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With automotive companies increasingly distancing themselves from internal combustion engines in favour of hybrid or fully-electric powertrains, NASCAR has found itself in a quandary over its use of V8 engines while trying to maintain relevance to potential new OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) entering the series. Since Dodge withdrew from Cup at the end of the 2012 season, discussions ...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 began covering the sport on a regular basis in April 1998 that it’s often hard to remember many details about any particular race weekend. Oh, I’ll remember who won a race, or a particularly bad ...Keep reading View the full article

An interesting aspect of NASCAR that few other forms of motorsport share is the so-called eye in the sky that helps guide their driver throughout a race. IndyCar is another series that utilizes spotters, while Formula 1 for example does not. In WRC, there are co-drivers or navigators who read off pacenotes and prepare the driver for what to expect just up the road. It's a similar relationship ...Keep reading View the full article

Cindric, the reigning series champion, held off a frantic charge from Brett Moffitt over the two-lap overtime and came away with the victory in the season opener at Daytona International Speedway. The win is the first for Team Penske on the Daytona oval track in Xfinity Series competition. Cindric, 22, will also compete in Sunday’s Daytona 500, making his first NASCAR Cup Series ...Keep reading View the full article

Brett Moffit comes in a career-best second-place behind Austin Cindric in the Beef. It's What's For Dinner. 300 at the Daytona International Speedway. View the full article

Austin Cindric held off hard challengers Harrison Burton and Brett Moffitt on the final restart for Penske Racing's first Xifnity Series win at Daytona. View the full article

Watch Ty Dillon make contact with Daniel Hemric and spin out with 16 laps remaining triggering a massive, multi-car crash at Daytona International Speedway. View the full article

Bob Pockrass traces the roots of the partnership between Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin, which were sewn more than a decade ago. View the full article

The Next Gen car (aka Gen-7) is being readied for introduction for the 2022 Cup Series season, having been postponed from 2021 due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Its primary aim is to lower costs for teams and prove more attractive to OEMs (road car manufacturers) to join Chevrolet, Ford and Toyota in NASCAR competition. “In my opinion, the importance of this car can’t be ...Keep reading View the full article

Jones, who has switched to Richard Petty Motorsports for the 2021 campaign after being dropped by Joe Gibbs Racing, fell foul of the single engine rule. The regulations state that if the engine in the nominated primary car is changed after the qualifying Duel races, the driver must start at the rear of the field for the 500, and the following race on the calendar - next weekend's event on the ...Keep reading View the full article

Erik Jones and Martin Truex Jr are the latest NASCAR Cup drivers to be hit with a penalty before the Daytona 500, taking the number of drivers penalised to eight View the full article

All three national series were are only going to see limited number of qualifying sessions this season due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. With qualifying canceled, reigning Xfinity Series champion Austin Cindric will start from the pole in Saturday’s season opener, which is scheduled for a 5 p.m. ET start barring any additional weather delays. The National Weather Service calls for a 60 ...Keep reading View the full article

Only 27 cars had taken to the track at Daytona International Speedway before rain brought the first practice to a halt. Persistent heavy showers continued and eventually the remainder of the session was called off. Keselowski’s average lap speed of 196.395 mph topped the chart as he and 25 others only managed to get in one lap. Kyle Busch ended up second-fastest (195.435 mph) and Bubba ...Keep reading View the full article

As automotive companies are increasingly distancing themselves from internal combustion engines in favour of hybrid or fully electric powertrains, NASCAR has found itself in a quandary over its use of V8 engines whilst trying to maintain relevance to potential new OEMs entering the series. Since Dodge withdrew from the Cup Series at the end of the 2012 season, NASCAR has held discussions with ...Keep reading View the full article

NASCAR president Steve Phelps says he would "surprised" if a new OEM opted to enter the top level of stock car racing without provision for an electric hybrid system View the full article

The 62-year-old, who famously won the Daytona 500 in 1990 after a puncture on the last lap denied Dale Earnhardt a maiden victory in the event, will drive a chartered Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet Camaro for one last entry in the 200-lap race. Since stepping back from a full-time programme in 1999, Cope has made sporadic Cup appearances including attempting to qualify for a majority of races in ...Keep reading View the full article

One-time Daytona 500 winner Derrike Cope says the NASCAR Cup regulars will "know I am there" in his final competition appearance on Sunday, 10 years after his last Daytona start View the full article

The 2021 NASCAR Cup season gets underway this weekend, with Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin hoping to secure a historic third consecutive victory in the jewel-in-the-crown Daytona 500. A fourth win would put Hamlin, who won the 2016 event before doubling up in 2019 and 2020, level on wins with three-time Cup champion Cale Yarborough and second in the all-time stakes. But Hamlin would ...Keep reading View the full article

Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher have both won seven Formula 1 world championships, but only one man has conquered NASCAR's Daytona 500 seven times - Richard Petty. Four decades on, TOM HOWARD revisits The King's record-setting final win in 1981 View the full article

Hendrick Motorsports driver Bowman, who has moved across to the #48 Chevrolet Camaro to replace seven-time champion Jimmie Johnson, claimed his second pole for the event in qualifying on Wednesday night and will become the first driver in history to start four successive 500s from the front row. Team-mate William Byron was due to start alongside Bowman in a Hendrick lockout, but the former was ...Keep reading View the full article