Justin Allgaier will be making his second NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) start this weekend at Daytona International Speedway (DIS). Allgaier qualified his way in to the Daytona 500 in February with the No. 51 BRANDT Professional Agriculture Chevrolet. He led four laps in his first start at the 2.5-mile superspeedway, but his night ended in an accident with just a few laps to go in the race. He has two top fives, five top 10s and has led 20 laps in 10 NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) starts at the famed superspeedway. Allgaier also has experience in the ARCA Racing Series at DIS with two top 10s in two starts.
No. 55 Aaron’s Dream Machine Driver Brian Vickers learned a lesson or two about drafting where many NASCAR fans consider a most unlikely place —on his bicycle. The avid cyclist said it was on a bicycle where the workings of aerodynamics were made clear. He will apply those lessons Saturday night when the NASCAR Sprint Cup series races under the lights at Daytona International Speedway where drafting and aerodynamics are critical to success.
James Buescher returns to Daytona International Speedway (DIS) for the second of two races this season. During the first outing, Buescher and his No. 99 team were running solidly in the top-five when Buescher received a pass-through penalty. Buescher has five previous NASCAR Nationwide Series starts at DIS. In those five starts he has recorded one win and three top-10 finishes, including a second-place finish last July.
Stenhouse has four career starts at DIS, completing 763 of 763 laps (100%) with an average starting position of 23.0 and average finishing position of 12.5.
Good afternoon, everyone. Today we're joined by Kyle Larson, driver of the No. 42 Target Chevrolet for Chip Ganassi Racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Kyle, you're halfway through a strong rookie season and you're on pace to become the first rookie to make the Chase since 2006. To solidify that goal you need a first win. What do you think your chances are this weekend at Daytona and in the remaining nine races before the Chase?
When Martin Truex Jr. went to bed the night before the Daytona 500 in February he sincerely felt it was the best chance of his career to capture NASCAR’s biggest race.
Joey Logano had thought he was going to be back in the NASCAR Nationwide Series last weekend at Kentucky. But a change of plans put teammate Brad Keselowski in the car. Now, Logano is back in the No. 22 Discount Tire Ford Mustang at Daytona and is also scheduled to run at Indianapolis and Watkins Glen in the coming weeks.
The No. 16 3M Ford has a special patriotic look for the holiday weekend. A bald eagle is proudly featured on both sides of the car and the overall theme of the car is red, white and blue.
Friday marks the day the United States officially commemorates our independence from foreign rule. A national holiday, July 4th is celebrated in a number of ways including picnics, parades and in most cases with fireworks.
NASCAR announced today that the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards – the annual culmination of Champion’s Week – will be held on Friday, Dec. 5, at Wynn Las Vegas. This is the sixth year that NASCAR has celebrated Champion’s Week in the city of Las Vegas, a tradition that has featured a bevy of A-list entertainers and fan-friendly activities involving the sport’s biggest stars.
The intensity and excitement for the Sept. 12 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race has been amplified with World Wide Technology Raceway added as the second race in the NASCAR O’Reilly Series Chase and with the addition of 25 miles for the event.
Jack Aitken, one of four drivers of the No. 31 Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R, won the pole for the prestigious Rolex 24 At Daytona with a fast lap of one minute 33.939 seconds / 136.429 mph.
Alexander Sims sped to the GTD PRO pole position Thursday for the Rolex 24 At Daytona to lead a strong showing for all five Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.Rs to start the 2026 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season.
After an incident leaving Myers unable to finish the 2025 Clash, he looks to bounce back in 2026. Team AmeriVet will give Burt another attempt in 2026 while still racing in the #50.