Category: Motor Sports

When Martin Truex Jr. started discussing a deal to compete in the Daytona 500, he had a unique request: Could he drive the No. 56? It was a resounding yes from Tricon Garage, and the decision has become even more special for Truex in the weeks since. A day after Truex formally announced his entry into “The Great American Race,” his father died unexpectantly at age 66.

NBC Sports broadcaster took the lead on the last lap to claim what he called the biggest win of his career.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Gio Ruggiero was sitting 10th in the middle of the pack three-wide midway down the Daytona backstretch on the final lap. Half a lap later, Ruggiero finished second in his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut. Driving the No. 17 Toyota for Tricon Garage, the 18-year-old recovered from losing the lead late […]

William Byron ran a lap of 194.923 mph in a draft.

Pitbull joined the team in 2021.

For the fourth time in his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career, Parker Kligerman took the No. 75 Henderson Motorsports Chevrolet to Victory Lane, holding off the pack in the season opener at Daytona International Speedway. Kligerman recently stepped away from full-time racing and will continue to run select races this year in the Truck Series […]

Corey LaJoie so badly wanted to race in the Daytona 500 that he gambled his children's college fund to secure a seat in “The Great American Race.” LaJoie was let go last season from Spire Motorsports and closed out the year driving the final six races with Rick Ware Racing with no promise of 2025 work. Ware was willing to field a second car at Daytona International Speedway, but it would be a driver who brought the financial funding for the effort. LaJoie, who has welcomed three sons since 2020, grabbed their college fund and turned it over to Ware to make sure another driver wouldn't snag the No. 01 Ford before he could find sponsorship.

Pitbull has ended his partnership with NASCAR team Trackhouse Racing. Pitbull is still scheduled to play the concert ahead of Sunday's Daytona 500 as part of the race festivities that include “Captain America” actor Anthony Mackie set to serve as the grand marshal and give the command for drivers to start their engines. “Mr. Worldwide” joined Trackhouse as an ownership partner ahead of the race team's debut in the Cup Series in the 2021 Daytona 500.

Because of the threat of inclement weather, the green flag will fall shortly after 2 p.m.

The team announced in January 2021 that the musician had joined the ownership group.

In a session shortened by rain, defending Daytona 500 winner William Byron topped the leaderboard in Friday evening’s NASCAR Cup Series practice at Daytona International Speedway. The driver of the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet set a quick time at 194.923 mph. Chase Elliott (194.763 mph), Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (194.678 mph), Kyle Busch (194.392 mph) […]

With the threat of rain looming, NASCAR moved up the start time one hour for Sunday's Daytona 500 to 1:30 p.m. EST. Daytona International Speedway will open parking lots at 6 a.m.

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Maybe you’re new to the sport, have a casual interest or are just coming around to the edge-of-your-seat wrecks, the thrilling finishes and the stars that make up the Daytona 500 field. Daytona Beach became the unofficial “birthplace of speed” in 1903 when two men argued over who had the fastest horseless carriage and decided to settle things in a race on the white, hardpacked sand along the Atlantic Ocean. Since then, the region has become a motorsports mecca, and the first Daytona 500 was held Feb. 22, 1959, in front of a crowd of more than 41,000.