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Ross Chastain kicked off the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series with his highest finish in a points-awarding race to date. Chastain placed his No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet seventh in … Continue Reading Ross Chastain posts career-high finish in Daytona 500
In his first Cup Series start since Phoenix in March 2020, Kyle Larson placed 10th in the season-opening Daytona 500 (Feb. 14). Despite involvement in the final lap crash, Larson … Continue Reading Kyle Larson nets Top-10 in return to Cup
20 years after Michael Waltrip snapped a long winless drought, another Michael did the same in Sunday’s Daytona 500. Michael McDowell ended a 357-race winless streak as he claimed his … Continue Reading 0 for 357 no more: Michael McDowell wins Daytona 500
Michael McDowell is the newest driver to add their name to the NASCAR Cup Series all-time wins list. McDowell’s victory in the 2021 Daytona 500 is the 36-year-old driver’s first … Continue Reading Michael McDowell 196th different winner in Cup Series
The Daytona 500 is currently under red flag conditions after 15 laps. After 15 laps, Kevin Harvick leads with Christopher Bell in second. Harvick has lead 14 laps and Alex … Continue Reading Daytona 500 marred by 15-car wreck and rain delay after 15 laps
1990 Daytona 500 champion Derrike Cope’s return to the Great American Race lasted three laps. Cope, piloting the No. 15 for Rick Ware Racing in his first Cup Series start … Continue Reading Derrike Cope crashes out of Daytona 500
Three years ago, Aric Almirola was in prime contention to win the Daytona 500, leading with a half a lap to go until contact with Austin Dillon knocked Almirola into … Continue Reading Aric Almirola seeking Daytona 500 redemption
By Reid Spencer Austin Cindric took up where he left off in 2020. The reigning NASCAR Xfinity Series champion held off Brett Moffitt and Harrison Burton in a two-lap NASCAR … Continue Reading The defending champion reigns: Austin Cindric wins at Daytona
Four months removed from pulling off a victory at Kansas Speedway that propelled him to landing a deal to run the ARCA Menards Series season full-time in 2021, Corey Heim … Continue Reading Corey Heim kicks off full-time opportunity with Daytona win
MELILLO: Taking qualifying out of the equation limits the growth of each series (as does the charter system, but that’s a separate argument). Maybe they don’t need any practice, but a chance to qualify doesn’t seem like too much to ask for. I hope NASCAR can see this and make changes before the next race weekend at the Daytona Road Course.