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The death of Dale Earnhardt Sr at the 2001 Daytona 500 shocked NASCAR to the core. Days before his accident, in the 15 February 2001 issue of Autosport magazine, 'The Intimidator' shared his expectations of challenging for an eighth Cup title with JONATHAN INGRAM View the full article

The seven-time NASCAR Cup champion, known as the fearless ‘Intimidator’, died at the age of 49 after his famed #3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Monte Carlo crashed at Turn 4 on the last lap of the Daytona 500. His own team’s cars, driven by good friend Michael Waltrip and his son Dale Earnhardt Jr, finished 1-2 on a day that should have been filled with great joy. Instead, it’s ...Keep reading View the full article

I'm not sure what surprises me more - that it's 20 years since Dale Earnhardt died or that I have been covering NASCAR racing even longer than that. So much has occurred in NASCAR since I started in April 1998 that it's often hard to remember many details about any particular race weekend. Sure, I'll remember who won a race, or a particularly bad wreck or sometimes it may be something totally ...Keep reading View the full article

On the 20th anniversary of Dale Earnhardt Sr's death on the final lap of the 2001 Daytona 500, JIM UTTER reflects on his memories of NASCAR's darkest weekend View the full article

Thursday marks the 20th anniversary of Earnhardt's death at the 2001 Daytona 500, and has sparked a number of tributes and recollections of the seven-time NASCAR champion's life and career. McLaren F1 driver Ricciardo has previously spoken about the influence Earnhardt had on his racing career, even prompting him to use #3 as his permanent F1 number as a tribute. Read Also: The ...Keep reading View the full article

Cindric, the reigning Xfinity Series champion, opened the 2021 season by winning the series opener at Daytona International Speedway – an impressive opening act for a driver coming off a year in which he won a career-best six races. Cindric, however, was also pulling double duty at Daytona for the first time. The 22-year-old son of Team Penske President Tim Cindric already knows he will ...Keep reading View the full article

Nemechek, 23, is already running for the Truck Series championship with Kyle Busch Motorsports. He will now add several NXS races to his 2021 schedule He will make his debut with Sam Hunt Racing at Dover in May. The organization is coming off of an impressive run in the season-opener, scoring a top-ten finish with Brandon Gdovic. “I’m excited to have John Hunter come back to his ...Keep reading View the full article

Team owner Bob Jenkins fielded his first Cup series entry in 2005. The organization didn’t register its first top-five finish until the 2011 season and picked up its first victory in 2013 with driver David Ragan. Chris Buescher added another win in 2016, which also gave the team its first appearance in the NASCAR playoffs. While the organization doesn’t have the resources of other Ford ...Keep reading View the full article

The 63rd running of the Daytona 500 was marred by two major incidents and a lengthy weather delay. The first wreck completely changed the complexion of the event when 16 cars were damaged in a Lap 15 pile-up. Among those collected were front row starters Alex Bowman and William Byron, the 2011 winning team (Wood Brothers), former Cup Series champion Martin Truex Jr. as well as former Daytona ...Keep reading View the full article

Currently in the Cup Series, Toyota is the least represented of the three manufacturers, with just the four Joe Gibbs Racing cars supplemented by the quasi-works single-car outfit of 23XI Racing, co-owned by Hamlin and basketball legend Michael Jordan. For comparison, Chevrolet has 16 full-time drivers using the Camaro, while Ford's Mustang is driven by 13 drivers across six teams, including ...Keep reading View the full article

Denny Hamlin believes "a lack of numbers" in NASCAR Cup teams using Toyota machinery played a "big role" in the Daytona 500, potentially costing him a fourth victory View the full article

He insists he always knew he would win a series race before his career came to an end, although he finds it difficult to articulate the reasons why he came to that conclusion. “Y’all could ask my wife because she’s more realistic, and she’s just like, ‘Man, I don’t think it’s in the cards.’ Just for whatever reason, I don’t know. “I’m like, ‘It’s going to happen. I ...Keep reading View the full article

Front Row Motorsports driver McDowell started 17th in Sunday's race, avoiding a 16-car pile-up in the early laps, and kept close to his fellow Ford Mustang exponents throughout the race. As the field approached Turn 3 on the 200th and final lap, McDowell tagged the rear bumper of Brad Keselowski's Penske Ford, who in turn tapped team-mate Joey Logano, sending both cars back up the banking where ...Keep reading View the full article

Daytona 500 winner Michael McDowell says he "never lost of hope" of winning in the NASCAR Cup Series for the first time after 18 years and 358 race starts View the full article

Daytona 500 Winner, Michael McDowell, joins the show to share his experience of the race plus the rain delay. Additionally, he shares what this means to him as his 1st NASCAR Cup Series win. View the full article

Hamlin led a race-high 98 of 200 laps and won both Stage 1 and Stage 2. However, the three-time Daytona 500 champion found himself in a bad position following the final set of green-flag pit stops. Manufacturers were pitting in groups separately, a disadvantage to Toyota as they are outnumbered by their rivals. Combine that with the fact that the Toyota drivers were not able to stay together ...Keep reading View the full article

On lap 170 of 200, the Ford Mustang runners, including both remaining Penske drivers and the Front Row Motorsports entry of McDowell pitted for the final time to top off the fuel tanks, and managed to use this undercut to leapfrog long-term leader Denny Hamlin. The Joe Gibbs racer, searching for an unprecedented third 500 win in a row, and fourth overall, responded with his fellow Toyota Camry ...Keep reading View the full article

Michael McDowell scored his first NASCAR Cup Series win in the heavily-delayed Daytona 500, after a fiery final-lap crash eliminated the leading Penske duo of Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski View the full article

Joey Logano, Brad Keselowski and Michael McDowell ran 1-2-3 as the last of 200 laps began in the early hours Monday morning at Daytona International Speedway. Kevin Harvick, who had been in the mix up front, had fallen back but picked up help from Austin Dillon to return to the battle. Coming down the backstretch and entering Turn 3, Keselowski went high and Logano followed him to block ...Keep reading View the full article

Michael McDowell emerged from a fiery crash among the leaders on the last lap as the leader when NASCAR placed the race under caution, securing his first career victory in NASCAR’s premier series. Joey Logano led the way entering the final lap and by the exit to Turn 2, his teammate Brad Keselowski had moved in behind him. Entering Turn 3, McDowell shoved Keselowski into the back of Logano ...Keep reading View the full article