NASCAR is gearing up for the 16th race weekend of the 2026 season at Nashville Superspeedway, and the Cup Series is bound to put on a show. In 2025, Ryan Blaney beat Carson Hocevar for his first win of the year. Now, the sport will head to Nashville with a substantial amount of money on the line.
The purse for the Cup Series race at Texas will be $11,233,037 on Sunday night. 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 Nashville sat at $11,055,250, which is roughly a $180,000 increase.
It will be fascinating to see which NASCAR driver will earn the most money at Nashville this weekend. Blaney is looking to go back-to-back in the race at Nashville, but Hocevar and Denny Hamlin had good cars in 2025. Nashville always puts on a show, and this weekend should be no different.
This article originally appeared on Motorsports Wire: NASCAR purse for Cup Series race at Nashville in May 2026