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Paul Menard tops speed charts at 200.76. Hear how ’small’ modifications to his Mustang made a crucial impact in taking the lead. View the full article

J.D. Gibbs, the eldest son of Joe Gibbs, died Jan. 11 due to complications following a long battle with a degenerative neurological disease. A memorial service, attended by more than 3,000 people and live-streamed on NASCAR.com, was held on Jan. 25 at Davidson (N.C.) College. In previous interviews since his death, JGR driver Denny Hamlin said he planned to dedicate this season to J.D. and ...Keep reading View the full article

Paul Menard was fastest in Friday's practice sessions for the NASCAR Cup season-opening Daytona 500, with the second session ending up being a showcase for the new Ford Mustang View the full article

Paul Menard led the way with an average lap speed of 200.758 mph as Ford drivers took four of the top-five positions and nine of the Top 10 at Daytona International Speedway. Jamie McMurray, the lone Chevrolet in the Top 10, ended up second (200.696 mph) and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was third (200.664 mph). Ryan Newman and Clint Bowyer completed the top-five. Rounding out the Top 10 were Aric ...Keep reading View the full article

Kyle Busch tells Matt Yocum about Jimmie Johnson's apologetic text message after last night's incident in the Duel. View the full article

The Daytona 500 is shaping up to be a snoozer of a showcase event based on three exhibition races that were short on entertainment View the full article

Richard Petty has long stood as NASCAR's record holder with 200 wins View the full article

The Daytona 500 will be the final NASCAR race for horsepower-sapping restrictor plates View the full article

Busch, who got into an incident with Jimmie Johnson in the first of Thursday night’s two Daytona 500 qualifying races, bolted to the top of the speed chart with an average lap speed of 200.284 mph late in the session at Daytona International Speedway. His JGR teammate, Truex, was second (200.200 mph) and rookie Ryan Preece was third (200.169 mph). Erik Jones and Ryan Newman completed the ...Keep reading View the full article

Ogier’s Citroen C3 WRC was undamaged after he went off the road on the second run through Svullrya and the Frenchman felt he had paid a high price for a small mistake. “I got stuck in the snowbank,” he told Motorsport.com. “It was nothing special. “It’s always tricky on the second loop. I touch a little bit the snowbank and get stuck and, with no spectators, there was nothing we ...Keep reading View the full article

Jimmie Johnson has apologised to Kyle Busch after being involved in his second controversial collision of NASCAR's Daytona 500 build-up 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

Both M-Sport's Suninen and Toyota driver Latvala had risen quickly through the order this morning and continued their progress up the leaderboard, immediately moving to second and first place respectively after Hof-Finnskog’s afternoon rerun. Suninen then moved into first with a fastest time on the subsequent Svullrya test, with previous leader Ott Tanak dropping further adrift in third ...Keep reading View the full article

The second leg of the eNASCAR Heat Pro League Showcase moved to iconic Charlotte Motor Speedway. The four races were 50 laps each with four different winners and one making it two wins in a row in the showcase. In the Playstation B division race DAGGER_RCN260 remained hot, becoming the first competitor to score two wins in as many races when he held off the competition in a hard-fought battle ...Keep reading View the full article

Running third on the road, Tanak took wins on Hof-Finnskog and Rojden, with second-placed Teemu Suninen breaking his streak with fastest time on Svullrya, the longest stage of the rally. M-Sport’s Suninen is locked in an extremely close battle for position with Toyota driver Jari-Matti Latvala and Hyundai's Thierry Neuville, who had been the overnight leader after Thursday’s Karlstad ...Keep reading View the full article

With help from Toyota teammate Kyle Busch, Kligerman drove past Tyler Reddick, who was already qualified for Sunday’s Daytona 500 through speed, with three laps to go in Thursday night’s first Daytona 500 qualifying race held off Reddick and Truex to qualify for Sunday’s season-opening race. “First off, I got to thank Kyle Busch, a Toyota teammate,” Kligerman said. “When he fell ...Keep reading View the full article

Kevin Harvick and Joey Logano shared the wins in the NASCAR Duel races at Daytona as Ford's new-for-2019 Mustang swept the top three spots in both qualifying races View the full article

Running fourth at the time, Logano dove to the inside of leader Clint Bowyer with a little help from Ryan Blaney on the final of 60 laps and held on to win the second Daytona 500 qualifying race at Daytona International Speedway. Bowyer ended up second, Aric Almirola third, Denny Hamlin was fourth and Kurt Busch completed the top-five. Ford drivers swept the top three positions in both ...Keep reading View the full article

NASCAR Cup Series Highlights: Joey Logano wins the second Duel as Brendan Gaughan races his way into the Daytona 500. View the full article

This time, Johnson was involved in an incident on the track in Thursday night’s first Daytona 500 qualifying race, making contact with Kyle Busch while the duo were racing three-wide with Tyler Reddick. Contact from Johnson sent Busch’s No. 18 Toyota into a spin. The damage left Busch one lap down and he limped home to an 18th-place finish. Johnson immediately asked his spotter to relay ...Keep reading View the full article

Parker Kligerman has earned an open spot in the Daytona 500 field View the full article

Johnson causes another crash at Daytona, concedes mistake View the full article

After moving his way into the lead, Harvick led the final 44 of 60 laps keeping Ricky Stenhouse Jr. at arm’s length to win the first of two 150-mile Daytona 500 qualifying races Thursday night at Daytona International Speedway. Paul Menard finished third, Matt DiBenedetto was fourth and Martin Truex Jr. completed the top-five. “Our Ford was fast and I had Stenhouse and (Menard) ...Keep reading View the full article

NASCAR Cup Series Highlights: Kevin Harvick wins the first Duel as Parker Kligerman races his way into the Daytona 500. View the full article

Logano and Harvick lead Ford sweeps in Daytona qualifying View the full article