DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The team’s first full-time driver is from Monterrey, Mexico, who in 2022 became the first Mexican-born driver to win a NASCAR Cup Series race, a Cinderella — or Cenicienta — story for the ages.

The team’s second full-time driver is from south Florida, an eighth generation watermelon farmer who slammed his way ...Read more

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Everything seemed to come easy for Jeff Gordon, including his first Daytona 500 win.

In 1997, NASCAR’s 25-year-old superstar became the youngest champion ever. A year later, fan favorite Dale Earnhardt Sr. finally picked off his only 500 victory in his 20th attempt. In 1999, Gordon answered with a second title at the ...Read more

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — He didn’t finish first, but you would’ve thought Justin Allgaier won the whole thing.

There were other celebrations going on the front-stretch and in Victory Lane. Bubba Wallace won the first Duel race at Daytona International Speedway, fist-pumping the crowd as he stood on his car after his win at the start-finish ...Read more

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The threat of rain has changed Sunday’s schedule on NASCAR’s biggest weekend.

NASCAR announced Friday afternoon that its premier race — the Daytona 500 — will be moved up an hour. The start time for the Cup Series’ first points-paying race of the season will start at 1:30 p.m., an adjustment from the original 2...Read more

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Kyle Busch’s star has begun to fade, while his Daytona 500 chances are clearly running out.

Coming off his first winless season since he joined the Cup Series full time in 2005, the 39-year-old continues his push to capture the one race that has eluded him. If he does, Busch would deliver NASCAR’s showcase event a ...Read more

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Josh Berry heard the rumblings earlier this week — that his former team owner and one of the sport’s biggest stars, Dale Earnhardt Jr., would be at the racetrack super early.

“I still have several friends over at JR Motorsports,” Berry said. “And they kinda said, ‘Yeah, Dale is gonna be there at 6 a.m., when ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — NASCAR driver Ross Chastain’s family watermelon farm in southwest Florida is never too far away for him.

The closer the better on race days. After all, whenever he takes the checkered flag, Chastain smashes a succulent watermelon in Victory Lane.

The ritual is a nod to his roots on the family’s 400-acre farm in Alva — a...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Roughly a third of the 36 NASCAR Cup Series teams have a new look this season.

While Team Penske looks to win its fourth straight championship and the four star drivers return to Hendrick Motorsports, there are notable changes up and down the Cup Series grid heading into the season-opening Daytona 500 at 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

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