NASCAR News

Dave Wilson didn’t mince words. “This is very difficult for me to put in words,” said the president of Toyota Racing Development. “I cannot articulate adequately what this means to Toyota.

Chase Elliott walked slowly and dejectedly from the Daytona International Speedway infield care center, eyes hidden behind sunglasses, hands crammed deep into the pockets of his firesuit.

After 500 miles, 200 laps and a lot of hard racing, Sunday’s Daytona 500 came down to a game of inches, with Denny Hamlin just edging out Martin Truex, Jr. for the victory.

Early Saturday evening, Dawson County Emergency Services in Dawson County, Georgia posted the following to their Facebook page:

For Chase Elliott, racing on the short tracks around the southeast meant sometimes having to bump against someone to edge out the win.

Ty Dillon proved that he will make the famous No. 3 one to be reckoned with in Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series opener.

Ryan Preece had an easier week at this year’s World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing than he did last year. The result was the same.

Jimmie Johnson is down to his last car. That’s the bad news. A last-lap wreck in Thursday’s second Can-Am Duel 150-mile qualifying races destroyed Johnson’s primary No. 48 Chevrolet and forced him to a backup car for Sunday’s Daytona 500.

Johnny Sauter had just moved past Ryan Truex to take the lead as the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series field entered the final lap of Friday night’s NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona International Speedway.

Harrison Burton has turned the corner at New Smyrna Speedway.