NASCAR Today: Kyle Busch is really BACK and a wild night for Carson Hocevar

NASCAR Today News Thursday, February 12, 2026 at 8:45 AM ET •By Graham Shaw

An image of NASCAR driver Kyle Busch celebrating a victory — © IMAGO

Kyle Busch is officially BACK after claiming a stunning pole for Sunday’s Daytona 500 in Florida.

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NASCAR phenom Carson Hocevar just DNF and finished P5 in the same race

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It was the wildest of nights in Florida for 23-year-old Spire phenom Carson Hocevar.

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NASCAR champ Kyle Larson signs huge new Hendrick Motorsports deal

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The reigning Cup Series king Kyle Larson is going nowhere after inking a new longterm pact with his all-powerful team.

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Bubba Wallace opens up on NASCAR vs Michael Jordan

The 23XI Racing star has given his take on that bruising court battle down in Charlotte.

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Dale Earnhardt Jr names the two F1 stars he would love in NASCAR

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The NASCAR legend believes one of these moves ‘may still happen’.

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About the Author

Graham Shaw

Consultant Editor

Digital sports leader with 30 years of senior level experience running global brands. Built sportinglife.com to be a behemoth as well as being in charge of the Planet Sport network of sites including planetf1.com, football365.com, teamtalk.com and planetrugby.com. Then grew goal.com to be the world's biggest soccer website in 18 languages and 37 territories. Was GM of Portals for Perform Group (now DAZN) with overall responsibility for sportingnews.com, spox.de and voetbalzone.nl. Also <A HREF="https://www.sportingnews.com/au/other-sports/news/sporting-news-is-the-new-home-of-sportal-in-australia/13tmqbcams3151wrxk9yliydig">launched Sporting News into the Australian market</A>.