{"id":401594,"date":"2026-01-11T01:24:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T01:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/401594\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T01:24:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T01:24:19","slug":"whats-ahead-for-the-2026-nascar-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/401594\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s ahead for the 2026 NASCAR season?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:NewsNation;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">NewsNation<\/a>) \u2014 The start of the 2026 NASCAR season is just over a month away, with the 68th running of the Daytona 500 set for Feb. 15. This year, racing fans will get to see NASCAR hit iconic speedways, historic tracks and even an active military base. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., driver of the No. 47 Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet, shares his excitement for the upcoming season on \u201cMorning in America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to NewsNation.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to NewsNation. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(NewsNation) \u2014 The start of the 2026 NASCAR season is just over a month away, with the 68th&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401595,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,19546,634,1702,82,96251],"class_list":{"0":"post-401594","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nascar","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-daytona-500","11":"tag-nascar","12":"tag-ricky-stenhouse-jr","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-upcoming-season"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}