NASCAR has countless famous commentary moments and Diffey’s line at the chequered flag – “Jeff, your little boy has done it!” – looks to be the latest.
Even Denny Hamlin, a veteran of nearly two decades in the Cup Series, said the spine-tingling call had him up and about.
“I mean, it had me standing up in my chair the last lap and I didn’t have a dog in the Harrison Burton/Kyle Busch fight,” Hamlin said on his podcast Actions Detrimental. (more…)
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.
