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Dominic Aragon View All Dominic Aragon is currently the editor-in-chief for The Racing Experts. From Grants, New Mexico, USA, Aragon started watching NASCAR in 2004 and has been covering the sport since 2009. Aragon is a 2012 graduate of Grants High School and a May 2016 graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Journalism. Aragon has worked in local and national media, as a musician, and an educator.

Dominic Aragon View All Dominic Aragon is currently the editor-in-chief for The Racing Experts. From Grants, New Mexico, USA, Aragon started watching NASCAR in 2004 and has been covering the sport since 2009. Aragon is a 2012 graduate of Grants High School and a May 2016 graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Journalism. Aragon has worked in local and national media, as a musician, and an educator.

All three premier NASCAR series hit the track together for the first time this postseason for some night racing at Bristol Motor Speedway. Previously in the Chase, the defending champions captured their first wins of the 2026 season. Jesse Love muscled past Carson Kvapil for the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series victory. Then, Kyle Larson snapped his long 51-race NASCAR Cup Series winless streak at Gateway. Here are the current odds for each series as the Chase for a championship starts to heat up.

Dominic Aragon View All Dominic Aragon is currently the editor-in-chief for The Racing Experts. From Grants, New Mexico, USA, Aragon started watching NASCAR in 2004 and has been covering the sport since 2009. Aragon is a 2012 graduate of Grants High School and a May 2016 graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Journalism. Aragon has worked in local and national media, as a musician, and an educator.

Dominic Aragon View All Dominic Aragon is currently the editor-in-chief for The Racing Experts. From Grants, New Mexico, USA, Aragon started watching NASCAR in 2004 and has been covering the sport since 2009. Aragon is a 2012 graduate of Grants High School and a May 2016 graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Journalism. Aragon has worked in local and national media, as a musician, and an educator.

MADISON, Ill. — Defending NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series champion Jesse Love finally finds his first win of the season at Gateway. This is his first win since his championship clincher at Phoenix in 2025 and the fourth series victory overall. Photo: Ryan Kemna/TRE It was the Love and Kvapil show. Both drivers took home stage wins and traded the lead twice, but it was Jesse Love who came out on top in the Nu Way 225.

MADISON, Ill. — Joey Logano sets the lone sub-33 second time and wins pole for the Enjoy Illinois 300 from World Wide Technology Raceway. This is his second pole of the season and now his 35th pole of his career. Photo: Ryan Kemna/TRE Logano finished second in the lone practice session and found another position in the following session. He set the only time in the 32-second bracket of a 32.817.

MADISON, Ill. — Carson Kvapil will start from the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series pole at Gateway for the Nu Way 225 powered by Bobcat sauced by Blues Hog. This is his second pole of the season and the second pole of his career in the series. Photo: Ryan Kemna/TRE Kvapil continues his impressive form with his second consecutive pole position after his maidan series pole at Darlington a week ago. Since climbing back into his No. 1 ride full-time, he and crew chief Rodney Childers have been rolling.

The NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series travels to the gateway of the west to World Wide Technology Raceway for the second race of the Chase. Previously, the NASCAR Cup Series’ return to the Chase saw Christopher Bell capture his first victory of the 2026 season as well as a second career victory for Sheldon Creed the night before. Photo: Ryan Kemna/TRE Graphic: Ryan Kemna/TRE Denny Hamlin remains as the championship leader despite his underwhelming result from Darlington.

Dominic Aragon View All Dominic Aragon is currently the editor-in-chief for The Racing Experts. From Grants, New Mexico, USA, Aragon started watching NASCAR in 2004 and has been covering the sport since 2009. Aragon is a 2012 graduate of Grants High School and a May 2016 graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Journalism. Aragon has worked in local and national media, as a musician, and an educator.