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Thirty-six of the 42 Daytona 500 entrants knew their starting spots were guaranteed via NASCAR's charter system. The other six had to fight their way in View the full article

Last weekend's non-championship Clash race, Thursday night's Duel qualifying races and Saturday's Xfinity Series opener were all characterised by long periods of cars running single-file and protecting the high line. The Daytona 500 is an anomaly in the revised 2019 Cup rules package – featuring horsepower reductions and aerodynamic changes to try to stabilise the cars and improve the ...Keep reading View the full article

Single-file racing in NASCAR's Daytona week so far has led to concerns about the spectacle in Sunday's Cup Series season-opening 500 View the full article

Toyota driver Tanak took a comfortable 48.8-second lead into the 8.93-km Power Stage, a second run through Torsby. But the Finn was in no mood to cruise to victory, winning the final test of the rally by 3.5s ahead of nearest rival Thierry Neuville - securing the maximum available score of 30 points. Tanak therefore moves into a seven-point lead in the championship standings ahead of ...Keep reading View the full article

Almost 50 seconds behind runaway rally leader Tanak, a three-way battle over second place continued to play out, with Mikkelsen and Esapekka Lappi heading to the first Likenas test tied for time overall. But a poor run to the 10th fastest time on the first of two passes demoted Mikkelsen from equal second to fourth, also falling behind his Hyundai teammate Thierry Neuville, who now holds ...Keep reading View the full article

NASCAR's biggest race features 8 drivers making their Daytona 500 debut and a handful of sponsors new to the sport View the full article

After a successful run driving the SUper Late Model for KBM over the past three season, the 17-Year-Old Canadian driver has committed to a 3-race program in KBM-prepared trucks. Lessard will make his debut in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series on March 23 at Martinsville Raceway. He’ll also compete at Dover International Speedway in May and Bristol Motor Speedway in August. “The ...Keep reading View the full article

NASCAR's biggest race features 8 drivers making their Daytona 500 debut and a handful of sponsors new to the sport View the full article

Annett deftly held off his JR Motorsports teammate. Justin Allgaier, in a final lap duel to the checkered flag and won Saturday’s NASCAR Racing Experience 300, his first career win in 230 starts. So far in Speedweeks, the Trucks and Xfinity Series openers have both featured first-time winner. “This is amazing. My first words were ‘Eight years’ – it’s been eight years in this ...Keep reading View the full article

Biggest Toyota stars skip final Daytona 500 practice; Martin Truex Jr., Kyle Busch among those sitting out View the full article

Bass’ death was announced by his wife, Denise, who posted a note on his official Twitter account. “It is with a sad heart that our family shares the news of our loss with the NASCAR community,” she wrote. Bass, 57, helped design paint schemes and programs for some of NASCAR’s top stars and marquee events, with his NASCAR Cup Series background including paint scheme designs for ...Keep reading View the full article

Brad Keselowski shares his story behind his infamous tweet from the 2012 Daytona 500. View the full article

Front Row Motorsports Ford driver Michael McDowell set the pace in the final practice session for the NASCAR Cup season-opening Daytona 500 on Saturday View the full article

Toyota Tanak managed his gap across Saturday’s final two stages, which took place on the short Karlstad superspecial first used on Thursday and a shortened version of Friday’s last stage, Torsby Sprint. Mikkelsen, Lappi and Thierry Neuville were engaged in a battle over second place, with Lappi 1.9s behind the Norwegian in fourth and Neuville 4.5s off his Hyundai teammate after a rerun of ...Keep reading View the full article

McDowell set his top average speed of 191.440 mph early in the 50-minute session while drafting with Ty Dillon. Dillon ended up second-fastest (191.432 mph) while pole-winner William Byron was third (191.339 mph). Alex Bowman, who is also starting on the front row, was fourth-fastest and rookie Daniel Hemric completed the top-five. Rounding out the Top 10 were Joey Logano, Jimmie Johnson ...Keep reading View the full article

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Following Teemu Suninen’s off into a snowbank this morning, Tanak was left with a comfortable lead, which he doubled with ease by scoring two stage wins. He now holds a 54.3s advantage over Mikkelsen in second. Mikkelsen is under pressure from both Lappi and Hyundai teammate Neuville, the former only 1.9s behind and Neuville a further 2.6s off Lappi. Lappi was immediately on a charge ...Keep reading View the full article

Bell, the 2017 Truck champion, says he was relieved he wasn’t a part of Friday night’s Truck opener, in which only nine drivers saw the checkered flag on the lead lap. He predicts that Saturday’s Xfinity event could be similarly chaotic, and a contrast to the single-file racing the Cup cars have produced at Daytona so far. “I would imagine that the Xfinity race is probably going to be ...Keep reading View the full article

Dale Earnhardt's grandson Jeffrey has been on the NASCAR scene for a decade, but regards his 2019 Joe Gibbs Racing deal as "only the beginning" of his racing career View the full article

In many ways, he’s right. Jeffrey, the 29-year-old grandson of seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Dale Earnhardt, has amassed more than 150 starts across NASCAR’s three national series – Cup, Xfinity and Gander Outdoors Trucks. This season, however, provides Earnhardt perhaps his best chance to showcase what he can do given an opportunity in some of the sport’s top ...Keep reading View the full article

NASCAR Cup Series team owner Joe Gibbs said he is determined not to let his late son and team co-founder JD down as the squad begins the 2019 season without him View the full article

Tanak took the lead from Suninen by going 3.8s faster on the morning’s first stage, Rammen. That gap was set to increase further on Hagfors but Suninen’s victory challenge ended before the stage was over. Carrying too much speed into a slow left turn in the technical section late on the Hagfors test, Suninen's M-Sport Ford Fiesta understeered wide into a snowbank, requiring one minute and a ...Keep reading View the full article

After winning the series title last year with driver Brett Moffitt, Austin Hill took over the No. 16 Toyota and powered to a victory in Friday night’s season opener at Daytona International Speedway. On the restart of the second overtime, Hill got out to a sizable lead over Matt Crafton and Spencer Boyd. Hill managed to stay out front and held off Grant Enfinger to claim his first series win ...Keep reading View the full article

Austin Hill has won his debut race for Hattori Racing in the Truck Series season-opener at Daytona International Speedway View the full article

Technically, Logano is the reigning series champion but you would hardly know it by listening to him this week at Daytona 500 Media Day or even after winning one of Thursday night’s Daytona 500 qualifying races. He’s not only focused on the season at hand, but even more so on the race at hand, which would be securing his second career Daytona 500 victory on Sunday. “It’s nice to walk ...Keep reading View the full article