Forty cars all in a bumper-to-bumper, wheel-to-wheel tightest of packs deadlock, all going left around a perhaps mile circle ...

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 ...

That has become normal in the Daytona 500. That’s what kills my enthusiasm for the whole thing.” There is much truth in what Hamlin said. The introduction of the Next Gen car — which has ...

NASCAR THRU THE GEARS Daytona 500 edition: A crash course in theatrics, as usual Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. NASCAR remains well off its peak years, from 2001-2015 ...

a safety-conscious sanctioning body that hasn’t had a fatal crash in any of its top three divisions since Dale Earnhardt’s death on the final lap of the 2001 Daytona 500. “When the car took ...

The fact I was in the pace car with the 40 car. Sterling Marlin signed that jacket, Dale Earnhardt signed that jacket." The 2001 Daytona 500 became more memorable when Dale Sr., nicknamed "The ...

During a red flag at the 2001 Daytona 500, Dale Earnhardt was horrified by the Tony Stewart crash that forced a stop to the race. As he waited in his car, he radioed team boss Richard Childress ...

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 ...

The honorary pace car driver will be actor Alan Ritchson ... was killed in a crash at the 2001 Daytona 500. Betting favorites for this year’s Daytona 500, via Vegas Insider’s aggregated ...

After an extended rain delay of nearly four hours, the 2025 Daytona 500 resumed, with an electric Chevrolet Blazer EV SS leading the pack as the pace car. This marked the first time an electric ...