By Luis Torres, Staff Writer/Photographer The entry list of the 67th Daytona 500 continues growing as the latest entrant to toss their name into the madness involves a reunion and an organization making a huge leap. Successful NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series organization TRICON Garage, co-owned by David Gilliland and Johnny Gray, announced Thursday they’ll be attempting their Cup Series debut with former champion Martin Truex, Jr. behind the wheel of the No. 56 Bass Pro Shops Toyota. Truex, who ended his full-time career last season, will have a familiar voice calling
Read More By Luis Torres, Staff Writer/Photographer NASCAR veteran Mike Wallace, who was looking to qualify for his 12th Daytona 500 next month, will no longer have that opportunity after the sanctioning body denied his entry Monday afternoon. First broken by The Late Lap host AJ England, then elaborated by Mike’s brother Kenny Wallace on The Kenny Wallace Show, and soon confirmed by MBM Motorsports, the 65-year-old racer won’t be allowed to compete in the No. 66 Ford Mustang Dark Horse due to recent inactivity in NASCAR. The consequential outcome was a result
Read More By Luis Torres, Staff Writer/Photographer Exemptions, DVPs and waivers headline NASCAR’s rule updates as each have created tremendous buzz and several discussions across the board. This was a result of the sanctioning body issuing a rules bulletin Friday that has already created several implications ahead of the 2025 season. Among the changes issued by the sanctioning body was the inclusion of a new provisional that will help international drivers from a different motorsports discipline who’d like to compete in the sport’s premiere division. Known as NASCAR’s version of a promoter’s provisional,
Read More By David Morgan, Associate Editor Throughout his career, Helio Castroneves has been picking up crown jewel wins across the motorsports spectrum like Thanos collecting Infinity Stones and now he’s looking to add another one to the gauntlet. Castroneves, a four-time Indianapolis 500 winner and three-time winner of the Rolex 24 at Daytona, has thrown his hat into the ring of entrants for the 2025 running of the Daytona 500 in February. The Sao Paulo, Brazil native will be teaming up with Justin Marks and Trackhouse Racing as a fourth entry for
Read More By Luis Torres, Staff Writer The Daytona 500 can be a game of inches. Sometimes it’ll lead to racing glory like William Byron or an absolute gut-punch like his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Alex Bowman, who finished second in Monday’s race. All as a result of coming up just short of besting Byron when the caution came out. Due to the runner-up finish, Bowman’s winless streak extends to 67 races dating back to Martinsville in fall 2021. Despite the clear disappointment of losing out on bringing HMS its first 500 win since
Read More By David Morgan, Associate Editor It had been a long wait for Hendrick Motorsports to return to Daytona 500 victory lane, but at the end of Monday’s rain-delayed running of the Great American Race, it was a 1-2 finish for one of the winningest organizations in NASCAR Cup Series history. Not since Dale Earnhardt Jr’s 2014 victory had a Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet captured a win in the season opening spectacle, but 26-year-old William Byron was the driver to get it done at the World Center of Racing – capturing his first
Read More By Luis Torres, Staff Writer It’s never an ideal way to kick off a NASCAR season when a driver’s Daytona 500 ends in less than 10 laps. The case was proven on Monday when a Lap 5 crash collected seven drivers in the tri-oval, ending a few of their days and their dream of hoisting the Harley J. Earl Trophy. Of those involved were former Daytona 500 winners Jimmie Johnson and Austin Dillon, as well as Daytona 500 rookie Carson Hocevar. Also involved were Ryan Preece, Kaz Grala, John Hunter Nemechek,
Read More By David Morgan, Associate Editor DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Rain, rain, go away. The 66th running of the Daytona 500 will have to wait 24 hours after inclement weather that has had a stranglehold on the Daytona Beach are for the majority of the weekend will not be relenting anytime soon, forcing NASCAR to postpone the race to a 4:00 pm ET start on Monday. The Daytona 500 postponement joins the NASCAR Xfinity Series race that had already been moved from Saturday to Monday, setting up a doubleheader to kick off
Read More By David Morgan, Associate Editor DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Their names are synonymous with reaching the pinnacle of NASCAR Cup Series racing as champions, but all of them have one glaring hole in their resume – a win in the Daytona 500. Like so many that have come before them in search of capturing a victory in the biggest race in all of stock car racing, it has been a journey for each and every one of them, with near misses and heartbreak all along the way in the search for
Read More By David Morgan, Associate Editor DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – If the Toyota teams had any doubts about its new NASCAR Cup Series body for the 2024 season, those fears appear to have been put to rest over the past two days at Daytona International Speedway. After an abysmal showing in qualifying Wednesday night that Toyota officials described as “disturbing,” things turned around in a big way once its teams got into the draft on Thursday night, sweeping both of the Bluegreen Duels qualifying races and then claiming the top eight spots
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