MotorSportsNews.Net posts about the Daytona International Speedway, one of the race tracks used in NASCAR Cup Series, XFINITY Series, and Gander Trucks series
Harrison Burton outdueled veteran Kyle Busch on the final lap of an Overtime finish of Saturday night’s Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway to score his first career Cup Series victory and the 100th for his Wood Brothers team.
The win earned Burton and the Wood Brothers a berth in the 10-race, championship-deciding Playoffs, which begin after next week’s Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway. (more…)
RACE RUNDOWN: Austin Cindric finished 18th in Saturday night’s Coke Zero Sugar 400 after a late-race incident put a damper on his stout performance throughout the night. Cindric started eighth after advancing to the final round of qualifying Friday evening and was a mainstay in the top 10 over the course of the opening Stage. (more…)
This was Ford’s 42nd NASCAR Cup Series victory at Daytona. Ford won its first race at Daytona on Feb. 24, 1963 with Tiny Lund.
There were seven caution periods for a total of 34 laps.
Only 20 of the 40 drivers in the race finished on the lead lap.
Tyler Reddick remains the championship leader after Daytona with a 17-point advantage over second-place Kyle Larson. (more…)
Harrison Burton won the Coke Zero Sugar 400 to score his first career NASCAR Cup Series victory. His margin of victory over second-place Kyle Busch was .047 of a second.
This was Ford’s 734th all-time NASCAR Cup Series victory and its sixth of the season.
Keselowski Eighth, Buescher 10th
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Aug. 24, 2024) – RFK Racing left Daytona International Speedway Saturday night with a pair of top-10 efforts as both Ford Mustangs steadily ran up front, with Brad Keselowski leading the charge with an eighth-place finish, while Chris Buescher defended his win with a 10th-place result. (more…)
Promising Race for Austin Dillon and the No. 3 BREZTRI AEROSPHERE® (budesonide, glycopyrrolate, and formoterol fumarate) Chevrolet Team at Daytona Before Late-Race Crash Takes Them Out of Contention (more…)
Kyle Busch, driver of the #8 Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, races to a second place finish Saturday, August 24, 2024 during the NASCAR Cup Series Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Harold Hinson/HHP for Chevy Racing) (more…)
“Our No. 2 Whelen/National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Chevrolet team brought a fast Chevrolet to Daytona International Speedway. Our Camaro started out on the free side in the first stage, but Danny Stockman and the team made good adjustments to help the balance.
Riley Herbst earned his fifth top-five of the season and his third top-five in 11 career NASCAR Xfinity Series starts at Daytona.
This is Herbst’s second straight top-10 at Daytona. He finished sixth in the season opener in February. (more…)
Welcome To The Team: For Sunday afternoon’s LIUNA 175 at the Milwaukee (Wisc.) Mile, Young’s Motorsports welcomes Motorsports veteran Dexter Bean to command the team’s flagship, No. 02 Chevrolet Silverado RST for his first NASCAR CRAFTSMAN® Truck Series race of the 2024 season.
About Dexter: Hailing from Westby, Wisc., Dexter Bean earned success in the Midwest in Late Model competition. From Late Models, Bean and his family-owned BlackJack Racing team became a staple in the ARCA Menards Series in the mid-2000s, before earning an opportunity in ARCA with Spraker Racing Enterprises in 2008.
