NASCAR is back for the 2026 season, kicking things off with the Clash at Bowman Gray on February 1st. The quarter-mile exhibition race should provide plenty of excitement to start the season and will also serve as the first betting opportunity of 2026 in NASCAR. That event leads into the biggest race of the year in mid-February, the Daytona 500, which is also the largest DFS and betting opportunity on the NASCAR calendar. There are several major changes heading into the 2026