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Christopher Bell hunted down leader Joey Logano in the closing laps of the NASCAR Cup Series race on the Daytona road course to record his maiden at the 38th attempt View the full article

Elliott was once again dominant in NASCAR's first road course race of the 2021 season. He won Stage 1 and led 44 of 70 laps. A Lap 57 caution for light rain changed the complexion of the race drastically though. Elliott pitted but found himself behind nearly a dozen cars who did not. What followed what a series of fender-benders, off-road excursions and a spin that left him with a ...Keep reading View the full article

The three races on the Daytona Road Course this weekend – Trucks, Xfinity and Cup – each were different in their own right, but all featured drivers “going for broke” late in the race leading to many on-track incidents and usually many cautions. Sunday’s Cup race was a fairly low-key affair until NASCAR decided to throw a caution on Lap 57 of 70 because there was light rain failing in ...Keep reading View the full article

Full highlights from the 2021 O'Reilly Auto Parts 253 at Daytona Road Course in Daytona Beach, FL for the NASCAR Cup Series. View the full article

Logano had led 10 of the final 13 laps but on the next-to-last lap, Bell made up considerable ground on him and entering the frontstretch chicane of the Daytona Road Course, Bell powered to his inside and came away the leader to start the final lap. He deftly navigated the last of the 70 laps and ended up winning by 2.119 seconds – his first career win in 38 starts. Bell, 26, is ...Keep reading View the full article

Christopher Bell celebrates winning his first career Cup Series race after claiming the top spot in the 2021 Daytona Road Course. View the full article

Christopher Bell pulls off his first career win after passing Joey Logano in the final laps of the NASCAR Cup Series O'Reilly Auto Parts 253. View the full article

Just moments after Tyler Reddick was pushed off course, causing enough damage to start a fire, Chase Elliott makes a huge recovery and gets back on track but loses his position. View the full article

Kurt Busch was unable to regain control after hitting a curb on the Daytona Road Course, causing him to spin out into the grass and drop from 1st to 25th place. View the full article

Gibbs, the 18-year-old grandson of Joe Gibbs Racing owner Joe Gibbs, went from fourth to second in Turn 1 at the start of the second overtime and then cleared leader Jeb Burton for the lead. Gibbs then had to hold off road-racing ace Austin Cindric, last year’s Xfinity champion, over the last lap but came away with his first NASCAR national series victory. “I just can’t thank everybody ...Keep reading View the full article

AJ Allmendinger and Austin Cindric make contact to win Stage 1 at Daytona International Speedway View the full article

Rhodes led the way on the start of the third two-lap overtime and managed to remain out front to take the white flag, but as he tried to fend off a charge from Sheldon Creed on the final lap, the caution was displayed again for a truck stopped in the frontstretch chicane. Rhodes made it back to the checkered flag under caution to secure his win Friday night on the Daytona International Speedway ...Keep reading View the full article

Anthony Alfredo hops in the iRacing driver seat to analyze the Daytona Road Course in preparation for this weekend's NASCAR Cup Series Race. View the full article

Instead, after dropping back to start a run and with a shove from behind by Michael McDowell, Brad Keselowski got into the left-rear of leader Joey Logano’s No. 22 Ford, which sent Logano spinning down the track and Keselowski racing up it and into the wall. McDowell split the middle to inherit the lead and held off Chase Elliott before the caution was thrown, which secured McDowell’s first ...Keep reading View the full article

Daytona International Speedway has been a fixture on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule since 1959, and is the site of 'The Great American Race.' The 63rd running of the Daytona 500 took place Sunday, February 14th. Michael McDowell claimed a shock victory after Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski crashed in a dramatic last-lap crash. But this week echoes back to the true origins of NASCAR ...Keep reading View the full article

Friday, Feb. 19 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series - 7:30 p.m. EST. Race length - 44 laps with stages of 12-13-19 Pole - Ben Rhodes Network - Fox Sports 1 Radio - MRN/SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Saturday, Feb. 20 NASCAR Xfinity Series - 5 p.m. EST. Race length - 52 laps with stages of 15-15-22 Pole - Brett Moffitt Network - Fox Sports 1 Radio - ...Keep reading View the full article

Repeatedly during last week’s Busch Clash exhibition race on the road course, dirt and grass were sprayed on the track and onto other cars when cars cut the corners on the backstretch chicane. To help reduce those incidents, NASCAR has now added rumble strips in front of the “turtle curbing” to the Turn 9 and Turn 10 chicane on the backstretch. The rumble strips are the same as those ...Keep reading View the full article

During last week's Busch Clash exhibition race on the road course, drivers complained that dirt and grass was being pulled onto the track when cars cut the corners on the backstretch chicane. Ahead of all three national series' races this weekend, and to help reduce incidents, NASCAR has now added rumble strips in front of the "turtle curbing" to the Turn 9 and Turn 10 chicane in an effort to ...Keep reading View the full article

NASCAR has made changes to the backstretch chicane of the Daytona International Speedway Road Course ahead of this weekend's racing following criticism by drivers View the full article

Dale Earnhardt started his pursuit of a record eighth Winston Cup by driving in a 24-hour race a fortnight before the blue riband Daytona 500. The ride in the factory-backed Corvette C5-R, which finished fourth, gave Earnhardt his first opportunity to co-drive with his son Dale Earnhardt Jr, who this year will enter his second season in NASCAR's premier series. Even though he is now referred to ...Keep reading View the full article