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William Byron will drive backup car in Daytona 500 3-peat bid
3+ hour, 33+ min ago (1381+ words) DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. " William Byron will try to drive his way into NASCAR history Sunday when he attempts to become the first winner of three consecutive Daytona 500s. He'll have to do it in a backup Chevrolet after his preferred No....
Could trade deadline enliven NASCAR season? Plenty of moving parts work against driver swaps
16+ hour, 4+ min ago (810+ words) DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. " Imagine a scenario in the NASCAR world " say, around the Brickyard 400 in July " when the hot topic isn't just which driver might kiss the bricks. Try, which driver could kiss his current ride goodbye. What if NASCAR…...
Chase Elliott says fuel-mileage strategy is here to stay at Daytona, and everyone has caught on
22+ hour, 15+ min ago (653+ words) DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. " Chase Elliott remembers when Hendrick Motorsports was one of the first NASCAR teams to approach superspeedway racing as fuel-mileage events. It wasn't that long ago, really. Elliott said Friday that turning laps at Daytona International Speedway has…...
Reigning NASCAR champion Kyle Larson signs a 5-year contract extension with Hendrick Motorsports
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (356+ words) DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. " Two-time and defending NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Larson has signed a five-year extension with Hendrick Motorsports, putting the 33-year-old driver under contract through 2031. Hendrick also announced Wednesday a five-year extension with primary sponsor HendrickCars.com and…...
Kyle Busch grabs Daytona 500 pole, chasing a win that has eluded him for 20 starts
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (417+ words) DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. " Kyle Busch won the pole for NASCAR's season-opening Daytona 500 to give the driver with the longest active losing streak in "The Great American Race" a shot at the victory that has escaped him his entire career. Busch…...
NASCAR emerges from federal antitrust lawsuit bruised but ready for its 78th season
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (1191+ words) DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. " In the days following the 2004 Hendrick Motorsports flight that killed all 12 people aboard, Bill France Jr. and Mike Helton showed up at Rick Hendrick's front door in Charlotte, N.C. France, terminally ill at the time, was the chairman…...
NASCAR great Tony Stewart back at Daytona, this time with family
1+ week, 15+ hour ago (746+ words) Tony Stewart gave a shoutout to his bachelor days when he was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame. In that early 2020 speech, he thanked "all the girlfriends" who were along for the ride with him as he grew from…...
Teen sensation Connor Zilisch is the most hyped NASCAR rookie since possibly Jeff Gordon
1+ week, 1+ day ago (749+ words) CHARLOTTE, N.C. " As sleet pelted Bowman Gray Stadium during NASCAR's preseason warm-up race, multiple drivers complained about poor visibility and the wet track conditions. One of them " the youngest driver in the field " hit the button on his radio and grumbled…...
Ryan Preece wins The Clash in sleet and near-freezing temperatures
1+ week, 2+ day ago (654+ words) Ryan Preece outlasted sleet, a wet track and a record number of cautions to win The Clash in near-freezing temperatures at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, N.C. The Wednesday night exhibition was the first victory at the top Cup Series level…...
NASCAR’s Clash postponed to Wednesday due to historic snowfall in North Carolina
1+ week, 5+ day ago (244+ words) WINSTON, SALEM, N.C. " A bomb cyclone over North Carolina forced NASCAR to push its preseason exhibition to Wednesday night because the snow-covered roads are too dangerous for teams and fans to get to historic Bowman-Gray Stadium. The Clash had been scheduled…...