{"id":401818,"date":"2026-01-11T03:57:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T03:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/401818\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T03:57:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T03:57:16","slug":"season-previews-2026-nascar-cup-series-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/401818\/","title":{"rendered":"Season previews: 2026 NASCAR Cup Series teams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season is rapidly approaching. After the 2025 season, which produced plenty of thrilling finishes and memorable moments, 2026 will bring its own unique blend of stories and excitement.<\/p>\n<p>With the 2026 season almost here, it is time to dive deep into season previews as NASCAR.com analyzes each team and driver\u2019s outlook for the year ahead. View the full release schedule below:<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nascar.com\/nascar-cup-series\/2026\/schedule\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:2026 Cup Series schedule;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">2026 Cup Series schedule<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jan. 6: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nascar.com\/news-media\/2026\/01\/06\/2026-season-preview-kaulig-racing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kaulig Racing;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Kaulig Racing<\/a><br \/>Jan. 7: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nascar.com\/news-media\/2026\/01\/07\/2026-season-preview-rick-ware-racing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Rick Ware Racing;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Rick Ware Racing<\/a><br \/>Jan. 8: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nascar.com\/news-media\/2026\/01\/08\/2026-season-preview-haas-factory-team\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Haas Factory Team;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Haas Factory Team<\/a><br \/>Jan. 9: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nascar.com\/news-media\/2026\/01\/09\/2026-season-preview-spire-motorsports\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Spire Motorsports;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Spire Motorsports<\/a><br \/>Jan. 13: Legacy Motor Club<br \/>Jan. 14: Front Row Motorsports<br \/>Jan. 15: Richard Childress Racing<br \/>Jan. 16: Hyak Motorsports<br \/>Jan. 19: Trackhouse Racing<br \/>Jan. 20: 23XI Racing<br \/>Jan. 21: RFK Racing<br \/>Jan. 22: Wood Brothers Racing<br \/>Feb. 3: Team Penske<br \/>Feb. 4: Joe Gibbs Racing<br \/>Feb. 5: Hendrick Motorsports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season is rapidly approaching. After the 2025 season, which produced plenty of thrilling&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401819,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,169432,82],"class_list":["post-401818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nascar","tag-season-previews","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401818","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=401818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}