DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Feb. 16, 2025) – The 67th running of the DAYTONA 500 took place on Sunday, Feb. 16 in front of a sell-out crowd. LEGACY MOTOR CLUB had a strong showing during the week at Daytona with Erik Jones finishing second in his Duel qualifier and John Hunter Nemechek clocking the fastest practice time for Toyota on Friday. The race panned out even better with all three cars in the top-12, where Jimmie Johnson finished third, Nemechek scored a career-best finish of fifth place, and Jones finished 12th.
After multiple rain showers, the DAYTONA 500 finally went green after a more than three-hour delay. William Byron claimed the victory in the end.
Below is a look at how the LEGACY MOTOR CLUB entries fared:
JOHN HUNTER NEMECHEK NO. 42 DOLLAR TREE TOYOTA CAMRY XSE DAYTONA 500 RECAP:
The No. 42 Dollar Tree Toyota Camry XSE rolled off the grid in the 18th position to start the DAYTONA 500. With the skies threatening rain, Nemechek made the most of the opening laps and made a move to the topside of the track to claim the 10th spot before the rains came and put the 67th running of the DAYTONA 500 into delay with just 11 laps on the board. Once a three-plus hour rain delay was lifted, the field once again got rolling. The No. 42 Dollar Tree team played conservatively to stay out of the hornet’s nest and to save fuel for the remaining portion of the stage, coming home with a 36th-place finish in Stage 1.
As the second stage got underway, it was just a couple of laps later, Lap 71, that the race saw its first “Big One”, collecting several cars, including Nemechek. However, the North Carolina driver did a masterful job in keeping his Camry straight and on the track — minimizing the damage to the No. 42 Dollar Tree machine. He came down to the attention of his crew to look over the car; the team didn’t find much damage and bolted on new tires and sent him on his way. While running in 22nd, Nemechek radioed to the crew, “car feels good” — a bullet dodged early in the DAYTONA 500. Putting that incident behind them, Nemechek powered to the top 10 in the running order and was one of the largest movers in the race. With the field running three-by-three throughout the field, the leaderboard was consistently changing. Nemechek eventually finished the middle stage in 17th.
Before the final stage got underway, crew chief, Travis Mack radioed into his driver, “Stage 3 is all about track position, be aggressive, let’s go win the DAYTONA 500.” The race made it to Lap 161 before a yellow came out to set up the fuel window to finish the race and cars quickly ducked down pit road for fuel for the run to the finish. The fuel-only pit stop by the Dollar Tree team vaulted Nemechek up 11 spots to restart in eighth. The 27-year-old was running the highest he had all day and found himself controlling a lane.
Another great piece of driving by Nemechek saw him slip by another “Big One” which included the No. 60, who flipped in Turn 3. By avoiding that accident, Nemechek moved up to the third position for the second-to-last restart. The 2025 DAYTONA 500 would eventually be settled by a NASCAR Overtime and Nemechek survived a wild last lap to score a career-best fifth-place finish.
JOHN HUNTER NEMECHEK QUOTABLE:
“Well, Daytona really won’t make your season – unless you win it – but I feel like coming out of Daytona wrecked and in a hole, isn’t very good either, so that definitely sucks, when you are deep in a hole like that and you have to crawl your way out of a points deal, but having a solid run like we did, coming home fifth was a really solid day, a really solid effort, really solid Speedweeks from the whole LEGACY MOTOR CLUB group. Excited to see where 2025 goes – we already know we are better than 2024, just how much is the question. We hired a lot of good people in the offseason, so looking forward to seeing what all of the hard work, processes, procedures, personnel, everything that went into the offseason – see what it does for us in 2025.”
ERIK JONES NO. 43 ADVENTHEALTH TOYOTA CAMRY XSE DAYTONA 500 RECAP:
The No. 43 AdventHealth Toyota Camry XSE started from the second row for the Daytona 500. After only 11 laps, there was a red flag due to rain. When it was clear to race, the No. 43 made the restart from the 19th position. The circuit of cars quickly formed three lanes, and the Michigan native chose to ride on the bottom for the majority of Stage 1. The team pitted for a fuel-only stop, no tires, and completed Stage 1 in the ninth position – earning playoff points.
When Stage 2 began, the No. 43 AdventHealth Toyota Camry XSE was prepped in the 13th position, on the inside lane. The crew had an opportunity to pit for fuel due to a caution and moved up six spots as a result. The No. 43 made a move right before the start/finish line of the last lap of the stage to go three wide and earned a seventh-place stage result.
To begin Stage 3, the LEGACY MOTOR CLUB entry restarted 9th, on the bottom lane. The crew pitted once for fuel but only got six and a half gallons in the Toyota rather than the eight needed, so the AdventHealth car took another trip to the pit stall to finish the fuel load. It was then that crew chief Ben Beshore told the driver “we’re pretty good on gas here, hammer down.” The team advanced 20 spots from 30th on Lap 176 and stayed riding the inside lane as the AdventHealth team decided that line had been moving better. A caution flag flew when the No. 60 spun and flipped, causing some fender damage to the No. 43. The crew came down pit road to add four tires and work on the damage – they were on the DVP clock, but sent Jones out before the pace car came back around. The team restarted in the 25th position and steadily made moves to inch closer to the front. The race went into overtime and within the last two laps, another wreck occurred, but the green flag waved, and the No. 43 AdventHealth Toyota Camry XSE finished the DAYTONA 500 with a 13th place finish.
ERIK JONES QUOTABLE:
“We were good, and the AdventHealth Toyota Camry had speed, it was fast. Disappointing of course to run towards the front and have a fast car and not get the result you hope for and expect, but to come out at the start of the season with a top 15, it’s hopeful and shows what’s to hopefully come this season from LEGACY MOTOR CLUB.”
JIMMIE JOHNSON NO. 84 CARVANA TOYOTA CAMRY XSE DAYTONA 500 RECAP:
Jimmie Johnson started the DAYTONA 500 from the 40th position. Johnson and crew chief Chad Johnston had a strategy heading into the event that centered around fuel strategy and racing a clean race.
Stage 1 was eventful for Johnson. He was involved in a multi-car wreck midway through the stage, but after accessing the damage, the No. 84 was fairly unscathed. Johnson finished Stage 1 in 37th.
Stage 2 was more of the same. Johnson maintained track position in 34th for the majority of the Stage and Johnston made a call to bring Johnson into the pits with just two laps to go in the stage. Johnson then pitted for fuel only at the stage break after finishing 34th. He would restart the race from the sixth position as the gas-only stage break stop for the No. 84 gave them great track position.
Stage 3 began strong as Johnson gained 28 positions with the strategy call restarting sixth. He had officially entered the three-wide racing portion of the evening. Throughout the stage, Johnston reminded Johnson to save fuel. A caution flew with 38 to go and the team opted to pit for four seconds of fuel. Johnson rolled down pit lane from sixth but got blocked in the pits by the No. 47 causing Johnson to lose 23 spots. He restarted with 36 to go in 29th. With five laps remaining a red flag flew due to an accident again with the leaders. Johnson was 23rd at the time of the accident.
In a green-white-checkered finish, Johnson went from 13th to third to finish the race for LEGACY MOTOR CLUB and his first top-5 since his final full-time season in 2020.
JIMMIE JOHNSON QUOTABLE:
How were you able to get up to the front? “What an experience. We tried to play it smart. Chad (Johnston, crew chief) had a great strategy for the third segment. Unfortunately, on one of the pit stops we got blocked in and lost our track position. Still had a good car and a straight car and there at the end I was able to make my way through the crash in the back. I was in a good position and here we are. This is great.”
What does it mean to get two LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Camrys in the top five? “Yeah, two in the top five. I hate it that Erik (Jones) had some trouble. Shaq, I hope you’re listening. We got your car on the podium. Just an incredible experience. Thank you to Carvana, Toyota, Dollar Tree, AdventHealth. There are so many partners part of this program that are helping us grow as an organization and I thought we had a good night.”
How good does this one feel for you? “This feels incredible. I have emotions that I didn’t expect to have. I’ve never been in this position as an owner, and it’s really opened up a different set of emotions, and the pride that I have in this result and the pride that I have in this company, now that we’re trying to achieve and the journey we’re on – I am so satisfied, so happy right now. Excited that we have two cars in the top five. I hope Shaq is watching. Thank you, buddy. We got your car in the top-three. A big thanks to Carvana and their continued support, Mobil 1, AdventHealth, Dollar Tree, Family Dollar, It’s been an interesting couple of years, and to have our cars come out and be this strong, this Toyota was rocket ship fast. I’m just smiling inside and out.”
UP NEXT: The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Atlanta Motor Speedway for the Ambetter Health 400 on Sunday, Feb. 23. The race will take place at 3:00 p.m. ET and broadcast on FOX, PRN Radio, and SIRIUS XM NASCAR Radio, CH. 90.
