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Villeneuve, who was F1 champion in 1997 and Indy 500 winner in ’95, qualified his No. 27 Hezeberg Engineering Systems Ford Mustang on speed on Wednesday night for NASCAR's biggest race of the season on Sunday. He takes one of the four non-charter spots on the grid, with Beard Motorsports’ Noah Gragson also locking himself in via time trials. When asked how his achievement ranked in his ...Keep readingView the full article

2022 is a year of change for the sport, and especially for Keselowski. After spending the last 12 years with Team Penske, he left the No. 2 car behind for an entirely new challenge at Roush. Once a super team with five full-time entries, the organization has struggled in recent years and downsized into a two-car operation. Roush Fenway has won no Cup titles since 2004 and hasn’t won a Cup ...Keep readingView the full article

Villeneuve, who won the F1 title in 1997 two years after his 1995 Indy 500 victory, ensured himself of a starting spot in NASCAR's biggest race of the season on Sunday in qualifying on Wednesday night. Driving the #27 Hezeberg Ford Mustang, the Canadian takes one of the four non-charter spots on the grid, with Beard Motorsports’ Noah Gragson also locking himself in via time ...Keep readingView the full article

Larson pipped 2021 poleman and Hendrick team-mate Alex Bowman to secure top spot for the 2022 season opener, the first points-scoring round of NASCAR's Next-Gen era. Larson’s average lap speed in the final round was 181.159 mph – the fastest lap recorded in both rounds, after he'd been second fastest in the first runs. His pole is the eighth consecutive Daytona 500 that a team ...Keep readingView the full article

This time, it was reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Larson who will start on the pole for the 2022 season opener, as he edged last year’s pole winner and teammate Alex Bowman for the top spot. Larson’s average lap speed in the final round was 181.159 mph – the fastest lap recorded in both rounds. Bowman ended up at 181.046 mph and will make a NASCAR record fifth consecutive start ...Keep readingView the full article

Hendrick Motorsports ended single-car qualifying 1-2-3, locking out the front row with defending NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Larson and his teammate Alex Bowman. Read Also: NASCAR at Daytona TV schedule: How to watch Speedweeks Daytona 500 Qualifying Results Pos. Driver. 1 Kyle Larson 2 Alex Bowman 3 William ...Keep readingView the full article

In four career starts in the NASCAR Cup Series’ biggest race, he has wrecked out of every one of them. In his only other attempt to make the 500 in 2020 with Gaunt Brothers Racing, Suarez failed to qualify for the race. When asked a question during Daytona 500 Media Day on Wednesday about his record in the 500, Suarez’s teammate Ross Chastain chimed in: “I think he said you stink ...Keep readingView the full article

Speaking at NASCAR’s Daytona 500 media day on Wednesday, Blaney explained that a lack of spare parts due to the new Next Gen cars has more than halved the team’s usual roster of backup machinery available. Given Daytona’s reputation for potential huge, multi-car wrecks, Blaney thinks that those drivers who are already locked into Sunday’s 500 will bear in mind that they can’t afford ...Keep readingView the full article

Toyota’s six drivers, spread across the Joe Gibbs Racing and 23XI teams, were the first to file up in line and practice drafting on Tuesday as the Next Gen cars hit Daytona’s high banks for the first time in anger. Five of its Camrys ended the opening practice in sixth through 10th on the speed charts, topped by five Ford Mustangs that teamed up later. Fords then swept the top 10 spots in ...Keep readingView the full article

During the Gen-6 era, Hamlin won three Daytona 500s (2016, 2019, 2020) and has finished outside the top-five only twice in the past nine races. Earlier in his career, Hamlin's results in NASCAR's biggest race weren't nearly as impressive. During the Gen-5 and C.O.T. era from 2006 to 2012, he posted just one result above 17th in the Daytona 500 -- a fourth-place finish in 2012. So what makes ...Keep readingView the full article

In recent seasons, NASCAR has made some of its biggest shakeups to its Cup Series schedule in decades and took a greater leap forward with the Feb. 6 preseason Busch Light Clash held on a made-from-scratch ¼-mile asphalt oval built inside the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Another new venue – World Wide Technology Raceway near St. Louis – will debut this season in Cup at the same time as ...Keep readingView the full article

McDowell, 37, earned his first career NASCAR Cup Series victory with his shocking win in the 2021 Daytona 500, which propelled him to the playoffs and a career-best 16th-place finish in the series standings. “The last few weeks with getting ready for the 500 and all the media and all the preseason stuff, it is fun. It is fun being the Daytona 500 champion coming to Daytona,” McDowell said ...Keep readingView the full article

Fords posted the top-10 average lap speeds in the final 50-minute practice session prior to Wednesday night’s qualifying for the front row of Sunday’s Daytona 500 (8 p.m. ET, Fox Sports 1). Ryan Blaney, running in a draft of Ford cars, led the way in the final session with an average lap speed of 192.587 mph. Blaney’s Team Penske teammate, Joey Logano, was second-fastest (192.135 mph) ...Keep readingView the full article

A pack of Fords led the way at the end of the first session with defending race winner Michael McDowell on top of the charts at 192.736mph. There were no incidents. Read Also: McDowell, Fords top first Daytona 500 practice PRACTICE #1 RESULTS Positon Driver Speed (mph) 1 Michael McDowell 192.736 2 David ...Keep readingView the full article

McDowell, who was part of a group of Fords that elected to draft with just minutes remaining in the 50-minute session, turned in an average lap speed of 192. 735 mph. David Ragan, driving a Rick Ware Racing car, ended up second (192.665 mph) and Todd Gilliland – McDowell’s teammate at Front Row Motorsports – was third (192.649 mph). Brad Keselowski and Chris Buescher rounded out the ...Keep readingView the full article

Even before NASCAR could iron out aerodynamic rules packages, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. had been hard at work preparing the new 18-inch tires for the car. The 18-inch bead diameter tires required construction changes and new tread compounds due to the tire’s lower profile sidewall and the changes to the car’s design and weight. In all, Goodyear has spent more than two years testing and ...Keep readingView the full article

How to watch Daytona Speedweeks All three national divisions and the ARCA Racing Series will be present at Daytona this week, kicking off the 2022 season in a big way on the high banks of the 2.5-mile superspeedway. Here's how and where to watch all the on-track activity: Tuesday, February 15 (All times EST.; Schedule is tentative and subject to change) 5:05 p.m. - 5:55 p.m. - ...Keep readingView the full article

On-track action begins on Tuesday as the NASCAR racing season returns with the official opener on the high banks at Daytona. Read Also: 2022 NASCAR Daytona 500 Speedweeks schedule released 42 cars are on the entry list for the 64th running of the Daytona 500 with 36 chartered teams, six open teams and a total of 40 spots ...Keep readingView the full article

The 52-year-old was a Cup Series regular between 2003 and 2016, and finished second to Tony Stewart in the 2005 standings. Biffle, the champion of the second-tier Busch Series in 2002, won 19 times in his 510 Cup Series starts for Andy Petree Racing, Petty Enterprises and Roush Fenway Racing. Following the end of his top-flight career, Biffle made two appearances in the Truck Series, winning ...Keep readingView the full article

In addition to his two Cup Series championships, Busch has 102 career wins in the Xfinity Series and 61 in Trucks but his list of accomplishments has a glaring omission – he’s still seeking his first Daytona 500 victory. Could the introduction of the Cup Series’ revolutionary Next Generation race car open the door for Busch’s first 500 win this season? “I don’t know if this this ...Keep readingView the full article