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Helio Castroneves' biggest challenge ahead of his Daytona 500 attempt

Castroneves has had an incredible racing career. Even with multiple wins at the Indy 500, Rolex 24, he has a lot to learn to earn a spot at Daytona.

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Helio Castroneves To Make NASCAR Debut At Daytona 500

Helio Castroneves, a four-time Indy 500 winner, is set to make his NASCAR debut at the Daytona 500 with Trackhouse Racing as part of 'Project 91' to introd...

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Fred Lorenzen, NASCAR Hall of Famer and Daytona 500 winner, passes away

'Fast Freddie' Lorenzen was just a couple weeks shy of his 90th birthday when he passed away on Wednesday. The Elmhurst, Illinois native was an early star of the sport of NASCAR, competing from 1956 to 1972. He had many nicknames including 'Golden Boy,' 'Fearless Freddie,' the 'Elmhurst Express' and was…

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Good changes on the horizon for NASCAR practice and qualifying

There's been a call for changes to NASCAR's practice and qualifying formats, and the Series plans to deliver on some of those requests, in some way, next year. The 2025 season will feature some alterations to both that will appeal to both fans and competitors alike, with changes to practice…

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23XI Racing signs Riley Herbst for 2025 Cup season

23XI Racing, co-owned by NBA legend Michael Jordan and three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin, will add a third full-time car next year. Alongside the No. 23 of Bubba Wallace and the No. 45 of Tyler Reddick, they will also field the No. 35 Toyota Camry with Riley Herbst behind…

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NASCAR Hall of Famer Bobby Allison dies aged 86

Bobby Allison, 1983 Cup Series champion, three-time Daytona 500 winner and 2011 NASCAR Hall of Famer, has died aged 86, his family has announced.

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Bobby Allison, NASCAR Hall of Famer and 3-time Daytona 500 winner, dies at 86

Bobby Allison, founder of racing’s ‘Alabama Gang’ and a NASCAR Hall of Famer, died Saturday

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Ricky Stenhouse Jr. "shocked" waiting for Keselowski block that never came

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is a very capable superspeedway racer. His first-ever Cup win came at a drafting track, along with his second, and his third, and now his fourth. Two Cup wins at Talladega and two at Daytona since moving to the series full-time over a decade ago, including a…

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NASCAR Cup Talladega: Stenhouse wins photo finish after race stoppage

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. held on in a two-lap dash to the checkered flag at Talladega for his first NASCAR Cup win since the 2023 Daytona 500 after a race-stopping pileup.

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Ricky Stenhouse Jr wins dramatic Talladega Cup race in photo finish

Talladega Superspeedway was action-packed from start to finish, featuring the biggest 'Big One' in NASCAR Cup Series history and a three-wide photo finish.

Motorsport

NASCAR Cup playoffs: Who's in, who's out, and who needs a miracle at Daytona

Heading into Daytona, the points battle around the few remaining spots in the playoffs is incredibly close. Martin Truex Jr. enters the weekend in the safest position, 77 points ahead of the cut-line. His Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Ty Gibbs is in an okay spot unless misfortune befalls him at…

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Kevin James Created His Viral Daytona 500 Moment at the Mets Game

James did the yelling. Again.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Kevin James recreated his famously energetic Daytona 500 introduction to kick off a Mets game

HE DID IT AGAIN!!!

Motorsport

Joey Hand: "I am all grins" after battling for Chicago Cup win

Hand, 45, has both a class victory and an overall victory in the Rolex 24 at Daytona endurance race. Although an experienced road racer, NASCAR is still fairly new to him. On Sunday, he was making just his eighth career Cup Series start. He was driving a part-time entry for…

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Zane Smith "pissed" despite career-best result at Nashville

Smith, 25, entered Nashville last in points among full-time drivers. His best finish of the 2024 season was 13th in the season-opening Daytona 500.

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Penske's Walt Czarnecki: "We never lost faith in Austin Cindric"

After excelling in sports cars and in NASCAR’s Xfinity Series, Cindric burst into the Cup Series with a dramatic victory in the 2022 Daytona 500 in his rookie season.

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How NASCAR's longest race became a proving ground for rising stars

Of course, it's a bit strange to think that inexperienced drivers seem to shine in this grueling five-hour race, but it's happened enough for it to become notable. At 600 miles, no other race gets close to the length (except for maybe the 2023 Daytona 500 which went 30 miles…

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Michael McDowell leaving Front Row Motorsports after 2024 season

McDowell joined FRM in 2018 and owns a pair of Cup wins – his Daytona 500 victory and last season on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course. Almost half (228) of his 477 Cup series starts, and eight of his nine career top-five finishes have come with the Bob Jenkins-owned…

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Stenhouse signs multi-year extension to remain in NASCAR Cup Series

Stenhouse, 36, who gave the team its first Daytona 500 victory in 2023, has competed full-time in the Cup Series for 12 seasons but said he has found a home with JTGD.

Motorsport

Vegas has been "a little bit of a struggle" for points leader Kyle Busch

Busch finished 12th in the season-opening Daytona 500 before coming just 0.007s shy of victory at Atlanta. Unfortunately for Busch, that narrow margin was still only good enough for third place.

Motorsport

Todd Gilliland: Sunday's Atlanta race "a huge, missed opportunity"

Gilliland, driving Front Row Motorsports’ No. 38 Ford, ran well in last weekend’s season opening Daytona 500 – leading 16 laps – but was among the 23 cars collected in a late-race accident.

Motorsport

Being "the other guy" at HMS fuels William Byron's passion

Byron, who experienced a breakout season in Cup last year with his first appearance in the Championship 4, added another surprising chapter with his first Daytona 500 victory on Monday.

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