ABOUT LEGACY MOTOR CLUB: (LEGACY MC) is a premier auto racing organization co-owned by seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion and 2024 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee, Jimmie Johnson. Drawing from a rich tradition of success, LEGACY MC is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of motorsport and setting new standards of excellence. The CLUB competes under the Toyota Gazoo Racing banner in the NASCAR Cup Series with the No. 43 Toyota Camry XSE piloted by Erik Jones and the No. 42 Toyota Camry XSE driven by John Hunter Nemechek. Johnson also races on a limited basis in the No. 84 Toyota Camry XSE. With NASCAR legend and Hall of Famer Richard Petty, “The King”, serving as CLUB Ambassador, LEGACY MC blends timeless racing traditions with a new forward-thinking vision. As an inclusive community for motorsport enthusiasts, LEGACY MC honors both its storied past and the promising future of its members, always striving for victory and championship glory at the pinnacle of NASCAR competition.
RACE RUNDOWN: Austin Cindric’s bid for a second DAYTONA 500 victory ended with an eighth-place finish after a dramatic final-lap shakeup took him out of contention for the win. Cindric was a force throughout Speedweeks in the Discount Tire Ford Mustang, securing a front-row starting spot for his fifth run in the Great American Race and winning Duel 2. After just 11 laps, inclement weather brought out a red flag that lasted more than three hours. Just as the field prepared to go back green, another round of rain arrived, delaying the action for an additional 20 minutes. Once racing resumed, Cindric restarted third but found himself shuffled back in the draft, ending Stage 1 in 24th. The second segment saw the 26-year-old climb back into contention, taking the lead outright on Lap 106 with teammate Ryan Blaney close behind. The Team Penske duo controlled the front of the pack in a single-file formation until Blaney edged ahead just before the Stage break, leaving Cindric to finish second in Stage 2. Content with the balance of his car, he lined up third for the start of the final segment. A caution for debris on Lap 161 prompted pit stops, and efficient work by the No. 2 crew sent Cindric back on track as the race leader. Over the final 10 laps, he remained in the thick of the battle, jockeying for control of the field as the intensity ramped up. In a chaotic final-lap shuffle, Cindric was forced out of the lead and ultimately crossed the line in eighth place—a strong result, but one that didn’t reflect the winning potential he displayed throughout the night. He led a total of 59 laps.
CINDRIC’S THOUGHTS: “I’m clearly disappointed. I mean, you take the white and you’re in the lead. I wish we had a better chance to bring that home for everyone at Discount Tire and Team Penske and Ford Performance. It was just an exceptional effort all the way through Speedweeks. There’s definitely a lot to review there, trying to figure out when I need to actually be leading, so just frustrating to be that close.”
RACE RUNDOWN: Ryan Blaney wheeled the No. 12 Menards/Peak Ford Mustang to a seventh-place finish in Sunday’s 67th running of the DAYTONA 500 and led 23 laps in the top-10 effort. Following a three-plus hour rain delay just 11 laps into the afternoon, Blaney worked his way through the pack over the course of the first stage before finding success in the top lane to come away with a third-place finish in the opening segment. Blaney powered his way to the front of the field during the opening run of Stage 2 as the field battled three-wide behind him before ultimately clearing himself off of turn four to narrowly pick up the stage win over teammate Austin Cindric. After winning the race off pit road, Blaney continued to control the race out front as the field took the green with 62 laps to go. With 15 laps to go and the intensity of the three-wide battles heightening, Blaney was collected in a multi-car incident on the backstretch that resulted in damage to the nose and right rear, but after multiple trips to pit road under caution for repairs, the No. 12 team was able to keep Blaney on the lead lap for the final run of the night. After restarting at the tail of the field, Blaney made his way through a pair of incidents in the closing laps to work back into the top-10 and salvage the night with a seventh-place result.
BLANEY’S THOUGHTS: “I thought Austin [Cindric] and I were in a good position. We had control of the race for a while. The middle kind of came a little bit but I felt like we were still going to have a shot. It was just people pushing hard at the end of this thing and sometimes it just doesn’t work. Unfortunately, we were part of the wreck, but fortunate that we didn’t have night-ending damage. Austin and I did a good job. I thought we timed the strategy perfect of he and I being out front together the last run of the race and just lost a couple of us there.”
RACE RUNDOWN: Joey Logano and the No. 22 Shell-Pennzoil team had their share of ups and downs during Sunday’s 67th running of the DAYTONA 500 as a late-race incident resulted in a 35th-place finish despite Logano leading 43 laps on the day. Following a rain delay that lasted just over three hours after completing the first 11 laps, Logano charged his way to the front and led 38 of the 65 laps in the opening segment to pick up the first stage win of the season. After taking the green flag from the outside of row one for Stage 2, Logano experienced a mechanical issue that required him to come down pit road under caution as the No. 22 team went under the hood to assess. Logano went down a lap in the process and was noticeably off the pace when returning on track, but another caution allowed the team to continue work on pit road while receiving the free pass to rejoin the lead lap. Once Logano was back up to speed, he charged his way back through the field to post an eighth-place finish in Stage 2. The 22 crew went under the hood one final time during the stage caution – relegating Logano to the tail end of the field for the ensuing restart – but once again found himself back in contention with under 20 laps remaining. Logano’s battle to the front of the field was halted with 15 to go as contact with the No. 47 on the backstretch set off a multi-car incident that ultimately brought an end to the 22 team’s night in a 35th-place finish.
LOGANO’S THOUGHTS: “From my perspective, I felt like to win the race I had to get to the second row in my line there. I was in third and needed to get to second. I saw the opportunity to drop down and get underneath [Ricky Stenhouse Jr.] and have [Noah Gragson], another Ford, behind me. Then [Stenhouse Jr.] threw a late block there. I checked up for it and it looked like he was going to go back up and grab the top lane so I went back in to try and close the gap again but he kept coming down. I am checking up but at that point the checkup has already happened behind me and everybody is all over each other. I can’t get out of it and then we made contact. It is unfortunate. We had a good Shell-Pennzoil Mustang. We had a good car but just couldn’t get it done.”
The NASCAR Cup Series will make its way to Atlanta Motor Speedway next with on-track action kicking off Saturday, February 22 at 11:30 a.m. ET on Prime Video. The race broadcast will be live on Sunday, February 23 at 3 p.m. ET on FOX.
Austin Dillon and the No. 3 Bass Pro Shops/Winchester Chevrolet Team Show Speed at Daytona International Speedway
Finish: 23rd Start: 15th Points: 25th
“We had a fast No. 3 Bass Pro Shops/Winchester Chevrolet today. Our Richard Childress Racing team built a good car, and it showed. Early on, we raced hard in the draft to see how the car would maneuver. We got shuffled back mid-race, and I didn’t want to make any unnecessary moves to get caught up in someone else’s mess. Once we made our final pit stop though, it was time to push hard towards the front. We pushed the No. 8 car as much as we could and raced inside the top five for the final 50 laps. I barely made it through the wreck that got Kyle (Busch). On the green-white-checkered, we knew the pushes were going to intensify, and we needed to make the best moves to win the race. I jumped to the third lane on the white flag lap and tried to make that lane go to the front. It wasn’t the right move, and we fell back and got in a crash coming to the checkered. I feel bad for our team who’s worked so hard in the offseason to bring a fast car here to Daytona. We had a shot to win, and it didn’t go our way. Thanks to RCR and ECR Engines for building a fast race car. It hurts to not get the results we feel like we should have.” -Austin Dillon
Kyle Busch and the No. 8 zone Chevrolet Team Contended for Victory Before Late-Race Accident at Daytona International Speedway
Finish: 34th Start: 21st Points: 35th
“Our zone Chevrolet was fast once again here at Daytona. The balance started good and stayed good for a long time. When I was tucked up tight behind someone, the car itself was tight, but we had ourselves in a position to win the race in the closing laps. It sucks to have our race end the way it did. When we got collected in the wreck at the end, all four tires were flat. We were towed back to the work area in the garage, where the guys looked over the car and didn’t see anything massively wrong. All the wheels were pointed in the right direction, so we changed tires and went back out to see what the next step would be. Unfortunately, when we came back into the work area in the garage, we got parked and told that our race was done.” -Kyle Busch
Cole Custer Finishes 21st at Daytona After Strong Cup Run
DAYTONA, FL (Feb. 16, 2025) – Haas Factory team enjoyed a successful team debut this weekend at Daytona, as Sam Mayer and Sheldon Creed finished second and third in the Xfinity Series. On the Cup side, Cole Custer had a chance to go to victory lane in the Daytona 500, but was caught up in an incident on the final lap and finished 21st in the season-opening race.
Cup Series
Custer restarted third in NASCAR overtime and used the outside lane to force the field three-wide on the final lap, before a spin on the backstretch ended his Daytona 500 bid. He was collected in “The Big One”, despite having a strong HaasTooling.com Ford and putting it in position to at the very end.
Rain postponed the start of the 67th running of the “Great American Race” for nearly three and a half hours, but the intensity was high for all 200 laps on Sunday.
After battling in the back of the pack across the first two stages, Custer utilized the outside groove to gradually work his way through the field. In the midst of nonstop three-wide racing, he rode the top lane up to the 18th position before a caution for debris reset the field on lap 161.
The 41 team opted for fuel only on their final pit stop, and held steady until an incident with 14 laps remaining. He was able to manuver through a four-car pileup at the front of the field, and put his Ford Mustang on the second row with under 10 laps left in the race.
