May 13, 2026

IWP NASCAR 26 LEAGUE FORMAT

Welcome to the Intentional Wreck Podcast (IWP) Console NASCAR league. If you are here, you are either interested in joining us for the 2026-2027 season, or you are a long time member looking into the updated format. Regardless, we are happy to have you and hope you enjoy your time here.

This year, we will run two leagues. A NORAPS and a Cup Series league. Both will be highly featured in our community with content, news, broadcasts, and recap videos. Regardless of which league you end up in, know that your racing will be a featured part of this community.

IWP Cup Series

Schedule

Tuesdays 9pm EST – Qualifying Start and Race to Follow

Race Length: 25% | Tire Wear: 3x | Yellow Flags: Relaxed | Black Flags: ON | Stages: Enabled

Regular Season: 15 Races (2 drop weeks) Playoffs: 6 races (1 drop week)

Charters

This year we will be introducing charters to the cup series. These charters are required to have guaranteed entry into the cup series race. They are also required to earn points in the cup series, so pay attention below!

  • Charters will be awarded to:
    • Admins
    • Legacy Drivers in good standing
    • New Drivers at Admin discretion
  • If a chartered driver is unable to make a race, they can hire an xfinity driver to fill their ride. Regardless of finishing position, a fill in driver can score a max of 30 points for that charter.

Filling the Field

With 25 charters, we will field a 28-30 car field each week. This leaves 3-5 open spots. These will be filled by the 3-5 highest finishing NORAPS drivers from the Monday race.

Note: this is at complete discretion of the admins, an opportunity to race in the cup series can be taken by admins if its determined you are not safe to race around.


IWP NORAPS Series

Introducing the NORAPS series! Racing on Monday nights, this is our way to expand the availability of the league to more drivers in a highly competitive racing environment.

Schedule

Wednesday 8pm EST – Qualifying Start and Race to Follow

Race Length: 25% | Tire Wear: 3x | Yellow Flags: Relaxed | Black Flags: ON | Stages: Enabled

Regular Season: 15 Races (2 drop weeks) Playoffs: 6 races (1 drop week)

Charters

The NORAPS Series will also feature charters. These charters are required to have guaranteed entry into the series race. They are also required to earn points.

  • Charters will be awarded to:
    • Legacy Drivers without good standing
    • New Drivers
    • Drivers who cannot race on Tuesdays
  • If a chartered driver is unable to make a race, they can hire an cup driver to fill their ride. Regardless of finishing position, a fill in driver can score a max of 25 points for that charter.

Filling the Field

There will be no limit on the size of the NORAPS field.

Cup Series drivers are allowed to race under the following conditions:

  • They are filling in for a NORAPS Charter
  • Cup series drivers can run in 5 regular season races a year, there will be sign ups first come, first serve