NASCAR’s premier stock car racing series, originated in 1949 in Daytona Beach, Florida by Bill France Sr. and a group of dedicated racers.
DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. – Connor Zilisch, one of the hottest prospects in NASCAR history, will race a Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet full-time in the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series.
The 19-year-old Zilisch and Trackhouse Racing founder and owner Justin Marks announced Saturday at Daytona International Speedway that they’ve reached a multiyear agreement for Zilisch to drive for the three-car team that has already won five Cup Series races this season with drivers Ross Chastain and Shane van Gisbergen.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—It happens every fall—in NASCAR’s Next Gen era, at least.
As reliably as jack-o’-lanterns populate the front porches of America with Halloween approaching, the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs take a turn toward a certain Ford team when the end of summer nears.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla – It was exactly the sort of dramatic ending race fans have come to expect at in the summer night-time NASCAR Cup Series regular season finale at Daytona International Speedway
For both 23XI Racing’s Tyler Reddick and Hendrick Motorsports’ Alex Bowman, the Coke Zero Sugar 400 was perhaps a little too dramatic.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – And so – again – it will come down to a perpetually thrilling night-time 400-miler at the Daytona International Speedway to finalize the NASCAR Cup Series Playoff field.
Fourteen of the 16 positions are already firmed up by winning drivers this season. The final two championship contenders will be decided in Saturday night’s Coke Zero Sugar 400 regular season finale on the Daytona high-banks (7:30 p.m. ET on NBC, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
LOUDON, N.H. – In anticipation of the Sept. 21 NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) Playoffs race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS), defending two-time NHMS NCS race winner Christopher Bell, driver of the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, spent Wednesday in Boston, Mass. touring the city and enjoying some of what it has to offer.
Richard Childress Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series at Daytona International Speedway… The NASCAR Cup Series returns to Daytona International Speedway this weekend to race under the lights of the 2.5-mile speedway. Saturday night’s Coke Zero Sugar 400 marks the 157th running of a NASCAR Cup Series race at Daytona, and the most among all tracks in Cup Series history. Richard Childress Racing has made an impressive 202 starts at track and counts four Coke Zero Sugar 400 victories among the organization’s impressive seven points-paying wins at the track. Austin Dillon was RCR’s most recent Coke Zero Sugar 400 race winner, earning the win in 2022 to clinch a spot in the NASCAR Playoffs. Other Coke Zero Sugar 400 race winners include Kevin Harvick (2010) and Dale Earnhardt (1990, 1993). RCR owns three Daytona 500 wins (Earnhardt – 1998, Harvick – 2007, Dillon – 2018). In addition, RCR has collected11 poles in Cup Series competition at Daytona.
NASCAR Cup Series Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Iconic Daytona International Speedway this Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock; Countdown to Green Gets Underway at 7 p.m. ETSTAMFORD, Conn. – Aug. 21, 2025 – Daytona International Speedway hosts the NASCAR Cup Series’ cutoff race in primetime this Saturday, Aug. 23, at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock. With 14 of 16 drivers already having punched their postseason tickets, two Playoff spots are on the line on Saturday night at the Coke Zero Sugar 400, with multiple drivers in contention who could qualify based on points or a race win.
NASCAR Cup Series – Daytona
Next Race: Coke Zero Sugar 400
The Place: Daytona International Speedway
Track Length: 2.5 Mile Asphalt Oval
The Date: Saturday, August 23
The Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
The Purse: $9,797,935
TV: NBC, 7 p.m. ET
Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)
Distance: 400 miles (160 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 35),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 95), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 160)
Zane Smith and the No. 38 Aaron’s Lucky Dog Ford Team Daytona International Speedway Competition Notes
Coke Zero Sugar 400
NASCAR Celebrates United States Navy’s 250th Anniversary with New Street Race at Naval Base Coronado featuring All Three National SeriesDAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Aug. 20, 2025) – NASCAR introduced another innovative national series schedule as the 2026 slates were announced for the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series (formerly NASCAR Xfinity Series) and NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series. New and returning venues highlight next season’s schedule, including all three national series competing on the streets at Naval Base Coronado in NASCAR San Diego, NASCAR Championship Weekend homecoming to Homestead-Miami Speedway, the NASCAR All-Star Race moving to Dover Motor Speedway and Cup Series points races returning to Chicagoland Speedway and North Wilkesboro Speedway.
