NASCAR is gearing up for the eighth race weekend of the 2026 season at Bristol Motor Speedway, and the Cup Series is bound to put on a show. In 2025, Kyle Larson beat Denny Hamlin for his second win of the year. Now, the sport will head to Bristol with a substantial amount of money on the line.
The purse for the Cup Series race at Bristol will be $11,233,037 on Sunday afternoon. NASCAR doesn’t release the earnings for the winning driver anymore, meaning it’s impossible to tell how much of the $11,233,037 will go toward the team in victory lane. Last year, the purse for Bristol sat at $11,055,250, which is roughly a $180,000 increase.
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It will be fascinating to see which NASCAR driver will earn the most money at Bristol this weekend. Larson is looking to go back-to-back in the spring race at Bristol, but Hamlin and Ty Gibbs had good cars in 2025. Bristol always puts on a show, and this weekend should be no different.
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