Alex Bowman spent nearly three hours waiting out his fate in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs, doomed to a DNF at Daytona International Speedway after a multicar Stage 1 wreck. He watched the rest of the Coke Zero Sugar 400 from the track as a host of drivers bidding for their

The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series playoff field is set, and two insiders have shared their thoughts on how the next 10 races will go. On The Teardown podcast, Jordan Bianchi and Jeff Gluck of The Athletic predicted their four drivers who will compete in the NASCAR Cup Series Championship race at Phoenix.

Kyle Larson and William Byron enter as the leaders, but the race for the title is wide open as NASCAR's Cup Series playoffs begin.