On Sunday, the celebrities of the NASCAR Cup Collection sort out the 1.5-mile Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Value, Texas, for the operating of the Wurth 400 (3:30 p.m. ET, FS1, HBO Max, PRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
This is what you should know forward of the eleventh race of the 2026 Cup Collection season.
Favourite: Denny Hamlin (+500, per BetMGM)
Hamlin and five-race 2026 winner Tyler Reddick are co-favorites for Sunday’s race, however the driver of the No. 11 Toyota will get the nod primarily based on his consistency on the 1.5-mile tracks to date.
Hamlin received at Las Vegas after main a race-high 134 laps earlier than backing that up with 131 laps out entrance at Kansas, solely to come back house fourth after a wild time beyond regulation end. As a three-time winner at Texas and one in all 9 drivers with top-10 finishes in each 1.5-mile races this season, count on Hamlin to be in rivalry once more.
Underdog: Daniel Suarez (+3500, per BetMGM)
Suarez has not been as stout as his Spire Motorsports teammate and Texas pole winner Carson Hocevar this season, however he has overachieved by his first 10 races with the group.
After qualifying second, Suarez clearly has the pace to be among the many front-runners. With 5 straight finishes of twelfth or higher at Texas, together with a pair of fifth-place finishes, Suarez shouldn’t be ignored on Sunday.
Spire Motorsports makes historical past in qualifying
After choosing up his first career Cup Series win at Talladega, Hocevar adopted that up together with his second consecutive pole at Texas on Saturday, edging out Suarez by 0.003 seconds for the top starting spot in Sunday’s race.
In keeping with NASCAR Insights, Hocevar is the primary driver since Stacy Compton in 2001 to win his first two Cup Collection poles on the similar monitor. It’s also the primary time that Spire Motorsports has swept the entrance row for a Cup race.
