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Pitbull to perform Daytona 500 pre-race concert

Armando Christian Pérez, more commonly known as Pitbull, will entertain the sold-out crowd at Daytona International Speedway before the green flag flies for NASCAR's crown jewel event. He has earned 46 awards during his illustrious career as a singer, songwriter, and record producer.

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Trevor Bayne, Corey Heim join Legacy Motor Club in new roles

Bayne, the 2011 Daytona 500 champion, will join LMC as a driver optimization leader for the 2024 Cup Series season working under LMC’s new competition advisor, Matt Kenseth.

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Jimmie Johnson adds Daytona 500 and Brickyard 400 to 2024 schedule

Johnson, the seven-time Cup champion and co-owner of Legacy Motor Club, has partnered with Carvana since 2021 when he competed in the IndyCar Series.

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2024 NASCAR Daytona 500 Speedweeks schedule released

Following the unofficial kickoff to the season with the Feb. 4 Busch Light Clash held at The Los Angeles Coliseum, NASCAR will return to the 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway for its biggest race of the year.

Motorsport

The NASCAR world reacts to the passing of Cale Yarborough

The weekend began with the sudden passing of 2003 Indianapolis 500 winner Gil de Ferran, and ends with the death of four-time Daytona 500 winner Cale Yarborough. The three-time NASCAR Cup Series champion was undefeated between 1976 and 1978.

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Cale Yarborough, a NASCAR Hall of Famer and 3-time Cup champion, dies at 84

Known for his fierce toughness and grit, Yarborough won the Daytona 500 four times.

Chicago Sun-Times

Alfredo to run Daytona 500 with Beard Motorsports

The small, one car family-owned operation announced on Wednesday it would field its No. 62 Chevrolet entry in at least four Cup races in 2024, beginning with the season-opening Daytona 500.

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Trevor Bayne to run NASCAR Truck race at Homestead

Bayne, 32, has competed in races across all three national divisions of the sport. Although he's a winner of two Xfinity races, he is most well-known for his dramatic victory in the 2011 Daytona 500 while driving the iconic No. 21 Wood Brothers machine.

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Hamlin announces multi-year contract extension with JGR

After much speculation and delay, the three-time Daytona 500 winner has finally agreed to a contract extension with Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR). He's also a three-time winner of the Southern 500 at Darlington, as well as the 2022 Coke 600 winner at Charlotte.

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McDowell hopes to avoid "desperation" in NASCAR Cup playoffs

McDowell earned his first career Cup win in the season-opening Daytona 500 in 2021, which locked him into the playoffs for the first time just as the season was getting underway.

Motorsport

NASCAR 2023 Watkins Glen schedule, entry list, and how to watch

McDowell battled Daniel Suarez and later Chase Elliott, holding on to earn his second career NASCAR Cup Series victory and his first since the 2021 Daytona 500.

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McDowell's Indy Road Course win 'hardly a Cinderella story'

Wins have been hard to come by in McDowell’s journeyman Cup career but his shock victory in the 2021 Daytona 500 put him in Victory Lane on NASCAR’s biggest stage.

Motorsport

Illinois drivers are no strangers to NASCAR

The Chicago Street Race might be the first of its kind, but the circuit does have a rich racing history in Illinois.

Chicago Sun-Times

Dale Earnhardt Jr. tests NASCAR Chicago Street Race track, assesses ‘challenges’ for drivers

The two-time Daytona 500 champion stopped by Chicago as other drivers offered ride-alongs on the track in an SUV. Earnhardt rated each bump, crest and imperfection.

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Newman: "It’s fun to be back and at my favorite racetrack"

Newman, 45, last made a Cup start in the 2021 finale. Sunday at Darlington Raceway will be his 726th NASCAR Cup Series start. He won 18 races during his career, including the 2008 Daytona 500.

Autosport

Ryan Newman returns for selected NASCAR Cup races with Rick Ware Racing

The 45-year-old winner of the 2008 Daytona 500 retired at the end of the 2021 campaign after 20 full seasons in Cup.

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Cindric's Daytona 500-winning car joins NASCAR Hall of Fame

Cindric’s car was unveiled Tuesday as the final edition to the NASCAR Hall of Fame’s “Glory Road: 75 Years” exhibit, which features a display of historical machines that pays tribute to the people, cars and moments that have helped shape NASCAR racing from its inception in 1948.

Autosport

Why Button is living out his Days of Thunder NASCAR dream

Who knew that Tom Cruise would have such an impact on a nine-year old Jenson Button? Little did we know that the kid from Frome in Somerset, who was just beginning to tear up the kart tracks of the UK and then onwards to Formula 1 stardom, was so in…

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NASCAR 2023 at Phoenix schedule, entry list, and how to watch

NASCAR has seen three different winners in the first three races with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. snapping a 199-race winless streak to win Daytona 500. The following week at Fontana, Kyle Busch won in just his second start as a Richard Childress Racing driver. And then it was William Byron winning at Las Vegas,…

The Independent UK

Concussion lingers for former NASCAR champion Kurt Busch

Kurt Busch is trying to move on with his life after his NASCAR career was prematurely curtailed from the lingering effects of a concussion

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Ricky Stenhouse Jr: "Nothing compares" to Daytona 500 win

Under a tent leaking from pouring rain and with temperatures in the 40s, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. met with an excited group of race fans in the parking lot of a Ralph’s supermarket in Fontana, Calif., on Friday afternoon.

Motorsport

Daytona 500 win "almost overwhelming" for Brad Daugherty

There was a time when Brad Daugherty was fine keeping his name off the owner’s list in NASCAR so as not to “cause any issues.” But there’s no hiding his presence now.

Sports Illustrated

Daugherty Reflects on Being First Black NASCAR Owner to Win Daytona 500

The North Carolina and Cavaliers great opened up after Ricky Stenhouse Jr.’s victory Sunday.

Tribune News Service

Alex Zietlow: Witnessing the magic of NASCAR’s Daytona 500 through a first-timer’s eyes

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — There was a moment, about an hour before Sunday’s Daytona 500 and about four hours before the race’s epic and historic conclusion, when I finally got the chance to ponder a question that some might consider important.

Chicago Sun-Times

CPS teams up with NASCAR for design competition, race car-themed curriculum

The competition will challenge 22,000 K-12 students in 43 STEM schools to design a driving helmet. CPS will also integrate a NASCAR-themed science unit into its 8th-grade curriculum next year.

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