He managed to push Christopher Bell to the lead with five laps to go, before the No. 20 got loose and hit the wall entering turn three to force a yellow, and an overtime finish. Custer was third as he took the white flag in overtime, but was a casualty of a wreck on the final lap as he attempted to synergize the third lane.
Custer leaves Daytona with 16 total points and is tied for 21st in the Cup Series point standings after the first week of the regular season.
Xfinity Series
Mayer and Creed finished second and third, respectively, in their debut for Hass Factory Team on Saturday night at Daytona International Speedway.
A late caution reset the field and set up an overtime finish, with both drivers positioned on the first two inside rows in overtime battling for the win. However, Jesse Love was able to hold off the Haas Factory Team teammates, as Mayer and Creed rounded out the top three.
For Mayer, it marked the best finish of his career at Daytona, and first career top-5 at the track. After running outside the top-10 in the first two stages, the 41 team drove through the field and ran up front for a majority of the last stage. He manuvered through a crash coming to the white flag, and held on to a second-place finish.
Still eyeing his first Xfinity win, Creed was strong all night long as he earned a race-high 17 stage points across the first half of the race. The 00 team led seven laps in the final stage and restarted on the front row in overtime, but settled for a top-5 finish at Daytona for the fourth consecutive race.
Creed scored 51 total points on Saturday night, and is the current Xfinity points leader heading into Atlanta next weekend. Mayer sits in fifth place with 35 points overall.
Up Next Atlanta Motor Speedway hosts race two on the NASCAR Cup Series/Xfinity season next weekend. Race coverage Sunday is set for 5 p.m. ET on the CW for the Xfinity series, and 3 p.m. ET for the Cup Series on FOX.
About Haas Factory Team The Haas Factory Team is a NASCAR Cup and Xfinity program owned by Gene Haas, founder of Haas Automation. Beginning in 2025, the team will feature Cole Custer driving the No. 41 Ford Mustang Dark Horse in the NASCAR Cup Series, while Sheldon Creed and Sam Mayer take on the Xfinity Series in the No. 00 and No. 41 Ford Mustangs, respectively. Based in Kannapolis, North Carolina, the Haas Factory Team reflects a commitment to performance and engineering excellence, carrying forward Gene Haas’s commitment to motorsports.
Making his ninth Daytona 500 start, Ty Dillon started Sunday’s race from the seventh position, a career-best starting position in the Great American Race. With a fast Grizzly Nicotine Pouches Chevrolet, the team made the decision to play it safe early in the race, keep the car clean and make a run to the front in the final stage. With their strategy in full motion and the laps winding down, the team made a pit stop under the lap 161 caution and unfortunately returned to the track with a loose wheel. As the race went back green, Dillon was forced to pit road for an unscheduled pit stop and with the stop, lost the draft and the lead pack. Falling two laps down, the team stayed focused and devised a plan to finish the race strong. With cautions falling their way, Dillon was able to get the ‘free pass’ on two occasions to return to the lead lap for the lap 199 restart and NASCAR’s first attempt at overtime. Focused on gaining positions and moving forward, Dillon was able to make passes and avoid a last lap wreck to cross the finish line in the 14th position.
“Our Grizzly Nicotine Pouches Chevy was really strong, and our car was very fast. We were able to lead laps early in the race and the car wanted to be up front most of the time. In the middle of the race, you kind of get stuck in the pack, so we tried to play it smart. Our first goal of the day after having a successful Duel and finishing third, getting some points there, was to finish the race. We played it smart through the first couple of stages and we had planned to race pretty hard in the final stage, we had a loose wheel that put us a couple of laps down. We fought really hard and got those laps back, stayed out of the crashes and were able to get a good finish. To leave the Daytona 500 with a top 15 is a conundrum because you want to do well, you can see the pie in the sky is right in front of you, it’s the biggest race of our year. To leave with a top 15, leading laps, scoring points in the Duel, starting our year off on the right foot – that was a major goal of ours. I am very proud of our team and our resilience of fighting through the day.” Ty Dillon
No. 16 Celsius Camaro ZL1
Start: 13th
Stage 1 Finish: 41st
Stage 2 Finish: 41st
Finish: 41st
Allmendinger maintained position in the top-12 until the caution for weather came on lap nine and the red flag was displayed. When the race resumed, Allmendinger drove up to fifth on the bottom lane, behind teammate, Ty Dillon, until he had a mechanical issue on lap 41. The team went to the garage to assess and determined the engine expired on the No. 16 Celsius Chevy, ultimately ending the day.
About Kaulig Racing
Kaulig Racing™ is a full-time, multi-car NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) and NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) team, owned by award winning entrepreneur, Matt Kaulig. Established in 2016, Kaulig Racing™ has earned 23 NXS wins, made the NXS Playoffs consecutively each season since the playoff system started, and won two regular-season championships. In 2021, the team competed in select NCS events, before expanding to a two-car, full-time NCS team in 2022 and adding a third, part-time entry during the 2023 season. Since its first NCS start in 2021, the team has earned two wins. Kaulig Racing is currently fielding two full-time entries in the NCS and continues to field three full-time NXS entries, with a part-time fourth entry at select events. To learn more about the team, visit kauligracing.com.
As a sports activity that attracts strong fan response and entertaining race car events, motorsport has not been left behind in using social media as a marketing strategy. Social networks in motorsport promotional campaigns have expanded how teams, drivers, and brands interact with fans. This article reviews the important role that social media occupies in motorsports promotion and provides guidelines for its effective use.
How Are Social Media and Motorsports Related to Marketing?
Previously, motorsport marketing relied heavily on TV, radio, and magazine advertising. These were effective, but of course, these channels did not allow for real-time interaction with the audience. Now, thanks to social media, everything has changed. Brands, teams, and drivers can communicate directly with fans, who can follow races, comment on what is happening, discuss events in real time, and even interact with their favorite drivers. This creates a more intimate connection and strengthens fan loyalty.
For example, Formula 1 uses social media platforms to expand its global audience. In 2021, F1’s official social media channels had over 50 million followers, and millions of people watched race highlights on these platforms. This level of engagement and audience reach would have been unimaginable using traditional marketing methods.
How to Fund Motorsport Marketing
To successfully promote themselves in motorsports, teams need significant financial resources. From social media advertising to major sponsorship campaigns, it all requires investment. Fortunately, there are several structured financing solutions:
Personal loans. Independent drivers and smaller teams often use personal loans to cover marketing costs. They allow you to borrow a fixed amount and repay it in equal monthly payments. This is useful, for example, for launching social media advertising campaigns or organizing small branding events.
Business loans. Companies can use a business loan for larger marketing initiatives, such as event sponsorships or branded merchandise. These loans are usually issued as a lump sum with subsequent payments, allowing you to plan your budget wisely.
Credit cards. Many banks offer the option of splitting large purchases into equal payments, which can be a convenient way to fund one-off marketing costs.
Teams exploring structured finance solutions may benefit from learning about installment loans, as they provide flexibility in managing large marketing budgets while maintaining financial stability.
In addition to loans, motorsport teams also use other methods to raise funds:
Sponsorship: One of the main sources of income in motorsports. Brands finance the team in exchange for logos on the car, equipment, and digital materials.
Selling merchandise: Selling branded clothing, accessories, or even custom coasters generates income and strengthens the connection with fans. The proceeds can be reinvested in marketing.
Investors: Private investors can invest in the team and expect a share of future profits. This approach is especially relevant for ambitious teams looking to reach the next level.
Crowdfunding: Platforms like Kickstarter or Patreon allow fans to support the team directly. In return, they receive bonuses, ranging from exclusive content to behind-the-scenes access.
Motorsport teams can confidently promote themselves, attract new partners, and expand their audience using the right combination of credit solutions, sponsorship, and alternative funding sources.
Top Social Networks Motorsport
It has been seen that various social media platforms play different roles in motorsport marketing. Selecting the right channel is key to higher audience engagement and coverage.
Facebook
Facebook is a powerful tool for promoting events, broadcasts, and reaching new audiences. Motorsports teams use the platform extensively to keep fans updated and promote their websites.
Instagram
Instagram is all about visuals, making it ideal for sharing photos and videos of racing, cars, and behind-the-scenes moments. Features like Stories and Reels are great for creating and sharing engaging content, but it’s important to understand what works best for growing your Instagram presence. Each feature serves a purpose, and knowing when and how to use them can help increase your visibility and connection with fans.
Twitter
Twitter is ideal for breaking news and real-time communication. Motorsports teams use it to share race updates and announcements quickly and stay in touch with fans.
YouTube
YouTube is a great platform for posting racing highlights, interviews, and documentaries. It also offers monetization opportunities that help teams and content creators earn extra income.
Social Media Marketing: Content Plans for Motorsports
In motorsports, the content must be interesting and timely to help promote social media as an effective marketing tool. Here are some effective content strategies:
Behind-the-Scenes Content
People are excited to see what goes on behind the scenes of the team they like. The audiences would appreciate seeing some of the preparation that goes into the races and the discussions that the teams themselves have.
Highlight Reels and Recaps
Sharing race highlights and recaps lets fans catch up on what they missed and learn more about the event. For example, RFK Racing’s strong performance at the Daytona 500, where they showed speed and determination, made for great content that fans were excited to share. This type of content is easy to share and can help attract new followers, keeping fans engaged even after the race ends.
