Cup Series

Matt DiBenedetto will take to the high banks of Daytona International Speedway on Sunday (Feb. 17) to kick off his era with Leavine Family Racing. But the LFR organization is starting a new era themselves with a new manufacturer for them: Toyota. Entering their ninth season in the Monster Energy NASCAR …

Less than 24 hours after spinning on the backstretch during the first Gander Outdoors RV Duel at Daytona International Speedway, Kyle Busch paced opening practice on Friday afternoon (Feb. 15). Paul Menard led the second practice. Practice One Busch turned a quick lap of 200.285 miles per hour, .019 seconds …

The Headline(s): Two duels, one headline: Fast. On. Race. Day. Ford’s new Mustang proved ever the menace that last years’ Fusion was on the race track, with Ford sweeping the top tjhree positions in both Gander RV Duel races. Kevin Harvick scored the win in race one, while Joey Logano …

Look. Hey. Look. Check this out. Click the link. “Whew. What an off-season, right?” the naive-as-all-hell NASCAR 101 columnist wrote in February 2018, blissfully unaware of what was to come. Hahahahaha. Haha. Ha. 2019 is a whole other animal. You thought last year’s list of pre-Daytona International Speedway changes were long …

The Advance Auto Parts Clash has taken some criticism over how difficult it was for drivers to pull out of line and make a pass. How do you see this playing out over the remaining Speedweeks events? Isolated issue or recurring problem? Clayton Caldwell: It’s an issue we’ll see throughout …

The Daytona 500 is the final race of restrictor-plate racing as we know it. For the remaining races at Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway in 2019, the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series will use the same tapered spacer package it’ll race for the majority of the schedule. What this …

William Byron is in college, but he doesn’t come off as the average college student. That’s because he doesn’t live an average life. Byron’s schedule is hectic. He attends Liberty University, sometimes in person and other times online. The rest of the week is spent with Hendrick Motorsports, starting with …

In what was a third of three single-file-dominated races in 2019 Speedweeks at Daytona International Speedway, Chase Elliott was one driver who refused the trend. Jumping out of line nearly twice a lap in the final 10 laps of racing in Thursday night’s Gander RV Duel at Daytona, Elliott’s No. …

What kind of Daytona 500 will this be? Over the past 10 years, it seems the vast majority of Daytona 500s have ended up in two distinct categories. On one end, there have been some memorable races. Either they were excellent to watch (2009, 2011, 2014) or just insane spectacles …

For the second time during 2019 Daytona Speedweeks, Jimmie Johnson was the center of attention. This time, it was Kyle Busch on the wrong end of contact on the racetrack. On lap 27 in Thursday’s (Feb. 14) Gander Outdoors RV Duel, Johnson and Busch were side-by-side in the lead draft when catching …