NASCAR announced a list of 2025 rules changes on Friday, including an adjustment of the damaged vehicle policy, increased restrictions on drivers who get playoff waivers and clarification on race ...

But Larson seems to suggest he’s equally happy to have led NASCAR’s big-league series in victories — six, while no one else won more than four. The current playoff format rewards season-long ...

From there, it's on to NASCAR's most iconic race: the Daytona 500. Daytona International Speedway will also host the regular season finale on Aug. 23, before the 10-race playoffs begin the ...

Hendrick Motorsports NASCAR driver Kyle Larson has issued a bold critique of the current NASCAR playoff format. He argues that this format lowers the value of securing a championship win.

If NASCAR grants a driver who skips a race a playoff-waiver for non-permissible reasons (medical absence/birth of child/family emergency/age restrictions), that driver will forfeit all past and ...

This past Friday, NASCAR introduced several rule changes for the 2025 Cup Series season. Among them, complete overhauls of the damaged vehicle and playoff waiver policy. NASCAR notably did not ...

A change in NASCAR’S playoff waiver policy for the 2025 season would have adversely affected Kyle Larson last year due to the Hendrick Motorsports driver missing the rain-shortened Coca-Cola 600 ...