Ricky Stenhouse Confirms on Fox and Friends
NASCAR confirmed on Thursday afternoon that they have scheduled a press conference "to announce the championship format for the 2026 season and beyond", bringing an end to the modern format after 12 years.
That announcement is scheduled to take place on Monday, January 12 at 3:30 p.m. ET at NASCAR Productions Facility in Concord, North Carolina, and it is set to end months of speculation regarding what the new format might look like.
Here's Ricky Stenhouse Jr. talking about NASCAR's new championship system on Fox & Friends:
— Steven Taranto (@STaranto92) January 10, 2026
"I assume there's gonna be more points-incentive type racing. Obviously you still want to win races and put yourself in the best possible position to be in the playoff ... Come Monday… https://t.co/sYzXsW2sjN pic.twitter.com/eLU48VANJa
Ricky Stenhouse Jr., NASCAR Cup Series driver for Hyak Motorsports, went on Fox & Friends this morning to talk about the 2026 NASCAR points format. He described it as “points oriented” as well as “something we used to use and was well appreciated”.
The announcement comes ahead of the 2026 racing season, which is set to begin with the exhibition Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium on Sunday, Feb. 1 (8 p.m. ET, FOX, HBO Max, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
The NASCAR Cup Series campaign begins in earnest with the 68th running of the “Great American Race,” the Daytona 500 on Sunday, Feb. 15 (2:30 p.m. ET, FOX, HBO Max, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
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