The 2017 season officially begins this weekend as the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, XFINITY Series and Camping World Truck Series travel to Daytona International Speedway for the first points races of the year. Please check below for the complete schedule of events.
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.
That's a wrap on the 2016 NASCAR season and history was made as Jimmie Johnson tied Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt to become a seven-time champion. It was a huge moment in NASCAR, with plenty of strategy and drama being played out in the closing laps.
Carl Edwards's championship hopes were dashed in a violent wreck that took out a number of cars in the closing laps of the season finale in South Florida.
Jimmie Johnson etched his name into the history books of NASCAR with a race victory and title victory in South Florida. The driver of the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet took the lead from Kyle Larson on the final restart of the race in overtime to win the Ford EcoBoost 400 and his record-tying seventh Sprint Cup Series championship.
The 20-year-old Day from Clovis, California, led 55 of 200 laps and rallied from an early pit road penalty to outduel Justin Allgaier and Jesse Love during a 10-lap shootout to notch back-to-back O'Reilly Auto Parts Series' victories in the Chase and be only seven points behind the points lead with four-scheduled events remaining.
Chase Briscoe and Christopher Bell battled to the line with the Indiana-native coming on top by mere inches to win consecutive races for the first time in his Cup Series career.
The two-time Southern 500 champion from Mitchell, Indiana, beat teammate Christopher Bell by 0.029 seconds for his second consecutive Cup Chase victory and be within 65 points of the points lead.