DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Feb. 8, 2021) – The world-renowned U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will perform this Sunday’s flyover for the 63rd annual DAYTONA at Daytona International Speedway, the prestigious season-opening event to the NASCAR Cup Series (FOX, FOX Deportes, MRN Radio and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). (more…)
NEW YORK – February 8, 2021 – SiriusXM will offer race fans comprehensive coverage of the 63rd running of the Daytona 500 on February 14, including the live race broadcast and in-car audio from some of the sport’s top drivers, as well as the news and events of NASCAR’s Speedweeks leading up to race day. (more…)
Denny Hamlin and the FedEx Racing team return to begin their 2021 NASCAR Cup Series campaign this Tuesday with the 35-lap Busch Clash on the Daytona International Speedway road course. A three-time winner of the event on the Daytona oval (2006, 2014 and 2016), Hamlin is one of only six drivers to win both the Clash and DAYTONA 500 during the same Speedweeks. His only previous start on the infield road course yielded a second-place finish. (more…)
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (February 8, 2021) – Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) announces an agreement with Offerpad to serve as the primary sponsor for two races on the No. 11 Toyota Camry with driver Denny Hamlin in the NASCAR Cup Series and four races on the No. 20 Toyota Supra with driver Harrison Burton in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. (more…)
Matt DiBenedetto and the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane team are headed to Daytona International Speedway, where they will kick off their 2021 Cup Series campaign with Tuesday night’s Busch Clash on the track’s infield road course. Once that checkered flag falls the action shifts to the 2.5-mile superspeedway for the Daytona 500 festivities that culminate with the Great American Race on Feb. 14. (more…)
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 9, 2018) – As Daytona International Speedway gets ready to kick off the 2021 Speedweeks Presented By AdventHealth, which will culminate with next Sunday’s 63rd DAYTONA 500, its medical and track services teams were honored last week during the annual NASCAR Safety and Operations Summit powered by Verizon.
Martin Truex Jr. owns three top-five finishes and five top-10s in 31 career NASCAR Cup Series starts at Daytona International Speedway. In the series’ most recent race on the 2.5-mile superspeedway, Truex led 14 laps and ended up fourth. Truex is also a former DAYTONA 500 pole winner after recording the fastest lap in qualifying back in 2009. (more…)
MOORESVILLE, N.C. (Feb. 8, 2021) – Gaunt Brothers Racing will keep Ty Dillon in its No. 96 Toyota Camry for the NASCAR Cup Series’ second race of the 2021 season when drivers turn left and right Feb. 21 on the Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway road course. (more…)
Connecticut’s Anthony Alfredo admits that if someone told him a year ago that he’d be a NASCAR Cup Series rookie in 2021, he probably wouldn’t have believed it.
But on the cusp of his Cup debut in the Feb. 14 Daytona 500, he’s glad for the opportunity.
“I’m just so thankful,” said Alfredo, driver of the No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford, in a Friday media teleconference. (more…)
Our Motorsports is pleased to welcome 20-year-old Blaine Perkins to its lineup of drivers piloting the team’s newly formed, second full-time entry in the NASCAR Xfinity Series season. This will mark Perkins’ debut in one of NASCAR’s top three national series. (more…)
