NASCAR Cup Series

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, XFINITY Series and Camping World Truck Series will open the 2017 season at Daytona International Speedway this weekend. Please check below for the complete schedule of events.

Seven-time Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Champion Jimmie Johnson took Governor Doug Ducey on a ride along in the No. 48 on Thursday, Feb. 16. The ride around the State Capitol in Downtown Phoenix ended with a ceremonial burnout followed by a proclamation from the Governor to celebrate “Jimmie Johnson Day” throughout the State of Arizona.

Saturday night’s Advance Auto Parts Clash will return an iconic race name – the Clash – to Daytona International Speedway’s NASCAR competition. Five days later on Feb. 23, the Can-Am Duel, the two 150-mile qualifying races for the DAYTONA 500, will also revisit a past tradition as for the first time since 1971 those races will award points in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series championship.

New Camry Debuts at Daytona... The Toyota Camry enters the 2017 NASCAR season with a new look after Toyota unveiled its radically redesigned 2018 Camry production model alongside its new race car counterpart in January.

The All-Star race has fallen on hard times lately. In the last six iterations of the race, I can only recall two truly memorable moments- Carl Edwards destroying his car after winning in 2011 and Josh Wise winning the fan vote in 2014 against all odds. Neither of which happened in the actual race.

The old multi-tiered penalty structure in NASCAR is now a simplified dual-tiered structure and the consequences for failing inspection is more defined.

In advance of the 59th annual Daytona 500, FOX Sports and NASCAR Productions have teamed up to deliver a rare behind-the-scenes look at four-time champion Jeff Gordon’s first win in the “Great American Race” with an original film entitled “Refuse to Lose.” On the 20th anniversary of Gordon’s milestone triumph, the documentary takes viewers inside his journey to victory lane using never-before-seen footage of the No. 24 team captured in the 10 days leading up to the event.

NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt Jr. opens up about his challenges of the past year and his return to NASCAR racing in a pair of interviews appearing on ESPN platforms this week.

It will be Martin Truex Jr., who will ring in Furniture Row Racing’s new sponsor – 5-hour Energy® -- with the primary paint scheme of the company on his No. 78 Toyota in Saturday night’s NASCAR season kick off – the invitational Clash at Daytona International Speedway.

Michael McDowell and Leavine Family Racing (LFR) are thrilled to kick-off the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) season at the 59th running of the Daytona 500.