NASCAR Cup PR

In 14 cup series starts at Fontana, Aric Almirola has three top-10 finishes and seven laps led, all coming since he joined Stewart-Haas Racing in 2018.

Chris Buescher put together a solid start to his 2023 season Sunday afternoon, finishing fourth in the Daytona 500 after earning stage points in each of the first two stages at Daytona International Speedway.

Brad Keselowski and RFK Racing dominated Sunday’s Daytona 500 as he led the most laps of any driver (42), won the opening stage in the NEXLIZET Ford Mustang, but was collected in a multi-car incident in a second attempt of NASCAR overtime to ultimately finish 22nd.

American Hartford Gold (AHG), who first sponsored NASCAR in 2018 at Sonoma Raceway, will be returning this season to sponsor #78 of Live Fast Motorsports on February 26th at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California.

Restarting as the third car on the inside line and being in contention on the final restart, Allmendinger was caught up in a last-lap crash and brought the No. 16 Camaro ZL1 home in sixth.

Burton was scored in 26th place after a caution flag on the final lap of the second attempt at an overtime finish finally ended the race at 212 laps or 530 miles, the longest distance ever for a Daytona 500.

For the first time in his NASCAR Cup Series career, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Kroger / Cottonelle Camaro ZL1, has earned his name a spot on the prestigious Harley J. Earl trophy after taking the victory in the 65th running of the Daytona 500.

This was Harvick’s 22nd start in The Great American Race. His first Daytona 500 came 21 years ago on Feb. 17, 2002.

Noah Gragson Post-Race Thoughts: “I thought we had a decent run until the end. We put ourselves in position in the top 10 and then made a couple of mistakes and got caught up in the big wreck at the end with the last caution."

ALEX BOWMAN, NO. 48 ALLY CHEVROLET CAMARO ZL1 (Finished 5th) - “It’s the Daytona 500 and we know how to crash some stuff."