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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

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