User Generated Content
Encouraging fans to share their motorsport content is a great way to increase engagement. Running contests and sharing fan-generated content helps build community and brand trust.
Interactive Materials
Polls, contests, and live Q&As are not only fun ways to engage with fans, but also a chance to learn what they really like. These activities make the fan experience more dynamic and interesting.
Building a Social Media Strategy
Many businesses are confused about what social media posts to post and how they can help them achieve their marketing goals. Here are some simple steps to creating an effective strategy:
Create a Content Calendar
A content calendar helps you organize your posts on a schedule related to race schedules and promotions. It also helps you deliver timely and relevant content. To effectively manage your content calendar, you can use tools like Hootsuite or Buffer to help automate your posts and analyze your audience’s response.
Define Goals
Determine the goals of using social media for social marketing. Whether the objective is to enhance brand recognition, increase ticket sales, or interact with fans, goals will dictate content and strategies.
Know Your Audience
Demographic information, preferences, and behaviors of the audience need to be known. This will make the content you provide more relevant and engaging for the readers.
Monitor Analytics
Measuring engagement rates and followers’ growth helps determine which strategies are effective. Such information makes it much easier to fine-tune strategies and enhance results.
Other Financial Considerations
In addition to understanding installment loans, motorsport teams and sponsors can explore various funding options to support their marketing efforts. Platforms likethe Small Business Administration (SBA) offer resources and guidance on securing loans and grants for small businesses. These can be particularly useful for smaller teams and startups in the motorsport industry.
Measuring the Success of Social Media Campaigns
Evaluating the effectiveness of social media campaigns is crucial for understanding their impact and making informed decisions.
Engagement Metrics
Metrics like likes, shares, comments, and views indicate how well the content resonates with the audience. High engagement suggests that the content is compelling and relevant.
Reach and Impressions
These metrics show the number of people exposed to the content and how often it has been displayed. A broad reach can enhance brand visibility and attract new fans.
Conversion Rates
Monitoring conversion rates is essential for campaigns that drive specific actions, such as ticket sales or merchandise purchases. This measures the success of turning viewers into customers.
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Similar games also improve problem-solving skills. These are manifested because the player is involved in many situations that require critical thinking. Players often have to make decisions instantly, positively impacting their problem-solving skills. The choices they make directly affect their progression through the levels.
Consuming any new material is good for the brain. Quick video games are a great learning opportunity. Gamers are individuals who are open to new tactics and new knowledge; they are constantly learning.
In addition, playing games helps to improve brain speed. Gamers must spend no more than a fraction of a second deciding. Consequently, their brains work faster and more correctly simultaneously. The brain speed of gamers increases dramatically. They also have an improved memory. The fact is that to play computer games well, you need to memorize a lot. These are essential details of the game, combinations of keys on the keyboard, and tricks that help to pass challenging levels. So computer games improve memory, both short-term and long-term.
One year after fending off the field to achieve the biggest victory of his career, William Byron doubled down with grit, determination and a pair of good fortune and natural instincts to navigate his way through a series of late carnages, including one on the final lap that enabled him to win the 67th annual running of the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on Sunday, February 16.
The reigning Daytona 500 champion from Charlotte, North Carolina, led five times for 10 of 201 over-scheduled laps in an event where he qualified in fifth place and assumed the lead early, beginning on the eighth lap just before the event was placed in a three-hour rain delay. Opting to pit just before the event was placed in a second rain delay period before proceeding in primetime Sunday night, Byron would spend the remainder of the event dueling amongst his fellow competitors who were stacked in multiple lanes through every corner and straightaway.
During an overtime shootout, where he restarted in 10th place after he had dodged two earlier multi-car wrecks, Byron was racing on the outside lane and within the top-10 mark before the leaders started to get tangled up through the backstretch. Using his instincts, Byron remained on the outside lane and accelerated his entry to avoid a spinning Denny Hamlin to storm to the lead. With the lead in his possession, the Charlotte native fended off Tyler Reddick to cruise to his second consecutive victory in the Great American Race and to win the first event of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season.
The starting lineup for this year’s Great American Race was determined through a single-car qualifying session comprising two rounds that occurred on Wednesday, February 12, followed by a pair of Duels on Thursday, February 13.
At the conclusion of Wednesday’s qualifying session, Chase Briscoe notched his first Daytona 500 pole position with a pole-winning lap at 182.745 mph in 49.249 seconds. Austin Cindric rounded out the front row after he posted his best qualifying lap at 182.463 mph in 49.325 seconds.
During Thursday’s Duel events, Cindric doubled down by edging Erik Jones at the moment of caution to win the second Duel event while Bubba Wallace won the first Duel event. In the aftermath of both events, Wallace claimed the third-place starting spot for the Daytona 500 while Jones was awarded the fourth-place starting spot due to Cindric having already claimed a front-row starting spot.
Meanwhile, nine competitors (Anthony Alfredo, Justin Allgaier, Helio Castroneves, Jimmie Johnson, Corey LaJoie, BJ McLeod, Chandler Smith, Martin Truex Jr. and JJ Yeley) contested against one another for Daytona 500 spots in non-chartered entries. At the conclusion of both the single-car qualifying session and the Duels, the following names that included Allgaier, Castroneves, Johnson, LaJoie and Truex transferred while the remaining names including Alfredo, McLeod, Smith and Yeley failed to qualify.
Prior to the commencement of this year’s Daytona 500, the following names included Alex Bowman, Ty Gibbs, rookie Shane van Gisbergen, Justin Haley, rookie Riley Herbst, Brad Keselowski, Kyle Larson and Daniel Suarez dropped to the rear of the field in backup cars after all wrecked their primary cars during their respective Duel events. Helio Castroneves also dropped to the rear of the field due to an engine change along with Ricky Stenhouse Jr., the latter of whom was due to his car failing the pre-race inspection process twice and resulting in his engineer being ejected for the event.
When the green flag waved and the 2025 Cup Series season commenced, Chase Briscoe gained an early advantage from the inside lane with drafting help from Bubba Wallace. Briscoe proceeded to lead ahead of the field through the first two turns before Austin Cindric drew even with Briscoe from the outside lane through the backstretch. Briscoe, however, regained his momentum through Turns 3 and 4, which allowed him to motor his No. 19 Bass Pro Shops Toyota Camry XSE entry ahead and lead the first lap.
Over the next three laps, Briscoe retained the lead in front of Wallace, Cindric and two-stacked lanes through every turn and straightaway. Then prior to the fifth lap, William Byron, the reigning Daytona 500 champion, made his move beneath Briscoe through the first two turns and the backstretch, which moved the No. 24 AXALTA Chevrolet entry into the lead. Shortly after, however, Byron moved up the track to block Briscoe, which allowed Ty Dillon to make his move beneath Byron as both dueled for the lead. In the midst of the battles at the front, Carson Hocevar lost the draft and was dropping pace due to a fuel pressure issue.
By the sixth lap, the field fanned out to three-stacked lanes as Cindric charged to the front in a third-drafting lane while being drafted by teammate Joey Logano through the frontstretch. With Cindric getting stalled in ninth place despite leading a drafted lane towards the outside wall, Ty Dillon retained a narrow lead over Byron as Briscoe, Ross Chastain, Wallace and Tyler Reddick followed suit within the top-six mark.
Then on the eighth lap, the event’s first caution flew due to precipitation being reported around the superspeedway venue. At the moment of caution, Byron had fended off Cindric, Ty Dillon and the rest of the field that was stacked up to three lanes to emerge as the leader. By the 11th lap, the field would be directed to park their respective pit stalls and the event was placed in a red flag period.
More than three hours later, the field returned to the track that was dried under caution. During the caution period, nearly the entire field led by Byron pitted, primarily for fuel, while the rest led by Michael McDowell and including Cole Custer, Ryan Blaney, Cody Ware, Zane Smith and rookie Riley Herbst remained on the track. Following the pit stops, Joey Logano exited pit road first as he was followed by Byron, Cindric, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Briscoe, Ross Chastain, Ty Dillon, Wallace, Kyle Busch and John Hunter Nemechek, respectively.
As the field continued to pace around the superspeedway venue under caution, select names that included McDowell and Alex Bowman would pit to top off their respective entries with fuel prior to a restart. With McDowell pitting, Ryan Blaney cycled into the lead. The field, however, would return to pit road and be placed in a second red flag period due to sprinkles falling on the venue.
Twenty minutes later, the field returned to the track at a cautious pace. During the caution period, some led by Blaney and including Zane Smith, Herbst, Jimmie Johnson and Nemechek pitted while the rest led by Logano remained on the track.
When the Daytona 500 resumed under green flag conditions under the lights on Lap 23, Logano and Byron dueled in front of the field through the first two turns until Logano muscled ahead from the outside lane. Through the backstretch, Cindric and Briscoe attempted to draft ahead of the pack behind Logano until Byron muscled back alongside Cindric from the inside lane through Turns 3 and 4. Logano would proceed to lead the following lap as the stacked field fanned out to three lanes. With Shane van Gisbergen leading a third drafting lane towards the outside lane, Logano led the Lap 25 mark in front of two stacked lanes that were led by Byron and Cindric.
