Daytona 500

Michael McDowell stunned NASCAR by scoring his first career victory in the Daytona 500

NASCAR driver Ryan Newman is thankful for the “miracle” of emerging from a fiery crash at the Daytona 500 last month with relatively minor injuries.

NASCAR says a paramedic was inside Ryan Newman’s upside-down race car 35 seconds after it came to rest on its roof on the final lap of the Daytona 500

Ryan Newman has been released from a Florida hospital two days after a frightening crash on the final lap of the Daytona 500

NASCAR driver Ryan Newman is awake and speaking with family and doctors a day after his horrific crash on the final lap of the Daytona 500. Roush Fenway Racing released an update on its driver Tuesday, about 20 hours after Newman’s car slammed into the wall at nearly 200 mph, flipped, got T-boned by another car, flipped several more times and...

NASCAR Driver Ryan Newman is in serious condition at Halifax Medical Center according to a statement from NASCAR and Rousch Fenway Facing. Newman was taken to the hospital after a crash on the final lap of the Daytona 500.  

At the finish line, Denny Hamlin made history with a second straight Daytona 500 victory in an overtime photo finish over Ryan Blaney, a celebration that quickly became muted as word of Newman’s wreck spread.

The Daytona 500 has been postponed by rain for the first time since 2012, dampening NASCAR’s season opener that started with a ballyhooed visit from President Donald Trump.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. will work his first Kentucky Derby on Saturday as part of his expanding role with NBC Sports. The retired NASCAR superstar is also slated to cover his first Indianapolis 500 later this month. Earnhardt will work alongside reporter Rutledge Wood at Churchill Downs as the duo roams the infield, Millionaires Row and interacts with fans in attendance....

Danica Patrick will join NBC Sports’ inaugural coverage of the Indianapolis 500 as an analyst alongside host Mike Tirico.
Patrick says her eighth appearance in “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” prepped her for a return as a television personality.

A local youth racing club is celebrating after two alumni finished in the top 10 at the Daytona 500.

While Dale Earnhardt Jr. prepared for his 600th NASCAR Cup Series race this weekend, he couldn’t help thinking about his first time.

Decked in Monster gear, chugging a tall boy of the energy drink as he was flanked by scantily clad models, Kurt Busch celebrated the biggest win of his racing career. It was Monster Madness! Busch used a last-lap pass to win the crash-filled Daytona 500 on Sunday in the opening race of Monster Energy’s new role as title sponsor of...

NASCAR is dramatically changing its format for the upcoming season, cutting every race into stages that reward points in hopes of making every lap matter.

Steven Rebenstorf has numerous flags flying atop his canopy tent inside Daytona International Speedway. The Confederate flag is front and center. It’s been like that for years. And the 57-year-old Rebenstorf has no plans to take it down — not even if NASCAR decides to ban the embattled flag from its racetracks.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. earned the pole for Sunday’s race at Daytona International Speedway because his crew chief correctly predicted the weather.

NASCAR has lifted its suspension of Kurt Busch and says the former champion can compete in the championship Chase should he qualify. Busch missed the first three races of the season when NASCAR suspended him for an alleged domestic assault on his ex-girlfriend. He was suspended two days before the season-opening Daytona 500, and lost two rounds of appeals the...

Delaware prosecutors say they will not file criminal charges against NASCAR driver Kurt Busch following allegations of domestic violence by his ex-girlfriend. NASCAR officials indefinitely suspended Busch last month after a Delaware Family Court judge said the former champion almost surely choked and beat Patricia Driscoll inside his motorhome at Dover International Speedway last fall.

Joey Logano, the driver who seemed washed up at 22 years old, has won his first career Daytona 500.

A three-judge appeals panel has upheld NASCAR’s suspension of Kurt Busch.