Joe Gibbs Racing's Ty Gibbs and Kaulig Racing's Ty Dillon will face off Sunday in the championship round of NASCAR's inaugural In-Season Challenge in the Brickyard 400.

NASCAR’s inaugural ‘In Season Challenge’ will end in a Ty.

NASCAR penalized Austin Hill for reckless driving after contact with Aric Almirola in the final laps of the Pennzoil 250 NASCAR Xfinity Series race on July 26 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway

The event returns NASCAR to Southern California. NASCAR raced at California Speedway in Fontana — about 50 miles east of Los Angeles — from 1997-2020, skipping 2021 and returning in 2022 and 2023. That track was closed after 2023 and part of its land sold. A plan was to convert the 2-mile track to a short track but that has not been done.

NASCAR announced Wednesday that the sport will race in San Diego, Calif. in 2026 with a new street course race weekend at Naval Base Coronado. NASCAR's San Diego Weekend, set for June 19-21 of next year, will be the first NASCAR event on an active military base and feature the NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series and Craftsman Truck Series.

Since the start of the Cup Series season this year, fans have been hit with a wave of unexpected updates month after month. The post NASCAR Betrays Drivers With $1M Challenge, Admits the Truth Weeks After Announcement appeared first on EssentiallySports.

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NASCAR's In-Season Challenge $1M prize will be given to the team of the winning driver, not Ty Gibbs nor Ty Dillon, after this weekend's race in Indianapolis.