{
  "id": 17835522,
  "title": "Winners and losers from the penultimate round of 2026 NASCAR Cup season at Martinsville",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/winners-and-losers-from-the-penultimate-round-of-2026-nascar-cup",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-02T17:34:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Motorsport.com",
    "slug": "motorsport-com",
    "url": "https://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/winners-and-losers-from-the-penultimate-round-of-2026-nascar-cup-season-at-martinsville/10870896/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Just one race remains in the 2026 NASCAR Cup season. Kyle Larson is extremely close to locking up the championship, with Christopher Bell and Denny Hamlin are a distant -67pts and -70pts behind in the standings, respectively. And while Martinsville wasn't a perfect race for Larson, his closest rivals faltered as well, and Hendrick Motorsports still ruled the day. William Byron earned his first…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}