High-hopes ended in disappointment for the No. 36 Golden Corral team. Dave Blaney looked to repeat this season’s superspeedway success this weekend in the event at Daytona International Speedway. Blaney started the 400-mile race from the 40th spot. As he did in both superspeedway races earlier this season, Blaney hungContinue Reading
For Ryan Newman and the No. 39 Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) team, Saturday night’s Coke Zero 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway delivered the kind of outcome they’ve come to expect in a restrictor-plate event – high hopes dashed by disappointment. In fact, the Coke ZeroContinue Reading
Kyle Busch rallied from a late-race accident to score an impressive fifth-place finish in Saturday night’s Coke Zero 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. The driver of the No. 18 Interstate All Battery Center Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) notched his ninth top-fiveContinue Reading
Clint Bowyer overcame an early-race setback at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway and raced among the top 10 only to have his night end before the checkered flag flew following an accident on lap 80. Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) headed to Daytona with four entries and made a bold statement byContinue Reading
Joe Gibbs Racing proved to have one of the strongest teams on the track tonight for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway. Each of the three JGR drivers showed the ability to make a run to the front of the pack at any pointContinue Reading
Two Red Bull Toyotas became one Saturday night. One was blue, the other silver. Together, they put on an impressive display of speed and communication. Restrictor-plate racing at Daytona International Speedway has evolved from one giant pack in about 20 little ones. Perhaps the most dominant two-car pack carried RedContinue Reading
The secret to racing success at Daytona International Speedway is to make it through all 100 laps with an undamaged car and avoid getting caught up in other people’s wrecks. For the #01 Cowboys & Aliens Chevrolet team of JD Motorsports, that’s exactly what Mike Wallace did – for 99.75Continue Reading
Trevor Bayne and the Wood Brothers had high hopes upon returning to the scene of their Daytona 500 triumph and then winning the outside pole for the Coke Zero 400, but another strong run at Daytona International Speedway for the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion was not to be.Continue Reading
Restrictor plate racing is thrilling for fans but the Subway Jalapeno 250 Friday night at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway was downright disappointing for Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Stenhouse and Roush Fenway Racing teammate Trevor Bayne tried mightily to put themselves in the right place at the right time to challenge forContinue Reading
A Saturday night cruise-along suddenly turned into a demolition derby at Daytona International Speedway. And one of the victims in the late-race wreckfest was Furniture Row Racing driver Regan Smith, who limped home with a battered race car to a 24th-place finish in the Coke Zero 400. The wild Sprint Cup finishContinue Reading