NASCAR Cup

Chase Elliott, son of NASCAR Hall of Famer Bill Elliott, visited Atlanta Motor Speedway Monday, less than 24 hours after winning the Daytona 500 pole.

Speedweeks at Daytona haven’t gone the way Martin Truex, Jr. and the No. 78 Furniture Row team would have expected or preferred.

For several years, every time NASCAR Hall of Famer Bill Elliott won the pole for the Daytona 500, the siren atop the Dawsonville Pool Room in Elliott’s home town would sound off, spreading the news.

Defending Daytona 500 winner Joey Logano saved his best for the last two minutes of the second and final practice session on Saturday afternoon.

Even a damaged right side door couldn’t slow down Denny Hamlin on Saturday night. Hamlin scored his third career Sprint Unlimited win at Daytona International Speedway when a multi-car crash in turn one on the final lap during overtime brought out the caution.

To say that Brian Vickers appreciates the opportunity to drive the No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet in place of injured Tony Stewart would be nothing short of a colossal understatement.

Jimmie Johnson will lead the field to green in Saturday night’s Sprint Unlimited at Daytona International Speedway, a non-points event for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

NASCAR announced new qualifying procedures for the Daytona 500 and new rule changes regarding points structure and green-white-checkered finishes for all three of its major tour series leading up to the season-opening events next week.

Under a newly announced agreement between NASCAR and Sprint Cup Series team owners, fields for races will drop from 43 to 40 cars, with 36 of those starting spots guaranteed to chartered teams.

As you walk toward the turn 1 side of Daytona International Speedway, outside the track, you’ll see a slogan in huge letters on the back side of the new grandstand.