Smith, Heim and Honeycutt feature in 2026 NASCAR close finishes

Motorsport.com has listed the ten closest finishes of the 2026 NASCAR season across the Cup, O'Reilly and Truck Series. Drafting tracks accounted for six of the ten places, while Charlotte Motor Speedway produced the closest finish of the year, its first fall race on the oval since 2017.

Sammy Smith featured twice, winning both of his races on the same weekend at Talladega in the fall. In the Truck Series he pushed past Majeski and Honeycutt on the frontstretch to take his first career win in the final seconds. The following day he earned his first O'Reilly Series win of 2026 with a push from Hill, becoming the first driver to win multiple national-level NASCAR races on the same Talladega weekend in 23 years.

Corey Heim and Kaden Honeycutt appear twice in the top ten, as two of the three closest Truck Series finishes of the season. At Rockingham, Heim held his inside line at the white flag to beat Honeycutt, his Tricon Garage teammate, to the win.