DAYTONA LOOP DATA: In the last 20 races at Daytona, Kasey Kahne ranks third in green-flag passes (4,093), ninth in average running position (16.951), ninth in quality passes (2,446), 10th in laps in top 15 (1,818) and tied for 10th in fastest laps run (71).
ubba Wallace, a new addition to the Roush Fenway Racing stable of drivers, will make his second start at Daytona International Speedway (DIS) in the NASCAR XFINITY Series. Wallace’s first start at the 2.5-mile track came in the July 2014 event, where the young driver started ninth and finished seventh.
Roush Fenway Racing’s Chris Buescher looks to make his second start at Daytona International Speedway (DIS). His first start came at the 2.5-mile track in last July’s NASCAR XFINITY Series race. The Prosper, Texas native started third and finished 12th under the lights.
Elliott Sadler will make his 12th NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) start at Daytona International Speedway this weekend. In Sadler’s previous 11 starts, he recorded three top-five and five top-ten finishes. He also won the pole award in 1997.
This weekend, Dakoda Armstrong will remove the rookie stripes from the No. 43 WinField Ford and begin his sophomore season in the NASCAR XFINITY Series. Armstrong earned three Top-10 finishes and one pole in his rookie year. With more experience in the series and at the tracks, Armstrong looks to make significant gains in 2015.
Green Flag...The NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona International Speedway officially kicks off the 2015 season for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) on Friday, February 20. Daniel Hemric, driver of the No. 14 California Clean Power Chevrolet Silverado, will be making his first NCWTS start at the 2.5-mile superspeedway.
The 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season officially begins this weekend with the Daytona 500, which airs on FOX Sports at 1 p.m. Ford has won “The Great American Race” 13 times by 10 different drivers.
Trevor Bayne returns to the sight of his first career NASCAR victory and one of the biggest 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.
Red Horse Racing announced today that Local Motors, a cutting-edge technology company, will partner with Ben Kennedy in 2015. The multi-race sponsorship of the No. 11 Local Motors Toyota Tundra will kick off with the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season opener at Daytona International Speedway on Friday, February 20.
“So far, so good,” said Martin Truex Jr. about the way Daytona Speedweeks is shaping up for his Furniture Row Racing team. “We need to continue what we’ve come down here for and that’s to win the Daytona 500. I truly believe we have the car that can make that happen.”
Haiden Deegan came into St. Louis with a shot at securing a second straight Western Divisional 250SMX Class Championship and did so by dominating against a full field of the class’ top talent during the East/West Showdown.
The two-time ARCA Menards Series East champion from Eden Prairie, Minnesota, led 80 of 250 laps and became the 183rd competitor to win in the O'Reilly Auto Parts Series division by winning for the first time ever at The Rock.
