2025 Daytona 500 start time moved up one hour

The 2025 Daytona 500 will begin one hour early due to a forecast for potential inclement weather, NASCAR announced Friday. The 67th running of the “Great American Race” was initially scheduled for a 2:30 p.m. ET start time Sunday on FOX, MRN Radio and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. Instead, coverage for the 2025 event will begin […]

Voldex, NASCAR launch dynamic racing experience in Driving Empire

Just in time for the Daytona 500, leading Roblox developer Voldex announced its partnership with NASCAR to bring a year of authentic NASCAR fun to top Roblox racing game, Driving Empire. Starting Feb. 14, Driving Empire players and NASCAR fans can look forward to high-octane updates and events, starting with the Daytona 500. Throughout the […]

‘I’ve told Dad to be neutral’ – Fin Smith on split family Calcutta Cup loyalties

Fly-half starred in England’s victory against France and is now set to face Scotland, the country of his father’s birth

As Gregor Townsend sweats on the availability of Finn Russell for next Saturday’s Calcutta Cup there may be a few wistful glances in the direction of England’s fly-halves. For Fin Smith, man of the match on his first Test start against France, has Scottish blood in his veins.

His grandfather, Tom Elliot, was from Galashiels – like Townsend – and represented Scotland and the British & Irish Lions as a loosehead prop. Smith’s father, Andrew, is from Dunfermline and met his wife, Judith, Tom’s daughter, at the London Scottish clubhouse. Smith Sr has eight England caps of his own but as a child would marvel at his grandfather’s collection, he and brother Angus regularly trying them on.

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