By Jordan Bianchi, NASCAR Wire Service It was wild, often chaotic and featured no shortage of drama. The kind of race that either seemingly rewards the patience of a veteran, or where the spotlight shines on an unlikely winner whose turn comes via favorable circumstances brought about by half the 40-car field not seeing the finish due to being involved in one of the multitude of accidents. Erik Jones is not a veteran of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, nor should his first career Cup win Saturday night in the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway be considered…
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By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service Kyle Busch: All the racers out there appreciated Chicagoland finish DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Former Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver Donnie Allison has never been one to mince words, and his opinion of the final-lap battle between Kyle Busch and Kyle Larson at Chicagoland last Sunday was no exception. “Best race I’ve seen in five years,” Allison declared during casual conversation with reporters on Thursday at Daytona International Speedway. “That’s what they’re supposed to do.” Larson parried with an aggressive charge through Turns 1 and 2, knocking Busch’s Toyota into the outside wall…
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – A sprained ankle didn’t prevent Chase Elliott from putting his foot to the floorboard on Friday at Daytona International Speedway. Elliott powered around the 2.5-mile track in 46.381 seconds (194.045 mph) to win the pole position for Sunday’s Coke Zero Sugar 400 (7 p.m. on NBC, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) by a whopping .24 seconds over Hendrick Motorsports teammate Alex Bowman (193.046 mph). The Busch Pole Award was Elliott’s first of the season and the fourth of his career, all of which have come at restrictor-plate superspeedways—three of them at…
Courtesy of the NHRA EPPING, N.H. – At this weekend’s NHRA New England Nationals at New England Dragway, Bo Butner hopes to start the second half of the 2018 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season the same way he started the first half, and that is with a win. Should that happen, it might also put the defending Pro Stock world champ on track to end 2018 the same way he did a season ago. Butner won the final race of 2017 to clinch his first career world championship in Pro Stock, following that up with a victory at…
By Jordan Bianchi, NASCAR Wire Service There have been the inevitable ups and downs during Bubba Wallace’s rookie campaign in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, but the unquestioned high came when the 24-year-old opened the season by finishing runner-up in the Daytona 500. Afterward, Wallace gave an emotional press conference where he shared a long embrace with his mother, who joined him on the dais, then a heartfelt thanks to those who had supported him in the long journey to reach NASCAR’s premier division. In many aspects Wallace’s surprising result on the track and him breaking down off it ended…
Daytona Beach, Fla. – A photographic look at Thursday’s NASCAR racing action at Daytona International Speedway. All photos provided courtesy of Getty Images and NASCAR. ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service Ricky Stenhouse Jr. hopes to seize best opportunity at Daytona DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is a realist. Approaching the halfway point of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season, the driver of the No. 17 Roush Fenway Racing Ford is embroiled in a tight points battle for one of the last spots in the Playoffs. Through 17 races, Stenhouse is 16th in the standings, but the defending winner of the Coke Zero Sugar 400 (7 p.m. ET Saturday on NBC, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) is not currently in a Playoff-eligible…
Courtesy of the Verizon IndyCar Series Race weekend: Saturday, July 7 – Sunday, July 8 Track: Iowa Speedway, a 7/8-mile (0.894-mile) oval in Newton, Iowa Race distance: 300 laps / 268.2 miles Entry List: Iowa Corn 300 (PDF) Firestone tire allotment: Eleven sets for use through the weekend Twitter: @iowaspeedway, @IndyCar, #IowaCorn300, #IndyCar Event website: http://IowaSpeedway.com/ INDYCAR website: www.IndyCar.com 2017 race winner: Helio Castroneves (No. 3 Hitachi Team Penske Chevrolet) 2017 Verizon P1 Award winner: Will Power (No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet), 34.7541 seconds, 185.210 mph (two laps) One-lap qualifying record: Helio Castroneves, 17.2283 seconds, 186.809 mph, July 11, 2014 Two-lap qualifying record: Scott Dixon, 34.5588 seconds, 186.256 mph, July 11,…
By Jordan Bianchi, NASCAR Wire Service Looking into his rearview mirror and seeing the field behind him as he sped across the finish line to win the season-opening Daytona 500 is something Austin Dillon won’t ever forget. The memory of winning is ever-present, especially so this weekend as the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series returns to Daytona International Speedway for the Coke Zero Sugar 400 Saturday night (7 p.m. ET on NBC, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). It marks the first time Dillon has raced at Daytona since his win in February. “It’s a good feeling coming to the checkered flag…
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service Breanna O’Leary and Brehanna Daniels have a lot in common. They both go by “Bre” for short. They are both women who have learned to excel in roles that once were, by custom, reserved for men. They are roommates. They were both college athletes. And when they enrolled at their respective universities, neither O’Leary nor Daniels had any idea they would be jumping over a pit wall with an impact wrench in their hands. But that’s what both O’Leary and Daniels will be doing in Saturday night’s Coke Zero Sugar 400 Monster Energy NASCAR…