Through the first 30 scheduled laps, Logano was leading ahead of Byron and three-stacked lanes through the frontstretch. Shortly after, Logano moved up the racetrack to block Kyle Busch. This allowed Byron to draw even with Logano from the inside lane through the first two turns. Then through the backstretch, Logano blocked Busch, which placed both in the middle of a three-wide packed action towards the front as Chase Elliott led a third lane with drafting help from Cindric. Back at the front, Byron led the Lap 31 mark as he was followed by Ty Dillon and Corey LaJoie. LaJoie would then receive a draft from Logano through the backstretch to overtake Byron as he led the following lap.
At the Lap 40 mark, all 41 starters were separated by under three seconds while the top-28 competitors were separated by within a second of one another. By then, Logano, who reassumed the lead on Lap 35, was edged by Chase Elliott as Kyle Busch, Cindric, LaJoie, Wallace, Byron, Briscoe, Stenhouse and Ty Dillon were jostling in the top 10 amid the draft. Meanwhile, Reddick, Chastain, Austin Dillon, AJ Allmendinger, van Gisbergen, Brad Keselowski, Chris Buescher, Denny Hamlin, Erik Jones and Kyle Larson were all racing in the top 20, respectively, while Ryan Blaney, Ty Gibbs, Herbst, Todd Gilliland, Josh Berry, Justin Allgaier, Cole Custer, Martin Truex Jr., Christopher Bell and Alex Bowman followed suit in the top 30, respectively. In addition, notable names that included Helio Castroneves, Jimmie Johnson and Daniel Suarez were mired in 33rd, 38th and 40th, respectively.
Two laps later, Busch, who dueled with Elliott for the lead during the previous lap, made a bold three-wide move beneath Logano and Elliott through the first two turns. Busch’s move briefly drew him even with Logano before the latter received a draft from Elliott to muscle back ahead from the outside lane. As Logano moved in front of Busch entering the frontstretch, Busch veered his No. 8 zone Chevrolet entry right and tried to draw even with Logano, but he had no drafting help as Logano retained the lead with drafting help from Byron, LaJoie and Reddick. Meanwhile, AJ Allmendinger had fallen off the pace due to a mechanical issue to his No. 16 Celsius Chevrolet entry.
By Lap 50, the top four competitors were racing in a single-line formation towards the inside lane and ahead of the rest of the field that was still fanned out to multiple lanes. By then, Logano, who has been leading since Lap 42, was leading ahead of Byron, Hamlin, and Busch, respectively. Not long after, Keselowski, LaJoie, and Blaney overtook fifth-place Wallace during the following lap. Then after briefly settling in the single-line formation on the inside lane, Keselowski transitioned his No. 6 Kroger Ford Mustang Dark Horse entry back to the outside lane and boosted himself up alongside Byron with drafting help from Blaney. Logano would be placed on defensive mode as he blocked Keselowski through the frontstretch and maintained the lead by Lap 53.
Just past the Lap 55 mark, Logano remained in front of Keselowski with the lead amid the draft. Logano kept Keselowski drafting him through every straightaway and corner over the next five laps as Blaney, Stenhouse, Bell, Bowman, Suarez, Jones, Reddick and Todd Gilliland all followed suit in the top 10. By then, a majority of the field migrated towards the outside lane in a draft while Gilliland was leading a small drafting group from the inside lane.
Then on Lap 62, the event’s first caution not related to weather flew when Denny Hamlin, who was racing in the middle of the pack, got hit in the rear end by Zane Smith amid a brief stack-up that occurred in front of the former in Turn 2. As a result, Hamlin briefly got sideways as he steered his No. 11 National Debt Relief Toyota Camry XSE entry below the apron and kept his car racing straight. In the process, however, Smith, who was trying to avoid Hamlin, went up the track and briefly clipped Cindric, which got Smith spinning towards the apron before he went back up the track and was hit by an oncoming Josh Berry towards the backstretch’s outside wall. The incident left Berry with a damaged left-front fender to his No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Mustang Dark Horse entry and Smith with a broken toe link to his No. 38 Speedy Cash Ford Mustang Dark Horse entry. Meanwhile, Hamlin did not sustain any significant damage and proceeded on the lead lap.
The incident involving Berry, Hamlin and Smith was enough for the first stage period scheduled to conclude on Lap 65 to officially conclude under caution as Logano, the reigning three-time Cup Series champion, captured the first stage victory of the 2025 season. Keselowski settled in second while Blaney, Stenhouse, Bell, Suarez, Bowman, Reddick, Jones and Byron were scored in the top 10, respectively.
Under the stage break, a majority of the lead lap field led by Logano pitted for service. Following the pit stops, Logano exited pit road first ahead of teammate Blaney, Suarez, Bowman, Stenhouse, Wallace, Reddick, Elliott, Byron and Keselowski, respectively. Amid the pit stops, Allgaier and Busch were penalized due to having crew members jumping over the pit wall too soon prior to pit services.
The second stage period which started on Lap 70 and was led by both Logano and Bowman did not last long. Just as Bowman was drafted to the lead by Wallace from the inside lane, the caution quickly returned when Logano caused a major stack-up to the competitors racing behind him on the outside lane through the first two turns. As a result, Nemechek, who was racing in the middle of the pack, made contact with Chastain and sent the latter up the track and into Helio Castroneves in Turn 1. Castroneves then spun back into the path of Nemechek as both wrecked against one another, including Cody Ware as Chastain was hit by Truex while sideways. More names including Herbst, Briscoe and Kyle Busch also wrecked amid the stack-up while the rest of the competitors racing in the mid-pack region scattered. The wreck would take Castroneves, Chastain and Truex out of contention for the remainder of the event.
During the caution period, Logano pitted and the hood of his No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Mustang Dark Horse entry was lifted as his pit crew addressed a potential mechanical issue. With the pit crew changing out the ECU, Logano would lose a lap to the leaders. Soon after, some led by Bowman pitted while the rest led by Blaney remained on the track.
As the event restarted under green on Lap 76, teammates Blaney and Cindric dueled for the lead through the first two turns and the backstretch. They would remain dead even in front of Buescher, Preece and the rest of the field as Cindric led the following lap. By then, Buescher moved up the track to block Elliott as he led a third drafting lane. Preece would also move up in front of Buescher and he led the outside lane while Blaney was pinned in the middle. Amid the drafts, Cindric retained the lead from the inside lane for the following lap as he was in front of Noah Gragson.
Just past the Lap 80 mark, a three-wide action for the lead ensued as Preece led the outside lane and Cindric led the middle lane while Gragson led the inside lane. All three competitors would duel against one another in front of three-stacked lanes as Cindric, who briefly got loose while being drafted by Michael McDowell from the middle lane, was pinned in between Gragson and Preece. As the three-wide intensity at the front continued to ensue, the caution would then return on Lap 82 due to debris reported on the track in Turn 1. The caution would serve as a big break for Logano, who received the free pass to return to the lead lap category due to being the first competitor a lap down.
During the caution period, a majority of the field led by Cindric returned to pit road for service, primarily for fuel, while the rest led by Wallace remained on the track. Not long after, Wallace would lead the next wave of competitors to pit road for service, which allowed Cindric to reassume the lead.
The start of the next restart on Lap 86 featured Cindric and Elliott dueling for the lead in front of two-stacked lanes through the first two turns and backstretch while McDowell tried to mount a charge from the third drafting lane towards the outside lane. With McDowell drawing close to the front with drafting help from Gilliland, Cindric and Elliott were dead even at the start/finish line during the next lap before McDowell drew even with both entering the first two turns.
The field would remain fanned out in three-stacked lanes by the Lap 90 mark as Cindric retained a narrow lead over both McDowell and Elliott. Over the next five laps, McDowell, Cindric and Gragson would duel dead even against one another in three-wide formation and in front of three-stacked lanes through every straightaway and corner. By then, Gragson was being drafted by Preece from the inside lane and Cindric was being drafted by Elliott and Blaney from the middle lane while McDowell was being drafted by Gilliland and Ty Dillon up on the outside lane.
At the halfway mark on Lap 100, the top 34 competitors that were scored on the lead lap were separated by less than two seconds of one another while the top 30 competitors were separated by under a second. By then, Preece, who led the inside lane, transitioned up to the outside lane as he was leading ahead of Gragson, Bowman, Cindric and McDowell, respectively, while Buescher, Elliott, Gilliland, Bell and Blaney followed suit in the top 10.
Ten laps later, Cindric, who led the previous four laps, was leading ahead of Elliott, Blaney, Bowman and Suarez as Buescher, Reddick, Austin Dillon, Bell, LaJoie, Byron and Larson were all jostling inside the top 12. Meanwhile, Logano, who had recovered from his early engine issues, was dueling with Hamlin for 13th place. By then, a majority of the front-runners scaled back down to two-wide formation amid a stacked-up competition while Cindric maintained a narrow lead from the outside lane.
