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Martin Truex Jr. made a fast debut at Joe Gibbs Racing by posting the quickest lap on the opening day of practice for the Daytona 500 View the full article

Martin Truex Jr led the way during Saturday's pair of NASCAR Cup practice sessions for the season-opening Daytona 500 View the full article

Wallace’s average lap speed at 195.020 mph topped the second practice session, which was called after rain brought it to a halt just over 23 minutes into the session. Ty Dillon ended up second-fastest (195.008 mph) and David Ragan third (194.940 mph). Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Paul Menard completed the top-five. Rounding out the Top 10 were Michael McDowell, Martin Truex Jr., Alex Bowman ...Keep reading View the full article

Truex sent his session-best lap speed of 195.920 mph late in the session while running together with his Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Kyle Busch and Erik Jones. Busch ended up second-fastest (195.852 mph) and Jones third (195.793 mph). Tyler Reddick was fourth and Ty Dillon completed the top-five. Ryan Newman ended up sixth, Daniel Hemric seventh, Matt DiBenedetto eighth, Alex Bowman ninth and ...Keep reading View the full article

Logano posted the fastest average speed of 196.786 mph during Saturday practice in preparation for the Advance Auto Parts Clash, a session that was dominated by drivers electing mostly to draft and marred by a four-car wreck. Jimmie Johnson ended up second (196.674 mph) and Austin Dillon was third (196.622 mph). Chase Elliott was fourth and Kevin Harvick ended up fifth. Just over 34 minutes ...Keep reading View the full article

Chase Elliott triggers a multi-car wreck during practice for the Clash at Daytona, handing damage to Ryan Newman, Kevin Harvick, and Denny Hamlin. View the full article

Chase Elliott, Kevin Harvick, Denny Hamlin and Ryan Newman involved in the first wreck of Speedweeks View the full article

After scoring her best finish in three races last season with DJK Racing at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Landauer has decided to return to the NASCAR Pinty’s Series and rejoin DJ Kennington’s team for five events. “I’m really looking forward to working with DJ and his team building on what I learned in the Pinty’s Series last year,” Landauer said. “We’ve worked hard during the ...Keep reading View the full article

Eckes used a lap at 183.001 mph during his group qualifying session Friday to win the pole for the ARCA Racing Series season opener Saturday afternoon at Daytona International Speedway. The pole is Eckes’ third of his career and first on a superspeedway. This is the first year Eckes, 18, was old enough to compete at Daytona and Talladega. Eckes is competing fulltime in ARCA this season ...Keep reading View the full article

Dillon took Chevrolet and Richard Childress Racing's only win of 2018 in last year's Daytona 500 after a last-lap clash with Almirola in which the SHR driver was tipped into a race-ending spin by his rival. Almirola came out in support of Dillon immediately after the race, saying: "He's not driving too aggressively, he's trying to win the Daytona 500 just like I was." But ahead of this ...Keep reading View the full article

JRM announced Thursday that Elliott would compete in the Feb. 16 season opener at Daytona International Speedway in the organization’s newly-rebranded No. 8 Chevrolet. “This is more than just putting a driver in a car,” said Kelley Earnhardt Miller, JRM’s general manager. “Chase is family to us and an integral part of our history. He helped kick start our run of ...Keep readingView the full article

Chad Knaus is the winningest crew chief in NASCAR right now but goes into the new season essentially starting over View the full article

Stewart-Haas Racing's Aric Almirola says he would "return the favour" if he was to again fight Austin Dillon for victory in the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season-opening Daytona 500 View the full article

One of the key parts of the development process for the new Cup Mustang was pairing the Ford Design Center with Ford Performance motorsports aero specialists to create a look for the Mustang that was true to its heritage, but also competitive for race competition. Team members met on a daily basis for months to get the NASCAR Mustang’s design to where it is today, ready to debut at ...Keep reading View the full article

Jason White, who has competed every year in the series since NASCAR began sanctioning the series in 2007, will compete in the ARCA Racing Series opener and six days later he’ll make his third start in the Gander Outdoors Truck Series. Understandably the Sun Peaks, British Columbia native is ready for this new opportunity on the 2.5-mile speedway. “It’s a dream come true,” said ...Keep reading View the full article

Eckes, 18, will compete fulltime in the ARCA Racing Series with Venturini Motorsports and drive in seven Gandor Outdoors Truck Series events with Kyle Busch Motorsports in the No. 51 Toyota. Last season, Eckes won three times in 13 ARCA starts and competed in four Truck events with KBM with a best finish of eighth in June at Iowa. “Christian progressed nicely last year collecting some wins ...Keep reading View the full article

Rick Hendrick's drivers won only three races last year and the team owner said his organization is far too good to perform so poorly View the full article

Current manufacturers Toyota, Chevrolet and Ford have been in discussions with NASCAR to help inform the direction of the regulations, and the series has consulted OEMs outside of NASCAR in a bid to attract more car-makers. Road-relevance and controlled costs are two of the targets for the next generation of NASCAR machinery. NASCAR's new-for-2019 aerodynamic package for the existing ...Keep reading View the full article

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In this NASCAR Race Hub all-access feature, Austin Dillon counts down to Daytona and talks about what another win in the Great American Race would mean to his team and and family. View the full article