Daytona road course

NASCAR continues to move forward with its plans to contest a doubleheader weekend in Mexico City this summer despite increasing rumors around the garage that the event won’t occur.The event, which will feature the NASCAR Xfinity Series and Cup Series, is scheduled for June 13-15. Last week, NASCAR and the...

Denny Hamlin first offered a deadpan answer about the number of road courses on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule.“More road courses, for sure,” Hamlin said.Then he gave a tight smile. When the follow-up question came about whether that was sarcastic, he laughed and said, “I don’t know, is it?”. Then...

Chase Elliott remains the benchmark for road course racers in the NASCAR Cup Series, but his winning streak came to an end Sunday afternoon.Although he didn’t have the track position he did for most of the afternoon, Elliott was in contention for his fifth consecutive road course win late in...

Chase Elliott and Michael McDowell will lead the field to the green flag this weekend on the Daytona road course.The performance matrix spit out this week’s starting line-up. It is a formula based on averaging the driver’s fastest lap in the previous race, finish from that event and owner point...

Miguel Paludo will return to NASCAR competition this season in a three-race Xfinity Series deal with JR Motorsports.Paludo will drive the No. 8 Chevrolet in three road course races. His debut with the team will be on the Daytona road course early in the season (Feb. 20), and then he’ll...

NASCAR President Steve Phelps says that the series is continuing to evaluate possible venue, format and other changes before committing to its 2021 schedule.“There are a lot of different variables and factors that need to go into what our 2021 schedule is going to look like,” Phelps told a group...

Kevin Harvick had a tinge of humor in his voice when he spoke of leading the field into Turn 1 at the Daytona road course this weekend. And yet, there might have also been some truth laced into his statement."I think me leading everybody into (the first corner) could be...

NASCAR confirmed Tuesday there would be no practice or qualifying for its three national series through the remainder of the season.“The current format has worked well in addressing several challenges during our return to racing,” said Scott Miller, NASCAR senior vice president of competition. “Most importantly, we have seen competitive...