Official Release

Over 100 Kansas Speedway ticket holders were rewarded for renewing their season tickets by the deadline, and Jeff Camden of Overland Park, Kansas, won the Grand Prize – a trip to this year’s Daytona 500 for him and a guest.

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at the annual Daytona 500 media day at Daytona International Speedway. Full Transcript:

RYAN NEWMAN, NO. 31 CATERPILLAR CHEVROLET SS, met with media Daytona 500 Media Day. Full transcript: ON THE UPCOMING SEASON: “I look forward to the opportunity. It is another chance to win a championship, obviously win some races and get back into the victory column. I think there is a lot of exciting changes that promote a lot of positive things within our sport with respect to Monster coming in; the new points system; "

PAUL MENARD, NO. 27 MENARDS/PEAK CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at the annual Daytona 500 media day at Daytona International Speedway. Full Transcript:

In their bid to make the 59th annual Daytona 500, officials from Rick Ware Racing (RWR) announced today that have secured a primary sponsor for their No. 51 Chevrolet SS driven by mainstay driver Timmy Hill.

The Chevrolet SS race car returns to NASCAR Cup competition for the fifth consecutive year, and will kick-off the 2017 season of competition at the 59th running of the prestigious Daytona 500.

As if the anticipation of his inaugural Daytona 500 wasn’t enough for Erik Jones, the driver of Furniture Row Racing’s No. 77 5-hour ENERGY Toyota Camry prepared for the 59th running of the Great American Race by experiencing a completely unique sensation of speed, horsepower, g-forces, and patriotism: a flight with the United States Air Force Thunderbirds.

Five-time Atlanta winner, 1983 Winston Cup Series champion and 2011 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee Bobby Allison will be officially inducted into the city of Hampton, Georgia’s Speedway Lane Hall of Fame in a ceremony at 6 p.m. onThursday, March 2 at downtown Hampton’s Depot Park, as the city, home to Atlanta Motor Speedway, honors the racing legend to kick off its 2017 NASCAR weekend.

To kick off their sophomore season of NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) competition, B.J. McLeod Motorsports (BJMM) will field three cars in Saturday afternoon’s PowerShares QQQ 300 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway.

Darlington Raceway is pleased to announce that it is once again giving fans the opportunity to participate in a special race-day celebration featuring several NASCAR Hall of Famers and other industry legends that helped build the foundation of the sport.