William Byron feels lighter as he gets ready to return to Daytona International Speedway as a Daytona 500 winner. The Hendrick Motorsports driver visits The Racing Writer’s Podcast ahead of Speedweeks to discuss how his superspeedway confidence has changed over the years, the growing confidence he’s had as a Cup...

Speedweeks at Daytona will just be speed week at Daytona International Speedway in 2021.NASCAR and track president Chip Wile has announced a condensed schedule for its season-opening events beginning next year. It includes the non-points Busch Clash race running under the lights on the same road course as that used...

NASCAR has announced the 20 drivers who are eligible to compete in the Advance Auto Parts Clash at Daytona.The exhibition event will again take place the Sunday afternoon of Daytona 500 qualifying on Feb. 10 at 3 p.m. ET. Qualifying will be held that morning.“There’s no better way to start...

Dale Earnhardt Jr. will play a role at Daytona International Speedway next season, but it'll be as the grand marshal.The newly retired driver will get to give the "drivers, start your engines" command ahead of the 60th annual Daytona 500 on Feb. 18, 2018. A two-time winner (2004, 2014) of...

Chase Elliott was three laps away from starting the 59th annual Daytona 500 on the pole and ending it in Victory Lane.Instead, the tank ran dry, ending Elliott's chances of going three-for-three in Speedweeks after capturing the pole and a win in his Can-Am Duel qualifying race. He coasted to...

Returning to Daytona International Speedway as the defending Daytona 500 winner does not make things easier for Denny Hamlin."You think once you win (the Daytona 500) it's like a weight is lifted off and you can breathe easy now, but you want to win two," Hamlin said this week. "You...

One of the early legends of NASCAR, Marvin Panch, passed away on Dec. 31. He was 89.According to the Daytona Beach News-Journal, Panch was found unresponsive in his car and was subsequently pronounced dead from natural causes.Panch – pictured above by Daytona International Speedway during its repaving operation in 2010...