Anthony Alfredo
Lessons from the 2026 Daytona Duels
Everyone else does recaps, I’ll instead look at lessons from the 2026 Daytona Duels. Some things to think about as we look forward to Sunday’s Daytona 500. […]
Daytona Oval
Cleetus McFarland
Daytona Really is a Different Animal: Travis Pastrana, Tony Stewart and Cleetus McFarland
The large number of people who turn up at the first race of the NASCAR season is due to two things: One is that the money makes even coming in last a decent propositio financially. Second, Daytona really is a different animal. […]
Daytona 500
Fastest Daytona 500 Qualifying Laps 1982 – 2025
Daytona 500 Qualifying is tonight. Forty-five drivers will compete for 41 spots in this year’s race, but we won’t know who earns those spots, or where all but two cars start today.q […]
2025 Season
2025 Summer Daytona Race Report
The summer 2025 Daytona race report includes one of the best superspeedway races I’ve seen in a long while with really close racing, lots of lead changes and a winner coming from mid pack in just two laps. […]
Accidents
How Many Cars are Saved by Eliminating Practice at Superspeedways?
NASCAR elected not to hold practice at superspeedways with the goal of decreasing the number of backup cars and repairs required, thus cutting costs for owners. Now that we’ve had a few years of this format, I wondered how many cars this policy has saved. […]
Corey LaJoie
2024 Summer Daytona Race Report
The 2024 summer Daytona race report features an upset to the playoff race, bad luck for the regular-season title contenders and a lot of carnage. […]
Daytona 500
Graph of the Day for 02-19-2023: Where Daytona 500 Winners Start
Wondering where Daytona 500 winners start? Nowadays. the answer is: everywhere but the front. […]
Daytona 500
Graph of the Day for 02-16-2023: Daytona 500 Qualifying
With Daytona 500 qualifying last night,the Graph of the Day for 02/16/2023 has to be the qualifying times posted. […]
Daytona 500
The Next Gen Wheel
DAYTONA: NASCAR levied two NextGen wheel-related penalties, but did not penalize teams from whom they confiscated wheels before the race. […]
Duels
2022 Daytona Duels Report
The 2022 Daytona Duels were our first chance to see the NextGen car race on a points-paying track. What did we learn about the new car? […]