2026 NPRS Theme Song "Clap Your Hands"-Oh The Larceny
2026 NPRS Theme Song "Clap Your Hands"-Oh The Larceny
121st Career Win
7th Darlington Win
Brian is the first to score multiple wins in 2026 with his victory at Darlington. It was another close one and the win bonus ended up giving him enough for his 7th Darlington Win. This continues to be his track. The closest anyone has to his 7 wins is 4. This win moves him up 5 spots in the standings to 2nd place runner up to one of his teammates Lizzy. He will be 10 points behind her heading to Martinsville. After some rough races this year Brian shows that wins can fix everything for you this year as the points are more important than ever. Can Brian continue his momentum at Martinsville where he won the race last spring and has 5 total wins at the paperclip?
Last week Briscoe fell to drop Josh to a 3 way tie for the lead and this week Briscoe lost enough spots again on the last lap to make Josh fall to Brian for the race victory. Josh definitely has some strong momentum going with back to back podium finishes now and he has moved above the cut line for the CHASE for the 1st time since COTA. Technically he is tied with Justin for the final spot but Josh holds the tiebreaker with better season finishes. Josh is the King Of Martinsville with 10 wins but only has 1 win there since 2017. Josh is 38 back from the points lead after 6 races. If Josh wins Martinsville it will be his 50th Short Track Victory.
Maigan won at Atlanta a few weeks ago but has had two 10ths and one 6th since then. She needed a rebound and got it with a 3rd place finish. She was able to move up 1 spot in the standings from 8th to 7th and will be looking for her 1st Martinsville victory this week. She has 1 short track win in her short career.
FJBLGB Racing won the team battle and retook the points lead. Are they on their way to a 4th team championship in the 5 years this has existed?
Stephanie scores her 4th stage win of the year and Patrick scores his 3rd. They are leading the way in stage wins and those very valuable points.
Patrick's losing streak grows to 32 races as we head to Martinsville where he has 5 wins.
Where is Jim? The last 4 races he has finished 6th, 11th, 7th and 5th. The good news is he has 6 short track wins on his resume.
Lizzy continues to score points in stages and shows consistency which helps her maintain her points lead. When we arrive at Martinsville, she will have led the points for 43 straight days.
Brady & Tyson used up their free passes for the year. That means going forward if they miss the deadline they will finish last place that week.
Justin was the big loser this week falling 3 spots to 9th, outside of the CHASE.
17th Career Win
2nd Straight Vegas Win
Tyson won last fall in Vegas for the 1st time and he backed it up with his first win of 2026. This was a crazy battle to the finish that ended in a 3 way tie for the victory. Tyson came out on top over Brady & Josh. This win plus his already consistent season vaults Tyson up the standings 6 positions from 8th to 2nd. He now has a 14 point gap between himself and the points lead. Tyson has yet to have a breakout season, could 2026 change that? Tyson has 13 wins in the next gen era which brings him only 1 win away from tying Patrick for next gen wins for 5th place. This was Tyson's 8th Speedway victory which makes up about half of his career wins. Congrats to Tyson as we head to Darlington next week for what could be one of the wildest races of the year as the short track package and more horsepower goes to Darlington.
Brady was so close to continuing his streak of consecutive finishes increasing each week. After a 4th, 3rd and 2nd place he tied for the win here at Vegas but ultimately ends up 2nd place. This is back to back runner up finishes for Brady and a win will come soon if he keeps this momentum up. Brady's team Part Time Garage have taken over the lead in the team standings, currently tied with FJBLGB Racing for the top spot. Brady fell 1 spot in the standings to 4th but the gap to the lead decreased for him from 24 to 22 back heading to the lady in black.
Josh has definitely been off to a slow start so far this year but the last few weeks have him looking at light at the end of the tunnel. He scored his 1st Top 5 last week and this week he scored his 1st Top 3 finish. Josh was very close to scoring the victory but in the final laps Larson passed Briscoe to take 1 point from Josh which led to him falling to a 3 way tie for the win and after the tiebreakers, Josh wound up 3rd place. Josh is currently 4 points outside of the CHASE and has 4 career wins at Darlington.
Patrick's losing streak grows to 31 races. He scored the 6th most points at Vegas but needs a victory to kick start his season that is off to a rocky start, 50 points out of the lead after 5 races.
We have now had 5 different winners in the first 5 races of the year. Can we keep this going next week and get another new winner for 2026?
Brian was the biggest loser this week falling 3 spots in the standings to 7th. He is currently 8 points above the CHASE cut line.
Maigan has a victory this year but sadly she scored her third 10th place finish of the season and has fallen to the CHASE bubble spot. She has a 4 points gap over Josh. Can she turn it back around?
Stephanie scored her 2nd and 3rd stage win of her career this weekend. She now is tied with Craig for 13th place on the next gen stage win list.
Darlington next week will be the 150th Race Of The Next Gen Era.
Josh has the most wins in the next gen era with 25
Jim has the 2nd most with 17 and Justin and Brian each have 16.
Money Reminder-Brady is the only one left to pay. $60 entry fee
48th Career Win
1st Season Win
4th Phoenix Win (1st Since 2021)
The 30 race losing streak is over for Sean as he snaps it with his first victory of 2026 at Phoenix. This win a long with his 3rd place at Daytona makes him one of the most consistent this season outside of Lizzy and he moves himself up 6 positions in the standings to the runner up spot 11 points behind Lizzy. There are another 12 points back to 3rd place Brady in the standings. Sean hasn't missed a race through 4 races in 2026 and its paying off as he chases a 2nd Championship. This was the 5th race win all time for Part Time Garage.
This was Seans' 14th Short Track Victory
Brady is continually improving each week in his rookie season. The last 3 races he has pulled off finishes of 4th, 3rd and now 2nd at Phoenix. If the trend continues he will be pulling off that first win in Vegas next week. Brady was also part of the 1-2 Part Time Garage finish this week and that won them the team battle as well. They moved up to 2nd place in the team standings 3 points behind FJBLGB Racing. Brady moved up 3 spots in the standings this week and is now 3rd in points, 23 behind heading to Sin City.
Mrs. Consistency is back and better than ever in 2026 and the points standings shows it. Lizzy will have led the points for 29 straight days when we arrive to Vegas next week and she shows no signs of slowing down. While her lead did shrink from 14 to 11 this week her gap to 3rd on back increased once again. Stage points go a long way for her as she not only finished 3rd but she also racked up 5 stage points which is the equivalent to 5 positions. Lizzy is the clear favorite early on in 2026 for that 1st Championship.
Patrick's losing streak grows to 30 races. He really needs to turn his season around as he has 3 finishes of 8th or worse out of 4 races. The good news for him is he is the King Of Vegas with 9 wins all time there. 2nd place to him in wins is Josh with 6.
We have had 4 different winners in the 1st 4 races and those 4 represent 4 of the Top 5 spots in the standings. The only person in the Top 5 in points without a win is Brady in 3rd.
Justin was the biggest loser this week losing 3 spots in the standings after his last place finish. He only had his 1st driver as the winner and his next best driver finished 20th.
Josh scored his 1st Top 5 finish of the year with 5th place at Phoenix. He is currently 3 points outside of the CHASE field.
Jim scored his 35th stage win and Lizzy scored her 28th. Jim is 1 behind Tyson now and Lizzy is 5 stage wins away from tying Daniel.