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NASCAR Brazil drivers join the 2024 season kickoff in Daytona

Last year, NASCAR Brazil became the sanctioning body’s fourth international division with the debut of the NASCAR Brazil Sprint Race, which proved highly successful in its inaugural season.

Motorsport

Riley Herbst to run Daytona 500 with Rick Ware Racing

Herbst, who competes full-time in the Xfinity Series with Stewart-Haas Racing, made his Cup debut in last year’s 500 driving for RWR and finished a respectable 10th.

Motorsport

Porsche had enough fuel to go full distance in curtailed Daytona 24 Hours

An officiating error by IMSA led to the chequered flag being shown one lap early, but the mistake almost certainly had no bearing on the result as Felipe Nasr, Matt Campbell, Dane Cameron and Josef Newgarden took victory for Porsche Penske Motorsport even though the car was short-fuelled at its…

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Porsche had enough fuel to finish prematurely ended Daytona 24 Hours

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Pier Guidi: Winning Le Mans and Daytona with Ferrari "difficult to dream" about

Pier Guidi and James Calado followed up their overall triumph in the centenary edition of Le Mans with a GTD Pro class win at Daytona last weekend, as they took the top spot with Davide Rigon and Daniel Serra in a Ferrari 296 GT3 entered by Risi Competizione.

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The New Aston Martin Vantage Was Hiding In Plain Sight At Daytona

A full debut is coming on February 12, but the new Vantage GT3 just raced at Daytona undisguised.

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F1 drivers competing in Daytona 24 Hours and previous winners

The Daytona 24 Hours begins on Saturday 27 January and concludes on Sunday 28 January.

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Tandy: Porsche ‘wants to win the race, not qualifying’ at Daytona 24 Hours

Cadillac will lead the field to the green flag on Sunday in America’s biggest sportscar classic of the season, which kicks off the 2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship.

Autosport

Tandy: Porsche ‘wants to win race, not qualifying’ at Daytona

Cadillac will lead the field to the green flag on Sunday in America’s biggest sportscar classic of the season, which kicks off the 2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship.

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Formula 1 drivers competing in Daytona 24 Hours and previous winners

The Daytona 24 Hours begins on Saturday 27 January and concludes on Sunday 28 January. The 24-hour endurance race takes place at Daytona International Speedway in Florida. The Sports Car Course layout used for the race is 5.73km (3.56 miles) in length and includes runs on Daytona’s banked oval circuit,…

Autosport

Andres Perez welcomes "pressure" in 2024 ARCA title quest

Despite not being able to compete in the season opener at Daytona last year because he had not yet turned 18 years old, Perez and his Rev Racing team still managed to finish as runner-up in the series standings.

Motorsport

Daytona ARCA winner Greg Van Alst "nervous" in return to track

Van Alst, 42, suffered a fractured vertebra in his back in a vicious wreck last October in the NASCAR Truck race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.

Motorsport

Shane van Gisbergen adds Daytona ARCA race to 2024 schedule

Trackhouse Racing announced on Tuesday that van Gisbergen, who is running a full Xfinity and partial Cup schedule in 2024, will also compete in the season-opening ARCA race at Daytona International Speedway on Feb. 17.

Motorsport

Porsche reacts to Lamborghini pace, explains 963 update strategy

Lamborghini’s new prototype – the 3.8-litre, twin-turbo V8-powered SC63 – produced a 1m35s-flat lap on Wednesday, about a second off last year’s Daytona 24 Hours pole position time.

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Lamborghini “surprised” by pace of new prototype in IMSA group test

Piccini confessed he was taken aback when its new car outpaced all of its GTP class rivals on the opening day of running at Daytona on Wednesday, although it won’t compete in next month’s Daytona 24 Hours but will instead make its IMSA SportsCar Championship debut at Sebring in March.

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O’Ward and Rosenqvist join United Autosports for 2024 Daytona 24 Hours

The pair, team-mates in 2021-23 at the Arrow McLaren IndyCar Series squad, will make one-off appearances at Daytona on 27-28 January in the pair of LMP2 class ORECA-Gibson 07s run by the Anglo-America team co-owned by McLaren Racing boss Zak Brown.

Motorsport

Bourdais, van der Zande return to CGR as 2024 Cadillac lineups take shape

The duo will reprise their roles behind the wheel of the #01 Cadillac V-Series.R for a nine-race campaign next season that also features five endurance rounds.

Motorsport

Blomqvist joins Action Express Racing for IMSA's 2024 endurance rounds

Blomqvist, who will also race full-time in the IndyCar Series with Meyer Shank Racing, will drive #31 Cadillac V-Series.R for Action Express Racing, beginning with the 62nd Rolex 24 At Daytona, where Blomqvist co-drove to the overall victory in 2023 and ’22.

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Truex's stellar 2023 turnaround continues in NASCAR playoffs

When Austin Dillon won his way into the playoffs with a victory in last summer’s regular season finale at Daytona, that left Truex – who had not yet won a race – out of the 16-driver playoff field.

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NASCAR driver Ryan Preece gets medical clearance to return home after terrifying crash at Daytona

NASCAR driver Ryan Preece is headed home from the hospital about 12 hours after his car rolled roughly a dozen times during a terrifying crash at Daytona International Speedway

Motorsport

Buescher wins at Daytona, Wallace takes final NASCAR playoff spot

The race was sent into a two-lap overtime following a horrific crash involving Ryan Preece with Kevin Harvick in the lead but Buescher and RFK Racing teammate Brad Keselowski behind him.

Motorsport

Allgaier wins Daytona Xfinity race in thrilling photo finish

Allgaier’s No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet team was one of five that began the race having to serve a pass-through penalty on pit road because of multiple pre-qualifying inspection failures.

Motorsport

Trevor Bayne to run three NASCAR Xfinity races with JGR

Bayne, 32, will compete in three Xfinity races in JGR’s No. 19 Toyota during the remainder of the 2023 season, beginning with Friday night’s race at Daytona International Speedway.

Motorsport

NASCAR 2023 Daytona II schedule, entry list, and how to watch

With William Byron taking his series-leading fifth win of the 2023 season at Watkins Glen, 15 drivers have locked themselves into the playoffs.

Motorsport

Bubba Wallace: Daytona will be "stressful as hell"

Wallace entered the road course at Watkins Glen with a 28-point buffer over the competition.

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