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Chevrolet scooped the biggest race of the NASCAR Cup season when Ricky Stenhouse scored a surprise win, just beating the Ford of Joey Logano and Toyota’s Christopher Bell when a caution for a huge wreck at Turn 1 ended the race in overtime. Chevy’s Camaro ZL1 features the biggest visual nose change among NASCAR’s three manufacturers in 2023, with the faux headlights and grille section ...Keep readingView the full article

Following the season-opening spectacle that is Daytona 500, NASCAR's 'true' season begins now. Auto Club Speedway kicks off a three-week stretch on the west coast in what is going to be the final race on the two-mile oval before it is reconfigured into a short track. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. snapped a 199-race winless streak with his Daytona 500 victory, and returned JTG Daugherty Racing to ...Keep readingView the full article

Hamlin, who led the race for six laps, said on his podcast – Actions Detrimental with Denny Hamlin – that he had an big opportunity to win until the final pitstop cycle, when he pitted from a top-five place with 23 laps to go with Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota team-mate Martin Truex Jr. The plan was for them to rejoin in tandem, but Truex needed much less gas to get the end and exited the ...Keep readingView the full article

The small, family run JTG Daugherty Racing team had only one Cup win, back in 2014, before hitting it big at Daytona on Sunday. View the full article

A timely caution following a strategic pass for the lead on the final lap of the second overtime preserved Stenhouse’s win in the NASCAR Cup season opener. It was a much-needed win for Stenhouse and his team. Stenhouse had last won in 2017 – a winless streak of 199 races. While JTG Daugherty’s only previous Cup victory had some in 2014 with driver A.J. Allmendinger at Watkins Glen ...Keep readingView the full article

Kyle Busch and Austin Dillon came away frustrated while Jimmie Johnson and Travis Pastrana had a great time in The Great American Race. View the full article

As the race reached its crunch point, Daniel Suarez went off on lap 198 and ended up in the infield grass to bring out a caution and send the race into a first period of two-lap overtime. Stenhouse grabbed the lead for the first time in the race with a shove from Kyle Larson in the first overtime, but a clash involving Austin Dillon and William Byron sent the race into a second two-lap ...Keep readingView the full article

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. claimed victory in the longest Daytona 500 in history. The race went 30 miles (12 laps) past the scheduled distance, due to multiple late-race incidents. The final crash forced the event to end under caution, and it was Stenhouse who was just ahead of reigning Cup Series champion Joey Logano. It is the third career win for Stenhouse (all on superspeedways), and his first in ...Keep readingView the full article

Austin Dillon gave his thoughts on him and his teammate, Kyle Busch wrecking at the end of the 2023 Daytona 500. View the full article

On this week's edition of Fast Throughts with Bob Pockrass, Pockrass disussed the Daytona 500 win for Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and if it will silence his critics. View the full article

Kyle Busch explained the overtime restart at the Daytona 500 and what it was like racing through the process. View the full article

A journeyman driver with just two career wins, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. validated those who stuck by him in winning the Daytona 500. View the full article

Sunday's running of the Daytona 500 became a lesson of attrition. The Super Bowl of racing delivered on excitement until the very end. View the full article

But as happens oftentimes in superspeedway racing, none of the four cars involved ended up in Victory Lane and only one – Chris Buescher – finished the race. Buescher and his teammate and owner Brad Keselowski grabbed control of the race in the final stage and ended up leading a combined 74 of the 212 laps with Keselowski the most (42). With five laps remaining in regulation, Keselowski ...Keep readingView the full article

Travis Pastrana summed up his thoughts on racing during the Daytona 500. He was happy and doesn't plan on racing in the Cup again. View the full article

Pastrana started his week on a high note, qualifying on speed and making the Daytona 500. Being locked into the field, he took it easy in the Duels, but still got a piece of a crash that broke out ahead of him. He then began NASCAR's crown jewel event from 40th on the grid, and took a cautious approach for most of the event. He led two laps during a cycle of green-flag pit stops, but otherwise ...Keep readingView the full article

Here is the full schedule of races and results for the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season. View the full article

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. broke a 199-race winless streak, edging Joey Logano during an overtime caution flag to win the 2023 Daytona 500. View the full article

Despite being surrounded by Fords and Chevrolets on the final restart, the reigning NASCAR Cup champion still found himself in position to start 2023 with a victory. Kyle Busch shoved Logano to the lead just after the start of the final lap of the second overtime but Christopher Bell’s push of Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – who was short on fuel – allowed him to edge ahead in the inside ...Keep readingView the full article

Christopher Bell didn't get the finish he envisioned but he was satisfied with the outcome and very happy for the winner of the Daytona 500 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. View the full article