NASCAR penalized driver Chase Briscoe and Joe Gibbs Racing on Wednesday for modifying a spoiler on the No. 19 Toyota at the Daytona 500 last weekend. Briscoe, who won the pole for the season-opening race and placed fourth behind winner William Byron, lost 100 driver points and 10 playoff points. Briscoe, in his first season…… MORE
The Daytona 500 carried the sports calendar over the busy Presidents’ Day weekend, but the “Great American Race” still suffered a ratings hit. After waiting out a nearly four-hour rain delay, the 41-car field resumed under the lights on Sunday, putting it up against the NBA All-Star Game. Despite the delay, the Daytona 500 did…… MORE
More than 25 years after Jeff Gordon earned his second Daytona 500 win in 1999, he sat inside the media center at Daytona International Speedway on Sunday, preparing to take questions. Gordon, now the vice chairman of operations for Hendrick Motorsports, was previously the youngest driver to win two Daytona 500s. That was until 27-year-old…… MORE
William Byron made a late run with a melee unfolding in front of him in a two-lap overtime dash on Sunday night, stunning NASCAR Cup Series fans and also recording his second straight season-opening Daytona 500 victory in Daytona Beach, Fla. Running ninth as the overtime started at high-banked Daytona International Speedway, Byron went high…… MORE
This Sunday’s 67th Daytona 500 has a front row of pole winner Chase Briscoe and 2022 race champ Austin Cindric, but starting up front in NASCAR’s season-opening Cup Series race has not historically resulted in a checkered flag. “A great way to start our season,” said Briscoe, the new wheelman in the No. 19 Joe…… MORE
Sunday’s Daytona 500 will start one hour earlier at 1:30 p.m. ET due to the threat of rain in Daytona Beach, Fla. NASCAR announced the time change for the “Great American Race” on Friday. Chase Briscoe will start from the pole and William Byron is the defending champion. Parking lots open at 6 a.m. on…… MORE
Polesitter Austin Cindric led a Ford blockade and nipped Erik Jones on the final lap to win Speedweeks’ Duel 2 on Thursday night at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. Jones put his No. 43 Toyota up high on the backstretch and got a strong push from the No. 17 Ford of Chris Buescher.…… MORE
Bubba Wallace outran defending Daytona 500 winner William Byron to win the first race of Speedweeks in Duel 1 on Thursday night at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. After fending off Ty Dillon’s No. 10 Chevrolet in the final 10 laps, Wallace took the white flag as the leader and held his 23XI…… MORE
The ongoing legal fight between NASCAR and two of its teams, including the one co-owned and operated by Michael Jordan, took one more twist before the season-opening Daytona 500 this weekend. NASCAR on Wednesday filed a brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (Richmond, Va.) against the injunction that has granted…… MORE
NASCAR ejected two Cup Series crew chiefs from the rest of the Daytona 500 weekend on Thursday due to rules violations. Chris Lawson, crew chief for Front Row Motorsports driver Todd Gilliland, and Billy Plourde, crew chief for Rick Ware Racing’s Cody Ware, were both sanctioned for improper weights on the No. 34 and No.…… MORE
