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The 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season is here and the festivities will begin with the 68th Daytona 500 on Sunday, Feb. 15. From there, NASCAR will head to Atlanta and Austin as it moves through a 36-race schedule that culminates with the crowning of a champion on Nov. 8 at Homestead-Miami.
If winning the Daytona 500 changes your life, it apparently starts with your face. Tyler Reddick‘s Daytona 500 victory was scant seconds old and already his eyes, wet with tears, bulged inside his helmet.
The “Big One” happened earlier than usual at the Daytona 500: a 20-car crash just past the midway point that involved Denny Hamlin and several other contenders