The original Daytona 500 pace car, in 1959, was a Pontiac Bonneville convertible. A beauty in its day. And over the years, Pontiac provided a ton of Daytona pace cars, as did Chevy (usually a sexy ...
While NASCAR might seem an unlikely venue for electric innovation, the 2025 Daytona 500 hosted ABB and NASCAR's EV prototype, making its debut as a pace car. Morten Wierod, CEO at ABB, says: “We are ...
The slow transition was on full display at the Daytona 500 earlier this month when a Chevrolet EV Blazer was the pace car for the 67th running of the race. “NASCAR and its manufacturer partners are ...
“I grew up in a family driven by Pontiacs,” Ballweg said. “My Dad drove Pontiacs and so did my uncles.” Today, Ballweg holds ...
During the same period, NASCAR was also going to run the 73rd Indianapolis 500, and Pontiac was given the task of providing the pace car for the race. Given this responsibility, Pontiac understood ...
William Byron took the checkered flag at last night’s Daytona 500 ... pace; Jones had been fighting toward the front of the pack until a crash wiped him out of contention. Not one Trackhouse ...
Two-time NASCAR Cup Series winner Bubba Wallace reflected on his effort in last Sunday's Daytona 500 in a recent interview ... not block the top because the pace is too fast and Freddie should ...
NASCAR partners with ABB to push electric innovation, debuting an EV pace car at the Daytona 500 and accelerating toward a net-zero emissions future EVs are widely seen as a solution to many ...
The 2025 west coast swing will kick off this weekend, with the NASCAR Cup and Xfinity Series taking on the first stop of ...
This year’s Daytona 500 had 35 of the 41 cars in the race involved in an accident based on the NASCAR race report and information from Racing Insights. That’s the most number of cars in a ...