Another five laps later, Cindric and Bowman dueled for the lead as the field began to fan out to three-stacked lanes. By then, Gilliland was leading a third drafting lane towards the outside lane as he started to charge to the front before Elliott and Blaney moved up in front of Gilliland to ignite their charges. This placed Cindric in defensive mode as Bowman, who reported a potential mechanical issue to his No. 48 Ally Chevrolet entry, led Lap 116 from the inside lane.
By Lap 120, Cindric led a five-car breakaway from the field that was still stacked up to three lanes as the leader was led by teammate Blaney, Elliott, Gilliland and Herbst, respectively. Behind, Erik Jones muscled up to sixth place while Busch, Bowman, Allgaier, Buescher, Wallace, Hamlin, Logano, Stenhouse, Gibbs, Bell, Redick, Suarez, LaJoie and Keselowski were all jostling inside the top 20. Over the next eight laps, Cindric and Bowman would fiercely duel between one another for the lead in front of two-stacked lanes. By then, Cindric kept teammate Blaney drafting him from the outside lane while Bowman had Buescher and Logano drafting him from the inside lane.
During the final lap of the second stage period, Bowman mounted a charge from the inside lane through the final two turns, but the outside lane remained as the preferred line in the straightaways as Cindric muscled his No. 2 Discount Tire Ford Mustang Dark Horse entry back ahead while being drafted by Blaney. Then entering the frontstretch, Cindric broke away from the field with no drafting help. This allowed Blaney to migrate his No. 12 Menards Ford Mustang Dark Horse entry to the outside lane, where he then received a late draft from Elliott to overtake Cindric and claim the second-stage victory on Lap 130. With Blaney winning the stage, Cindric settled in second ahead of Elliott, Bowman and Gilliland while Buescher, Jones, Logano, Wallace and Busch were scored in the top 10, respectively.
During the stage break, Logano pitted when pit road was closed to have his air box changed, which dropped him to the rear of the field. Soon after, a majority of the lead lap field led by Blaney pitted for service that included fresh tires and a full tank of fuel while the rest led by Carson Hocevar remained on the track. Following the pit stops, Blaney exited pit road first as he was followed by Wallace, Cindric, Busch, and Elliott, respectively. The remaining competitors that did not pit, including Hocevar, would pit not long after, which allowed Blaney to cycle back into the lead.
With 63 laps remaining, the final stage period commenced as Blaney and Busch occupied the front row in front of Wallace, Larson, Cindric and Buescher. At the start, Blaney and Busch dueled in front of the field through the first two turns before Wallace gave Blaney a draft that allowed the latter to muscle ahead of the former through the backstretch.
As the field fanned out exiting Turn 4, Blaney motored ahead to lead the next lap. Blaney would then get pinned and shoved out amid a three-wide action as Wallace made his move to the lead over Busch. After receiving a bump from Elliott through the backstretch, Wallace gained a slight advantage through Turns 3 and 4 before Blaney surged back to the front to duel with Wallace. Wallace, Blaney and Busch would all proceed to battle for the lead against one another and in front of three-stacked lanes with 60 laps remaining.
Down to the final 50 laps of the event, the top 26 competitors were separated by less than a second of one another as a three-wide action for the lead between Wallace, Byron and Blaney ensued. By then, Wallace led the outside lane and Blaney was mired in the middle lane while Byron moved in front of Busch to lead the inside lane. In addition to the three-wide action for the lead, a majority of the front-runners were racing deep in three-packed lanes.
Ten laps later, the trio of Wallace, Blaney and Byron continued to duel dead even against one another through three lanes and in front of three-stacked lanes. A lap later, however, the caution flew due to debris being reported on the track. During the caution period, the lead lap field led by Wallace pitted, with some pitting for only fuel while others pitted for tires. Following the pit stops, Cindric exited pit road first as he was followed by Wallace, Blaney, Byron, Elliott, Busch, Austin Dillon, Nemechek, Buescher and Briscoe, respectively. During the pit stops, Jimmie Johnson, who was racing toward the front prior to the caution period, lost a bevy of spots due to getting blocked on pit road.
As the event restarted under green with 35 laps remaining, Cindric and Wallace battled dead even for the lead through the first two turns before Wallace received a draft from Byron that muscled Wallace’s No. 23 McDonald’s Toyota Camry XSE entry out in front. With the field starting to fan out to three lanes, Wallace fended off both Cindric and Byron to lead the next lap before Cindric drew even with Wallace. By then, Cindric had teammate Blaney drafting him from the inside lane while Byron blocked teammate Elliott as the latter tried to start a third drafting line towards the outside lane. As the outside lane led by Wallace was trying to gather back into formation, Cindric broke ahead along with Blaney and Busch while Nemechek tried to mount a charge from the middle lane.
Under the final 30 laps, the top-five competitors were racing in single-line formation as Cindric was leading ahead of Blaney, Busch, Austin Dillon and Bell. Behind, Herbst and Nemechek dueled for sixth place in front of Hamlin, Gragson and Reddick while Wallace was trying to draft his way back to the front from a third drafting lane towards the outside wall. With a majority of the field remaining stacked amid three drafting lanes, the top eight competitors were racing in single-line formation on the inside lane with 25 laps remaining. By then, Cindric continued to lead in front of Blaney, Busch, Austin Dillon, Bell, Herbst, Gragson and Bowman, respectively, while Hamlin was trying to blend in a lane to charge to the front.
With 20 laps remaining, Cindric maintained the lead in front of a 10-car breakaway from the stacked field through every corner and straightaway. By then, both LaJoie and Stenhouse were trying to mount charges with their respective lanes.
Then five laps later, the caution flew when Logano, who was mired in sixth place and mounting a charge to the front amid the draft, turned Stenhouse while trying to squeeze beneath his No. 47 SunnyD Chevrolet entry through the backstretch. The contact resulted in Stenhouse getting turned and clipping Blaney. In the process, Stenhouse rammed into Kyle Busch and sent the latter for a spin towards the backstretch’s infield while Logano got turned by Gragson as they collided into Gilliland towards the outside wall. Elliott and Custer would also crash while the rest of the field scattered to avoid the carnage. The incident spoiled Busch’s opportunity to win his first elusive Daytona 500 event in his 20th attempt while Logano, who led 43 laps, was also taken out of contention. Meanwhile, LaJoie had taken the lead from Cindric.
The start of the next restart with eight laps remaining featured LaJoie and Cindric dueling as the former launched ahead from the inside lane with drafting help from Nemechek. LaJoie then moved up the track in front of Cindric through the first two turns as Hamlin came mounting up to draft both. Through the backstretch, Cindric overtook LaJoie with drafting help from Hamlin. Despite leading the next lap, Cindric would be placed in defensive mode as Hamlin kept drafting Cindric through the frontstretch.
Then through the backstretch with seven laps remaining, Hamlin moved to the outside of Cindric and he was drafted into the lead by teammate Bell. Hamlin proceeded to lead the next lap while keeping Cindric behind him, which allowed Bell to mount a charge while leading the outside lane through the first two turns. Bell would duel with Hamlin as the former was being drafted by Custer from the backstretch to the frontstretch in front of two-stacked lanes.
Entering the backstretch, the caution returned due to a wild accident that started when Bell got turned into the outside wall head-on by Custer. As most of the field zipped by Bell’s wrecked car, the latter then came back across the track and was collided into by Preece, which got the front end of Preece’s No. 60 BuildSubmarines.com Ford Mustang Dark Horse entry airborne. With Preece being pinned next to Erik Jones’ entry, Preece’s entry then rolled over and flipped on its roof before it shot back up the Turn 3 degree banking and hit the outside wall while flipping back over on all four wheels. More names including Keselowski, Larson, Suarez and Wallace would also be involved in the incident as the event was placed in a red flag period for more than six minutes to have the carnage cleared.
Preece’s incident marked the second time in three years that he was involved in a rollover accident at Daytona in the closing laps. Despite enduring the wild ride, Preece emerged uninjured. After being released from the infield care center, however, Preece issued a concerning message to prevent race cars from going airborne and placing drivers at risk.
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“I don’t know if it’s the diffuser or what that makes these cars like a sheet of plywood when you walk out on a windy day,” Preece said in the infield care center. “When the car took off like that, it got really quiet. All I thought about was my daughter, so I’m lucky to walk away, but we’re getting really close to somebody not being able to. It’s frustrating when you end your day like this.”
With the event restarting in overtime, Hamlin received a draft from his 23XI Racing teammate Riley Herbst to launch ahead of Cindric, where the former then quickly moved up the track to block Cindric. As Hamlin transitioned back to the inside lane, Cindric received a draft from Custer to storm back into the lead entering the backstretch. With Custer and Bowman following suit to Cindric, Hamlin came storming back from the inside lane as he was pushed by Herbst and LaJoie entering Turns 3 and 4.
When the white flag waved and the final lap started, Cindric darted left and right to block runs by both Custer and Hamlin as Herbst got bumped and sent for a mini slide through the tri-oval. Herbst managed to keep his car racing straight without hitting the wall as the race remained under green flag conditions. By then, Cindric was still blocking Hamlin as both were being closely pursued by three-stacked rows of competitors.
