NASCAR Cup Series

WHAT HAPPENED? “It looked like somebody turned (David) Gilliland. This plate racing deal is pretty tough right now. It’s kind of a hybrid of pack drafting and it’s not working out real well.”

Last season Ricky Stenhouse Jr. became the fifth driver in Roush Fenway’s “25 Winning Years” to hoist a NASCAR Series Championship trophy.

EXPRESS NOTES: Shootout Recap: Denny Hamlin drove the #11 FedEx Express Toyota Camry to a fifth-place finish in Saturday night’s Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International Speedway, battling an overheating engine and avoiding a handful of late multi-car accidents in the 75-lap season

Riviera Hotel & Casino is hosting a series of events as part of NASCAR® March Race Weekend, March 8–11, 2012. The weekend officially begins on Thursday, March 8, with a slot tournament benefiting the Kyle Busch Foundation.

Most years in February, I’m heading down to Daytona Beach for the opening of the NASCAR season. The last few years, I’ve stayed home for any number of reasons, but mostly because it’s inconvenient for me.

Once a year the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series presents the Gatorade Duels, their unique heat race format that will determine the final line up for Sunday's Daytona 500.

Roush Fenway Racing kept its perfect streak alive, once again leading all speeds at Daytona International Speedway as the Sprint Cup Series concluded practice for tomorrow’s Gatorade Duel qualifying races.

KASEY KAHNE, NO. 5 FARMERS INSURANCE CHEVROLET – crashed during NSCS Practice 4 and will go to a back-up car.

When the field comes to the green for Sunday’s Daytona 500 it will be Carl Edwards in the No. 99 Fastenal Ford Fusion who leads the way.