Chris Buescher finished 12th in his No. 60 Bit-O-Honey Ford Mustang under the lights at Daytona International Speedway, despite being involved in the ‘big one’ with 10 laps remaining. With the top-15 finish, Buescher maintains his lead in the NASCAR XFINITY Series point standings.
Benny Gordon (fifth) was the top-finishing Toyota driver in Saturday night’s rain-delayed NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) race at Daytona International Speedway.
CHRIS BUESCHER, No. 60 Bit-O-Honey Ford Mustang (Finished 12th) – “Not at all the night we were looking for from our Bit-O-Honey Mustang. The speed was there, it was just a matter of getting in the right spot and I didn’t do a good job of that today.
Austin Dillon led just nine laps Saturday night, including the one that mattered most. Dillon, grandson of legendary team owner Richard Childress, outlasted Elliott Sadler and Chase Elliott during a green-white-checkered finish to claim the crash-filled Subway Firecracker 250, the NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Daytona International Speedway.
Qualifying for Sunday night’s Coke Zero 400 Powered by Coca Cola was rained out Saturday, giving the pole position to Dale Earnhardt Jr., based on his chart-topping, 200 mph-plus practice speed.
Qualifying for the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway was canceled due to inclement weather at the track. The No. 21 Motorcraft Quick Lane Ford Fusion (Ryan Blaney) and the No. 95 KLOVE Radio Ford Fusion (Michael McDowell) did not qualify for the race due to the cancellation. The field is set for Sunday night based on speed in practice one.
JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 AXALTA CHEVROLET SS met with media and discussed his final race behind the wheel at Daytona, the drivers council, track safety enhancements, and more.
EARNHARDT, JR. WAS FASTEST IN THE FIRST PRACTICE SESSION YESTERDAY AT DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY AND AS A RESULT WILL START FROM THE POLE POSITION IN THE 160-LAP/400-MILE COKE ZERO 400.
The Wood Brothers Racing Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion will not race in Sunday’s Coke Zero 400 because qualifying was cancelled at Daytona International Speedway due to threatening weather around the area.
KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 Interstate Batteries Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Is it harder to race in the heat at Daytona or win on the road course at Sonoma last week? “I think everything in its own way is its own challenge."
The three-time Cup Series champion from Middletown, Connecticut, emerged uninjured following a harrowing rollover ride as part of a 15-car pileup in the closing laps of the 2026 YellaWood 500 at Talladega.
Identical brothers Cash and Roman Felber, 16, became the first twins to share a podium in USA Ligier Junior F4 before moving from Ohio to Britain in pursuit of the same Formula 1 dream
Sunday’s Xfinity 500 at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway is the penultimate race on the Cup Series schedule, and it’s where drivers and crews can see the finish-line tape stretched across the end of their season-long run.
Event planner Joe Blackman reveals the behind-the-scenes logistics, production challenges and fan experiences that bring a NASCAR race weekend to life.
Austin Cindric’s afternoon at Talladega Superspeedway came to a premature end Sunday after a late-race, multi-car incident relegated the No. 2 Menards/Knauf Ford Mustang Dark Horse to a 27th-place finish in the YellaWood 500.