Then in the backstretch, contact between Custer and Briscoe triggered a multi-car wreck that resulted in LaJoie spinning towards the infield while the leader Hamlin was sent spinning in the middle of the straightaway while being latched onto Custer’s entry. Hamlin and Custer would then slide up into the backstretch’s wall and into the path of Alex Bowman before Ty Gibbs clipped Cody Ware and sent Ware into the left side of Hamlin while Gibbs was hit by Justin Haley.
Amid the carnage and with the race remaining under green-flag conditions, Byron, who remained towards the outside wall, escaped with the lead as he was followed by Reddick. Through Turns 3 and 4, Reddick was unable to gain any draft nor momentum to draw even with Byron. As a result, Byron was able to steer his No. 24 AXALTA Chevrolet entry back to the tri-oval and claim the checkered flag to win the Daytona 500 for a second consecutive year.
With the victory, Byron, who won his first Daytona 500 event in 2024 after leading only the final four laps, became the first competitor to win the Daytona 500 in back-to-back seasons since Denny Hamlin made the previous accomplishment between 2019 and 2020. The Charlotte native also became the 13th competitor overall to win the Great American Race multiple times as he racked up his 14th career win in the Cup Series division and his third at Daytona International Speedway.
As added bonuses, Byron rewarded the 27th Daytona 500 victory for the Chevrolet nameplate, the fifth for the No. 24 entry and the 10th for Hendrick Motorsports (HMS), which made the organization the winningest Daytona 500 team.
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“Obviously, [I had] some good fortune, but [I] just trusted my instinct on the last lap there,” Byron said on the frontstretch on FOX. “I felt like [the leaders] were getting squirreling on the bottom [lane]. I was honestly gonna go third lane, regardless, because I was, probably, sixth coming down the [backstretch]. [I was] Just, obviously, fortunate that it worked out in our favor. Just really proud of this team. [They] Worked super hard all week and [I] had an amazing car. [I] Just had a really hard time with the fuel savings and staying towards the front. I can’t, honestly, believe that, but we’re here, so proud of it.”
“[Winning the Daytona 500]’s, obviously, really special,” Byron added. “It’s an amazing race. [There was] Obviously, a lot of crazy racing out there tonight and just a lot of pushing and shoving, but just really proud of our team. I can’t stress that enough. I’m just super thankful for this group and everything that they do in the off-season to get prepared. We plan on trying to win a lot of races this year, so we’re not going to stop here. We’re going to continue to push forward and try to get to Phoenix [in November].”
Amid the final-lap incident that resulted in Byron winning, Tyler Reddick, who barely got hit by his owner Hamlin and managed to keep his No. 45 Nasty Beast Toyota Camry XSE entry racing straight, followed Byron across the finish line to finish in second place. The runner-up result marked Reddick’s career-best result in the Great American Race after his previous best result was 27th, which occurred in 2019 and 2021.
“When [the leaders] started to spin on the dogleg, I jumped out of line thinking that was going to be it,” Reddick said. “We just kept going. I knew that me and [Byron] had a good run and they were throwing big blocks. When they started spinning on the inside, I had a run on [Byron]. I thought, ‘Man, if I could just snake through and [Hamlin] not scrub my speed [while he was spinning], I would have, at least, had an opportunity to do something. All in all, I never really finished the race here unless it was 40 laps down, so I’ll take second. We wanted to get a good start to the year and we scored a lot of points today. I’m really happy with everyone’s effort on this No. 45 Nasty Beast Toyota Camry.”
Meanwhile, Jimmie Johnson, who was racing in the middle of the pack, managed to weave his way through the carnage to steer his No. 84 Carvana Toyota Camry XSE entry in third place. The result marked both his first top-three result and his best overall result as a driver/owner of Legacy Motor Club (LMC). Johnson’s prior top-three result occurred at Dover Motor Speedway in August 2020. The result was also one that left Johnson beaming in his 699th career start in NASCAR’s premier series.
“This feels incredible,” Johnson said. “I have emotions that I didn’t expect to have. I’ve never been in this position as an owner. It’s really opened up a different set of emotions. The pride that I have in this result and the pride that I have in this company and all that we’re trying to achieve and the journey we’re on. I am so satisfied, so happy right now. It’s just been [an] interesting couple of years and to have the cars come out and be this strong, this Toyota was rocket ship fast. I’m just smiling inside now.”
Chase Briscoe, the pole-sitter, barely weaved his way through the final-lap incident to finish in fourth place while John Hunter Nemechek, Johnson’s teammate and driver at LMC, came home in fifth place, which marked the first time two LMC entries finished in the top five in a single event.
Alex Bowman and Ryan Blaney settled in sixth and seventh, respectively, while Austin Cindric, who led a race-high 59 laps, fell back to eighth place after he was involved in the final-lap wreck. Justin Allgaier muscled his way to a ninth-place finish in JR Motorsports’ first Cup event while Chris Buescher completed the top 10 in the final running order.
Notably, Denny Hamlin, who led six laps and was leading on the final lap prior to his involvement in the multi-car wreck on the backstretch, ended up in 24th place.
Photo by Patrick Sue-Chan for SpeedwayMedia.com.
“I thought we were in a great spot many, many times in the last 10 laps,” Hamlin said. “[Custer] had the run and I chose not to block him. In these races, you got to live to make it off of Turn 4 and we just didn’t. I thought [Custer] steered left and was trying to crowd it. I understand everyone’s trying to go for it and he’s going for it. All of us are, but in those situations, I told him, it was like, we got to get off of [Turn] 4, then we can [go for it], but we just never made it and somebody else won.”
There were 56 lead changes for 15 different leaders. The race featured eight cautions for 47 laps. In addition, 24 of 41 starters finished on the lead lap.
Following the first event of the 2025 Cup Series season, Ryan Blaney leads the regular-season standings by a single point over William Byron, three over Austin Cindric, seven over Tyler Reddick, nine over Alex Bowman and 11 over both Chris Buescher and Erik Jones.
Results:
1. William Byron, 10 laps led
2. Tyler Reddick
3. Jimmie Johnson
4. Chase Briscoe, four laps led
5. John Hunter Nemechek
6. Alex Bowman, 11 laps led
7. Ryan Blaney, 23 laps led Stage 2 winner
8. Austin Cindric, 59 laps led
9. Justin Allgaier
10. Chris Buescher
11. Michael McDowell, four laps led
12. Erik Jones
13. Daniel Suarez
14. Ty Dillon, three laps led
15. Chase Elliott, two laps led
16. Ty Gibbs
17. Riley Herbst
18. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
19. Justin Haley
20. Kyle Larson
21. Cole Custer
22. Corey LaJoie, 10 laps led
23. Austin Dillon
24. Denny Hamlin, six laps led
25. Cody Ware – OUT, Accident
26. Brad Keselowski, one lap down
27. Todd Gilliland, two laps down
28. Noah Gragson, three laps down, two laps led
29. Bubba Wallace – OUT, Accident, 18 laps led
30. Carson Hocevar – OUT, Fuel Pressure, one lap led
With the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season officially underway, the next event on the schedule is Atlanta Motor Speedway for the Ambetter Health 400. The event is scheduled to occur next Sunday, February 23, and air at 3 p.m. ET on FOX.
RICK WARE RACING 67th Running of the Daytona 500 Date: Feb. 16, 2025 Event: 67th Running of the Daytona 500 (Round 1 of 36) Series: NASCAR Cup Series Location: Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway (2.5-mile oval) Format: 200 laps, broken into three stages (65 laps/65 laps/70 laps)
Note: Race extended one lap past its scheduled 200-lap distance due to a green-white-checkered finish.
Race Winner: William Byron of Hendrick Motorsports (Chevrolet) Stage 1 Winner: Joey Logano of Team Penske (Ford) Stage 2 Winner: Ryan Blaney of Team Penske (Ford)
RWR Race Finish:
● Corey LaJoie (Started 12th, Finished 22nd / Running, completed 201 of 201 laps) ● Cody Ware (Started 28th, Finished 25th / Accident, completed 200 of 201 laps)
RWR Points:
● Corey LaJoie (23rd with 15 points) ● Cody Ware (27th with 12 points)
RWR Notes:
● This was LaJoie’s ninth career start in the Daytona 500, but his 17th career NASCAR Cup Series start at Daytona. His best Daytona finish remains fourth, earned in last year’s Daytona 500.
● LaJoie led twice for 10 laps, increasing his laps-led total at Daytona to 19. ● This was Ware’s fifth career start in the Daytona 500, but his eighth career NASCAR Cup Series start at Daytona. His best Daytona finish remains fourth, earned in the series’ prior race at Daytona last August in the Coke Zero Sugar 400.
Race Notes:
● William Byron won the Daytona 500 to score his 14th career NASCAR Cup Series victory. It was his second consecutive Daytona 500 victory and his third overall Cup Series win at Daytona. He became the fifth driver to win back-to-back Daytona 500s and the first since Denny Hamlin (2019-2020). His margin of victory over second-place Tyler Reddick was .113 of a second. ● There were eight caution periods for a total of 47 laps. ● Twenty-four of the 41 drivers in the Daytona 500 finished on the lead lap. ● Ryan Blaney leaves Daytona as the championship leader with a six-point advantage over second-place Alex Bowman.
