SVG is really starting to figure out the ovals.

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Ross Chastain on the pole, good qualifying run for Hill, SVP and Zilisch

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Chevy and Ford on the front row. SVG is really starting to figure out the ovals.

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SVG just needs to stay out of trouble and finish top 15 if at all possible and he races his way in. That to me is impressive. He may not do crap in the chase but to only win twice says a lot

Agree. SVG has grown a lot. In fact I would have never guessed that he would be the only TrackHouse driver to make the Chase. Ross surprised me this year and not in a good way. I know that it's a unpopular opinion but I'm not sold on CZ in this car.

Saturday, August 29
1 a.m., ARCA Menards Series: Atlas 200 at Madison International Speedway (re-air), FS1
8:30 a.m., SPEED With Harvick & Buxton (re-air), FS2
6:35 p.m., NASCAR Weekly Racing at South Boston Speedway, FloRacing
7 p.m., NASCAR Weekly Racing at Langley Speedway, FloRacing
7 p.m., NASCAR Cup Series: Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway, NBC

Nice! Ya'll got anything planned around the track? Fan zone...ect?

Days of Thunder. Summer 2028. pic.twitter.com/l7tWBQVONm

— Tom Cruise (@TomCruise) August 29, 2026

"Paramount Pictures is really revving its engines on the upcoming Days of Thunder 2 starring Tom Cruise as Anne Hathaway is set to join Cruise in the sequel. ... The picture also announced that the film would be released June 2, 2028." - @DEADLINE

Just sad.

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Just sad.

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Agree

Love watching SVG figure out these ovals. He has done great this first stage

Preece wins and moves into the post-season chase with the win. Pushes SVG out of the chase with that win

Preece did what he had to do. SVG didn't. Tough break. But what an improvement

Yep, Preece was determined all night and executed