‘Big One’ strikes midway through Cup race at Daytona
The "Big One" took out or affected close to a dozen cars near the halfway mark of the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway.
The "Big One" took out or affected close to a dozen cars near the halfway mark of the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway.
Ryan Blaney and the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion were major players for the majority of Saturday’s Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway.
Erik Jones was caught up in a late-race spin during Saturday night’s Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway but the No. 77 Sport Clips Toyota driver recovered in overtime to earn a well-deserved ninth-place finish.
A multicar incident just short of the halfway point in Saturday night’s Coke Zero 400 resulted in a 34th-place finish for Martin Truex Jr. and the No. 78 Bass Pro Shops/NRA Museum Toyota Camry at Daytona International Speedway.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. passed 17 cars in the final 10 laps of Saturday night’s Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway, took over the lead with two laps remaining and never looked back en route to his second victory of the 2017 season. The win marked Roush Fenway’s NASCAR record-extending 325 victory. It was Roush Fenway’s seventh Cup Series win at Daytona and its 11th NASCAR victory at Daytona. Stenhouse became the ninth Roush Fenway driver to win at the famed superspeedway.
Trevor Bayne, driver of the No. 6 Liberty National Ford Fusion, charged to the front of the pack and drove to the race lead during the second stage of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) event at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday night. However, a multi-car incident on Lap 97 severely damaged his car, ultimately leading to a 23rd-place finish.
Furniture Row Racing’s Erik Jones dodged all but one of a number of bullets to earn a ninth-place in the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway while teammate Martin Truex Jr.’s night resulted in a 34th-place finish when he was caught in a 10-car wreck on Lap 72.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the 59th annual Coke Zero 400 Powered By Coca-Cola on Saturday night at Daytona International Speedway, his second career victory in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and first at the “World Center of Racing.”
The four-time NASCAR Whelen All American Series National Champion and two-time South Boston Speedway NASCAR track champion sped past Nick Smith with 42 laps to go and drove to a .635-second win over Stacy Puryear of Danville in Saturday night’s Thunder Road Harley-Davidson NASCAR Whelen Late Model 200, snapping Lee Pulliam’s streak of having won this race at South Boston Speedway each of the last six years.
In a typically wild race at Daytona International Speedway, Paul Menard brought his No. 27 Moen/Menards Chevrolet SS across the finish line in third place in the Coke Zero 400 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race (MENCS). It marked his fifth top 10 finish in 21 races at Daytona International Speedway.
Austin Dillon and the No. 3 American Ethanol Team Sidelined by Multi-Car Incident at Daytona International Speedway "I didn't see exactly what happened during the multi-car incident that ended our night early so am not sure. I tried to slow down. I downshifted but it wasn't enough. We knocked the oil cooler and radiator out."
PAUL MENARD, NO. 27 MOEN/MENARDS CHEVROLET SS – Finished 3rd "We really didn't want to hang out in the back, but we got involved in a wreck really early and once you get back there, it is really hard to get back up to the front. I was just waiting for something to happen at the end of those stages. We weren't in the top-15 so I just bailed out of the pack for the stages. I had a really good handling car from yesterday in the draft practice. All weekend long it handled really well. I knew it would... Читать дальше...
Ryan Blaney and the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion were in the lead at Daytona International Speedway with 25 laps to go but ended up crashing out of the Coke Zero 400, ending up 26th on the scoring pylon.
Recap: Brad Keselowski and the No. 2 Detroit Genuine Parts dodged two incidents in Saturday night’s Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway, but a third ended his night early with a 31st place finish. After starting the race from the third position, Keselowski quickly assumed the lead on the fourth lap of the first, 40-lap stage and cruised to his third stage win of the season. Following a four-tire stop with no adjustments during the break, Keselowski restarted the second, 40-lap stage from the 10th position.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. registered the second win of his NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series career with his win tonight. The win is the eighth of the season for Ford, most among manufacturers and matching its win total from 2016. In addition, it continues a stretch that has seen Ford win three of the last four Cup events.
Rookie Erik Jones (ninth) was the highest-finishing Toyota Camry driver in Saturday’s race at Daytona International Speedway. Matt Kenseth led 21 laps and won Stage 2, his second stage win this season and Toyota’s 19th stage win.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. took the lead in overtime to earn his second victory of his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career.
Saturday’s Coca-Cola Firecracker 250 NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Daytona International Speedway concluded more than 21 hours after it started.
Camry driver Dakoda Armstrong claimed a career-best third-place finish with the top-finishing Toyota in Sunday’s NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) race at Daytona International Speedway.
Recap: Joey Logano started 10th and finished seventh in the Coca-Cola Firecracker 250, a race which started on Friday night and finished Saturday afternoon after multiple rain delays. At the drop of the green flag on Friday night, Logano found little success moving forward in the No. 22 Discount Tire Mustang as most of the front runners remained in pace lap formation for the opening seven laps.
William Byron is now a two-time race winner in the NASCAR XFINITY Series after surviving two late Big One’s in the day-late Coca-Cola Firecracker 250 at Daytona International Speedway.
JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 Discount Tire Ford Mustang (Finished 7th) TALK ABOUT YOUR RUN TODAY: “Yeah, it’s crazy out there, right? Elliott (Sadler) and the 48 did a great job pushing me all day. I was able to push the 3 a lot to get us some positions. The 9 hit me in the left-rear on the back straightaway and that just sent me through the infield. We were lucky the nose stayed on it. I thought I was going for a hell of a ride. The front-tire was coming off the ground when I went through the grass. I actually... Читать дальше...