2000 NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) champion Jeff Green has rejoined Rick Ware Racing (RWR) for Friday night’s Subway Firecracker 250 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway.
In the four superspeedway points races last season, Dale Earnhardt Jr. had an incredible average finish of 1.75, with two wins and a lowest finish of third place. At Daytona International Speedway, the Kannapolis, North Carolina, native has four wins, including two Daytona 500 victories, and is tied with Tony Stewart for the most wins of any active driver at the track.
When asked if this year's Daytona 500 still lingers in his memory bank Martin Truex Jr. brushes aside his runner-up result in what turned out to be the closest finish in the race's 58-year history.
NASCAR makes its annual trip to Daytona International Speedway this weekend for the Coke Zero 400, marking the first track to host two races this season. Brian Scott and the No. 44 Safeway team struggled in the first road course of the season last weekend, but the team is ready to bounce back at Daytona, a track that has proved anything can happen.
Aric Almirola will head to his home state of Florida this weekend to run double duty at Daytona International Speedway. With a 12th-place finish under his belt at the superspeedway already this season, Almirola is looking to return with another strong finish.
Roush Fenway Racing returns to hallowed ground this weekend as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) heads to Daytona International Speedway for the second time this season, a track that has seen a Roush Fenway Ford visit victory lane nine times across the three major touring series.
Ryan Reed has competed at Daytona International Speedway (DIS) five times in the NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS). Reed captured his first career win at the track in February 2015. Earlier this season, Reed finished 16th at the track after receiving damage early in the event.
Dating back to 1976, Richard Childress Racing has won 11 poles and collected five points-paying victories at the most-storied race track on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series circuit. RCR owns two Daytona 500 wins (Dale Earnhardt - 1998, Kevin Harvick - 2007), three Coke Zero 400 trophies (Earnhardt - 1990, 1993 and Harvick - 2010) and 14 qualifying races, including 10-consecutive victories with Earnhardt (1990 - 1999).
Wallace will make his fifth career NASCAR XFINITY Series start at Daytona on Friday night. In four previous starts at the famed superspeedway, Wallace has recorded two top-10 finishes, with a best finish of sixth in Feb. 2016.
Trevor Bayne returns to the sight of his first career NASCAR victory and one of the biggest upset wins in sports history; Daytona International Speedway (DIS). Bayne scored one of the biggest upsets in professional sports history in the 2011 running of the Daytona 500.
Max Reaves scored his second consecutive win and his second victory at Elko Speedway in as many years in Saturday’s Shore Lunch 250 Presented by Dutch Boy.
Across rural Somalia, grassroots football programmes are giving young people structured activity, community belonging, and a path forward - on and off the pitch.
Shane van Gisbergen started on the pole, led the most laps and captured the checkered flag in today’s Pit Boss/FoodMaxx 250 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Sonoma Raceway.
The three-time Supercars champion from Auckland, New Zealand, led a race-high 66 of 79 laps and had enough fuel to notch his second O'Reilly Auto Parts Series victory at Sonoma in three years.