Sound Bites:
“Here, for what we’re trying to do, it doesn’t matter if you don’t win. Certainly, there is a lot of money involved from potentially finishing third to 22nd or wherever we finished. Nonetheless, I think we had a great showing this week, making it out of the Duel and bringing Take Five and Duramax to the front at Daytona with 10 laps to go was a pretty special experience. I just hate that we couldn’t finish where we should have.” – Corey LaJoie, driver of the No. 01 DuraMAX/Take 5 Oil Change® Ford Mustang Dark Horse
“I think we did everything we could. We slipped our way through it and were on the bottom, but just got clipped in the right rear at the last second. So it’s just super frustrating because the RWR cars were fast. I was kind of hanging back and having my normal strategy. The 01 showed pace running up front all day, and so to have two top-fives taken away from us on the last lap of the race is pretty frustrating. We’ll just move on to Atlanta next weekend and move forward. But thankful that we had fast Ford Mustang Dark Horses on the racetrack. And I know we’ll have two more fast cars at Atlanta next weekend.” – Cody Ware, driver of the No. 51 Jacob Construction/Parts Plus/Pronto Auto Service Center Ford Mustang Dark Horse
Next Up:
The next event on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule is the Ambetter Health 400 on Sunday, Feb. 23 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The race begins at 3 p.m. EST with live coverage provided by FOX and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
NASCAR CUP SERIES DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY DAYTONA 500 TEAM CHEVY POST-RACE REPORT FEBRUARY 16, 2025
William Byron, Chevrolet Wins 2025 DAYTONA 500 Chevrolet’s Third-Straight Triumph in ‘Great American Race’
TEAM CHEVY UNOFFICIAL TOP-10 RESULTS: POS. DRIVER 1st – William Byron 6th – Alex Bowman 9th – Justin Allgaier
William Byron, driver of the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, is a back-to-back DAYTONA 500 Champion – marking the first time a driver completed the feat since Denny Hamlin in 2019-2020.
The victory is Chevrolet’s 27th all-time triumph in DAYTONA 500, extending its streak to three-straight in the crown jewel event.
The victory is Chevrolet’s 52nd NASCAR Cup Series win at Daytona International Speedway, and the manufacturer’s 866th all-time win in NASCAR’s top division – both of which are series-leading feats.
William Byron drove Chevrolet to its 104th win in the NASCAR national ranks at Daytona International Speedway, extending the Bowtie brand’s record as the winningest manufacturer in NASCAR history at the ‘World Center of Racing’.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Feb. 16, 2025) – Hendrick Motorsports’ William Byron collected his second crown jewel victory in NASCAR’s top division – driving his No. 24 Axalta Chevrolet to the victory in the 67th running of the DAYTONA 500. The feat marks Chevrolet’s third consecutive – and 27th all-time – triumph in the “Great American Race”, further extending Chevrolet’s leading legacy at Daytona International Speedway. The 27-year-old Charlotte, North Carolina, native is now a back-to-back DAYTONA 500 Champion – a title last earned in 2019-2020 by Denny Hamlin.
“Congratulations to William Byron, Rudy Fugle and the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet team on back-to-back Daytona 500 victories,” said Scott Bell, Vice President, Global Chevrolet. “This is one of the most prestigious races in motorsports, and for Chevrolet to have won it for a third consecutive year is an incredible achievement for the entire company. As NASCAR’s winningest manufacturer at Daytona, we are proud to have Byron as a part of our storied history in the Great American Race.”
The victory came in dramatic fashion with Byron sitting in the ninth position as the field approached an overtime attempt. With chaos erupting at the front of the pack, Byron was able to navigate his Hendrick Motorsports-prepared Chevrolet to the top position to take the checkered-flag in the crown jewel event for the second time in his young career. The trip to victory lane also delivered Hendrick Motorsports its 10th DAYTONA 500 triumph – a now record-setting feat.
The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season continues at Atlanta Motor Speedway the Ambetter Health 400 on Sunday, February 23, at 3 P.M. ET. Live coverage can be found on FOX, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.
Post-Race Driver Quotes:
William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
Finished: 1st
William Byron’s entire team is out here, your family just walked out. William, you were ninth with one lap to go. How did you come through the pack and avoid the chaos to make it two in a row at Daytona?
“Yeah, obviously some good fortune, but just trusted my instincts on the last lap there. I felt like they were getting squirrelly on the bottom and I was honestly going to go to the third lane regardless because I was probably sixth coming down the back.
Just obviously fortunate that it worked out in our favor. Just really proud of this No. 24 Axalta Chevy team. They worked super hard all week and we had an amazing car. Just had a really hard time with the fuel saving and kind of staying towards the front.
Crazy. I can’t honestly believe that. But we’re here. So proud of it.”
You won this last year, and you know what a big moment it was. Can you describe what this race does for a driver, especially like yourself, and now to get to do it a second time, what does this race mean?
“Yeah, it’s obviously really special. It’s an amazing race, and obviously a lot of crazy racing out there tonight. Just a lot of pushing and shoving.
But just really proud of our team. I can’t stress that enough. I’m just super thankful for this group and everything that they do in the off-season to get prepared. We plan on trying to win a lot of races this year, so we’re not going to stop here. We’re going to continue to push forward and try to get to Phoenix.”
Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
Finished: 6th
“I hate that I pulled out of line when they crashed underneath me there on the last lap. I probably gave up some spots that way. Congrats to the No. 24 (William Byron) team. We had a pretty solid day; good race car, executed well, got Stage points in both Stages and another almost top-five at least. Seems like the story the last couple of years. We keep putting ourselves in position, and hopefully we can capitalize on it.”
Justin Allgaier, No. 40 JR Motorsports Chevrolet
Finished: 9th
“I think we checked all the boxes. Really proud of JR Motorsports and everybody on this team. We hit all the markers. We had DVP. We had pit stops. We had craziness in picking lines. A lot of uncertainty on my part, just knowing the guys you are around. But all-in-all, it was a solid night. Missing the crash there at the end was cool. I assumed the caution was out and I didn’t know we were racing back to the line. That was cool to race back to the line and get a top-ten.
Just want to thank everybody at Travellers Whiskey, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kelly Earnhardt Miller, and everybody that let me be a part of this. Thank you to everybody at Team Chevy and the Hendrick Engine Shop. This is a big moment for JR Motorsports, and we are excited about what the future holds for our company.”
Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
Finished: 13th
“It was an okay day for the No. 99 Freeway Insurance Chevy team. We didn’t have as much speed as I thought we were going to have. We didn’t have a great, clean day.”
Ty Dillon, No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
Finished: 14th
“Our Grizzly Nicotine Pouches Chevy was really strong, and our car was very fast. We were able to lead laps early in the race and the car wanted to be up front most of the time. In the middle of the race, you kind of get stuck in the pack, so we tried to play it smart. Our first goal of the day after having a successful Duel and finishing third, getting some points there, was to finish the race. We played it smart through the first couple of stages and we had planned to race pretty hard in the final stage, we had a loose wheel that put us a couple of laps down. We fought really hard and got those laps back, stayed out of the crashes and were able to get a good finish. To leave the Daytona 500 with a top 15 is a conundrum because you want to do well, you can see the pie in the sky is right in front of you, it’s the biggest race of our year. To leave with a top 15, leading laps, scoring points in the Duel, starting our year off on the right foot – that was a major goal of ours. I am very proud of our team and our resilience of fighting through the day.”
Helio Castroneves, No. 91 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
Sidelined by damage sustained in an accident on lap 70.
Finished: 39th
Castroneves on the accident that ultimately ended the No. 91 Trackhouse Racing Chevy team’s day early:
“I tried stopping it and Martin Truex Jr. came really hard and hit me, but I don’t think that was the issue. I think the issue was that I guess someone on the bottom hit me from the side and it broke the axle. Disappointed, of course. I was learning so much. It’s incredible when you have more laps in it and how you understand the air flow and what the guys are doing, like saving fuel. There were some sketchy moments, but what a shame. I wish I was still out there because there’s still more to understand and more to learn. I was starting to get a little more comfortable with the whole process, but it is what it is.
I just have to thank NASCAR, as well, to be able to put together this type of a show. Now let’s go for the Indianapolis 500!”
How did this compare to the Indianapolis 500?
“It’s such a different show. You know, this has an incredible feeling and incredible energy. Both events are incredible. That’s why I decided to do this, and that’s why I want to do the Indianapolis 500, as well.”
Sidelined by damage sustained in an accident on lap 70.
Finished: 40th
It looked like a major stack-up and check-up there. Is there anything you could have done differently?
“If I would have made some better moves in our No. 1 Busch Light Chevy like 30 laps earlier, I wouldn’t have been back there in the first place. I thought the middle and the top would be a little more dominant and that I could save more fuel in that run and stay upfront. Slowly over the whole first stage, I worked my way from third all the way to basically the back of the field. I just made some bad decisions there and that put us back there with the accordion coming back. I didn’t see the hit coming to the right-rear, and then of course, I take out my teammate (Helio Castroneves) on my way to the wall. I hate that for Helio and the No. 91 Chevy team. Our Busch Light Chevy drove good. We made some progress on handling here this weekend. I’m excited for the future and we’ll move onto Atlanta (Motor Speedway).”
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