Daniel Malin

Joey Logano flat out last week’s race at North Wilkesboro with 323 laps led, 100 fastest laps, and he got the win for his first of the season. It’s awfully tricky to gauge when Logano will show up with his best stuff, but he stepped up big time on a short track and got Team Penske its second consecutive win after Ryan Blaney won the week prior at Atlanta. Team Penske has a little momentum heading into this weekend.

Ryan Blaney secured his second win of the season last week at Atlanta with an absolutely performance from the pole where he led 171 laps. It marked the eighth straight top 10 finish for the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series Champion. And he only has FOUR finishes outside the top 15 during the 2026 season. And two of those were because he wrecked at Daytona and Talladega. Blaney has been very consistent and keeping the Ford camp on the map during a season where the Toyota’s have dominated.

At long last, Chase Briscoe secured his first win of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season after he showed up with a fast hot rod at Chicagoland and he drove it right on to victory lane. Briscoe is certainly validating Joe Gibbs Racing’s decision to sign him and put him into the 19-car as he now has four wins in two seasons with JGR. This was right around the time he started heating up a year ago so perhaps last week’s win gives him the momentum to collect a few more wins this year.