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Most Popular Driver Voting starts:

The voting for the 2014 Sprint NMPA Most Popular Driver Award has started. To vote, visit www.mostpopulardriver.com and follow the online instructions for entering. Voting began at on July 5, 2014 and ends at 8:00pm/et on November 17, 2014. Voting is limited to a...

Shepherd to drive at New Hampshire:

Morgan Shepherd will be competing in the Sprint Cup Series in New Hampshire driving for the Hillman Racing/Joe Falk team, car #33 with Rick Ren as Crew Chief. Morgan will compete the full race. Shepherd Racing Ventures would like to thank all involved.(Morgan Shepherd...

Higgins name recipient of Squier-Hall Award:

Longtime The Charlotte Observer reporter Tom Higgins has been named the recipient of the 2015 Squier-Hall Award for NASCAR Media Excellence. Higgins was the first beat writer to cover every race on the NASCAR schedule, a role he held from 1980 until his retirement ...

Daytona Notes & Facts – Saturday – race:

' There have been 134 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Daytona International Speedway since the track hosted its first race in 1959: 56 have been 500 miles, 51 were 400 miles and four 250 miles. There were also 23 qualifier races that were point races. ' Since the...

NASCAR will look at drafting rules:

The Subway Firecracker 250 at Daytona on Friday night marked the final time that the NASCAR Nationwide Series will compete on a restrictor plate track this season, providing the league time to reassess the new rule that prohibits drivers from pushing or forming tandems...

USG becomes ‘We Built Daytona’ partner:

Daytona International Speedway (DIS) today USG Corporation, a leading building products company, has become a 'We Built Daytona' partner, joining three other companies in the expanding marketing platform as part of the unprecedented $400 million DAYTONA Rising redevelopment...

Qualifying Order

for the Coke Zero 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway is posted. 44 cars/drivers are listed. The first of the drivers scheduled to go out is #18-Busch. The final driver scheduled to go out is #27-Menard. Qualifying order is set by a random ...

Pit Stall Selections:

The selections of pit stalls for the Coke Zero 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway have been made. Pole sitter #38-Gilliland chose pit stall 1 [as do most pole sitters]. Outside pole sitter #36-Sorenson took pit stall 21, the first pit stall...

Gilliland wins Daytona pole:

#38-David Gilliland won the Coors Light pole for the Coke Zero 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway with speed of 199.322mph for his 1st pole of 2014, 2nd at Daytona and 3rd of his career. #36-Sorenson is on the outside pole, followed by #...

Qualifying Fast Facts – Daytona:

David Gilliland won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 56th Annual Coke Zero 400 with a lap of 45.153 seconds, 199.322 mph. This is his third pole in 276 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. This is his first pole and first top-10 start in 2014. This is his second pole ...

First Round of Qualifying

for the Coke Zero 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway is over, after 25 minutes. #38-Gilliland 199.322 #36-Sorenson 199.221 #40-Cassill 199.194 #33-BLabonte 198.970 #48-Johnson 198.790 the rest of the top 24: 20 88 34 24 16 99 14 4 5 43 17 ...

Keselowski cuts hand in victory lane UPDATES:

#2-Brad Keselowski cut his hand while in victory lane at Kentucky and had to go to the infield care center for treatment on his right hand: WHAT HAPPENED IN VICTORY LANE? 'We were playing around with some champagne bottles and as I told my good friend, 'We should ...

Florida gubernatorial candidate on the #98 at Daytona UPDATES:

Given how frugal [Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate] Charlie Crist has tended to be with his campaign money, this surprised us, even knowing that adviser Steve Schale is a racing buff: His campaign is sponsoring [#98 Phil Parsons Racing] Ford in the Coke Zero...

Bobby Labonte joins Circle Sport at Daytona:

Bobby Labonte, the 2000 Sprint Cup Series champion, will pilot the #33 Thunder Coal Chevy SS for Circle Sport in Saturday night's Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway. With 21 career Sprint Cup Series victories to his credit, Labonte will continue his quest...

Scorpion Protective Coatings sponsoring Whitt:

Truck bed liner, window film and protective coatings company Scorpion Protective Coatings Inc. will enter the NASCAR arena again, joining BK Racing in the team's 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series campaign. Scorpion's program will include primary sponsorship for Cole Whitt...

Newtown Building Supplies returns to sponsor Cassill:

Landon Cassill has big expectations heading back to Daytona International Speedway following his 12th-place finish in the season-opening Daytona 500. He followed up that attention-grabbing performance with an impressive 11th-place finish in the season's second restrictor...

NASCAR evaluating souvenir row:

NASCAR fans call it souvenir row, and for the last three decades, they have gone there to browse for hats and T-shirts at enormous truck rigs carrying their favorite driver's merchandise. But that tradition may become a thing of the past. NASCAR is in the early phases...

ISC execs optimistic despite lower TV ratings:

Although Fox saw a ratings decline of 10% for its portion of the NASCAR season, International Speedway Corporation executives tried to explain to financial investors Thursday why the drop is not as alarming as the numbers might indicate. In announcing the company's...

Kahne wins at Daytona:

#5-Kasey Kahne won the Subway Firecracker 250 at Daytona International Speedway, beating teammate #7-Regan Smith to the checkered flag by .021 seconds on a green-white-checker finish.#39-Ryan Sieg finished third followed by #16-Ryan Reed, #42-Kyle Larson, #22-Joey ...

Daytona Race Fast Facts:

Kasey Kahne(i) won the 13th Annual Subway Firecracker 250 , his eighth victory in 204 NASCAR Nationwide Series races. This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in 2014. This is his first victory and ninth top-10 finish in 19 races at Daytona International Speedway...