NASCAR Cup Series

As the Daytona 500 closed into the final 25 laps, Dale Earnhardt Jr. had put himself in position to win the sport's greatest race and take home the biggest victory of them all.

After a rain delayed start, Dale Earnhardt Jr. earned a hard fought victory in a thrilling Daytona 500 under the lights at Daytona International Speedway. The joy on his face was unmistakable as he took a victory lap around the track to celebrate with thousands of his fans.

Who is Landon Cassill? That's a good question. He might be the most anonymous driver in the Cup series right now. I could probably count on one hand how often he was mentioned yesterday on FOX.

A rain delay during the 56th running of the Daytona 500 on Sunday – not to mention a second win in the Great American Race by NASCAR’s 16-time Most Popular Driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. – had fans flocking to NASCAR’s second screen products in huge numbers for updates and exclusive content.

Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s big win Sunday evening means a big payoff for anyone who wants to purchase tickets for the STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway on March 30. Earnhardt put his No. 88 into victory lane at Daytona International Speedway and that same number is the key to a day of fun and excitement at Martinsville Speedway.

Austin Dillon drove Richard Childress Racing's No. 3 Dow Chevrolet SS to a ninth-place finish in front of a prime time audience of Fox viewers on Sunday evening. The Welcome, N.C., driver kicked off his inaugural season in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in spectacular fashion by earning the pole award for the Great American Race.

Brian Scott qualified his way into NASCAR's most prestigious race, the Daytona 500, and did it in impressive fashion. In only his second NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race, the 26-year-old rolled off the starting grid from the 12th position in his No. 33 Whitetail Chevrolet.

Denny Hamlin (second) was the highest-finishing Toyota in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) rain-delayed Daytona 500.

After an almost six-and-a-half hour rain delay, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. sealed the deal with a popular win of the 2014 Daytona 500. After finishing second in three of the last four Daytona 500 races, the driver of the No. 88 National Guard Chevrolet SS fielded by Hendrick Motorsports captured his second career victory in the Great American Race by leading six times for a total of 54 laps. His first Daytona 500 win came in 2004.

Emotions ran high at the end of the 56th Annual Daytona 500 as Dale Earnhardt Jr. scored his first victory in the Great American race since 2004. It had been a long ten years since he last won in 2004. The years were filled with plenty of close finishes including three runner-ups, but Earnhardt Jr. could never close the deal.