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Kyle Larson, Joey Logano Climbing in NASCAR Chase with Pressure Mounting on Ryan Blaney
Larson erased a 55-point deficit to lead the standings, while Logano climbed from ninth to third and Blaney fell to sixth after consecutive poor finishes.
- On Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026, Joey Logano won the NASCAR Cup Series race in Bristol, Tenn., while Kyle Larson extended his Chase lead and 2023 Cup Series champion Blaney plummeted from second to sixth in the standings.
- Greater emphasis on stage points under the reintroduced Chase format has benefited Larson and Logano, who have averaged more than 50 points per race since the Chase started.
- Blaney's frustrations erupted after Carson Hocevar bumped him into a crash that ended a race where the Team Penske driver led 202 laps; Hocevar later said, "I understand why he's upset."
- Facing a 51-point deficit, Blaney trails Larson, a gap that is more than double his opening margin; he now acknowledges that finishing outside the top 30 multiple times hurts his title chances.
- Larson heads into the next two tracks—Kansas Speedway and Las Vegas Motor Speedway—where he has three wins apiece; he also maintains a one-point lead over top-seeded Denny Hamlin in the standings.
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Kyle Larson, Joey Logano climbing in NASCAR Chase with pressure mounti
If Ryan Blaney’s analysis of the NASCAR Chase is accurate, then his championship bid is already over after only three of 10 races in the run to the title. “I just don’t see that you can finish
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Kyle Larson, Joey Logano climbing in NASCAR Chase with pressure mounting on Ryan Blaney
If Ryan Blaney’s analysis of the NASCAR Chase is accurate, then his championship bid is already over after only three of 10 races in the run to the title.
·Winnipeg, Canada
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