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Associated Press Feb 12, 2025, 05:36 PM ET DAYTONA BEACH, Fla — Bubba Wallace said he “couldn’t care less” if Donald Trump attends the Daytona 500 on Sunday, nearly five years after the president accused the NASCAR Cup Series’ only Black full-time driver of perpetrating “a hoax” when a crew member found a noose in

Associated Press Feb 11, 2025, 02:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — A controversial new NASCAR rule designed for “world-class drivers” could give Helio Castroneves an automatic berth into the Daytona 500, and, should the four-time Indianapolis 500 winner use the provisional, it would make for the largest field in a decade.

Associated Press Feb 10, 2025, 11:35 AM ET Open Extended Reactions DAYTONA BEACH, Fla — Captain America is landing at The Great American Race. Actor Anthony Mackie is set to give the command for drivers to start their engines on Sunday at the Daytona 500. Mackie plays Captain America in Marvel Studios’ new film “Captain

Feb 8, 2025, 08:22 PM ET Ed Hinton, an ESPN senior writer who specialized in motorsports before retiring in 2014, died Thursday at Brookwood Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. He was 76. Hinton, who graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi with a degree in journalism, also wrote for Sports Illustrated during a celebrated 47-year career.

Associated Press Feb 7, 2025, 10:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — One of the toughest drivers in NASCAR history joined one the most enigmatic drivers of the modern era as the newest inductees into the Hall of Fame in a star-studded Friday night ceremony. Ricky Rudd, known as the “Ironman” for his

Kelly Crandall Feb 7, 2025, 08:29 AM ET Open Extended Reactions After winning the Daytona 500 in 2023, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. made it back-to-back seasons with Cup Series wins by claiming victory at Talladega last season. Sean Gardner/Getty Images Ricky Stenhouse Jr. reflects quite a bit on his NASCAR career. Now 37, Stenhouse thinks about his

Associated Press Feb 4, 2025, 10:49 AM ET Open Extended Reactions DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR introduced a new rule Tuesday that will award one point to the team and driver with the fastest single lap in each race. The “Xfinity Fastest Lap” was added as part of a contract renewal between NASCAR and Xfinity.

Associated Press Feb 2, 2025, 11:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — NASCAR returned to its roots with a fight-free preseason exhibition at Bowman Gray Stadium and a popular victory with Chase Elliott winning The Clash on Sunday night. Elliott won his heat Saturday night to start from the pole and essentially dominate

Kelly Crandall Jan 31, 2025, 10:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions For the first time since 1971, Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, will host a NASCAR Cup Series race when the Clash takes place there Sunday. Brian A. Westerholt/NASCAR via Getty Images Tim Brown, 53, is finally getting the opportunity to be a NASCAR

Associated Press Jan 30, 2025, 11:06 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Joey Logano has found a way to tune out months of negativity. Critics? Naysayers? Anyone who thinks his third Cup Series championship was a fluke? “I can’t hear it because my trophies, they kind of, like, echo around me,” Logano quipped during a Zoom