during qualifying for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 14, 2016 in Daytona Beach, Florida.

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Qualifying – Daytona 500
Daytona International Speedway
Daytona Beach, Florida
Sunday, February 14, 2016

1. (24) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 196.314 mph.
2. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 196.036 mph.
3. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 195.682 mph.
4. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 195.207 mph.
5. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 195.118 mph. Continue reading “NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Qualifying Results – Daytona 500”

dis_celliott_1_021416Feb. 14, 2016

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Chase Elliott’s rookie campaign just got a jump-start.

Faced with the daunting prospect of succeeding Jeff Gordon in the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, the 20-year-old Sunoco Rookie of the Year candidate drove the same chassis to the same result Gordon accomplished last year—the pole position for the Feb. 21 Daytona 500 (on FOX at 1 p.m. ET). Continue reading “Rookie Chase Elliott edges Matt Kenseth for Daytona 500 pole”

dis_su_hamlin_vl_2_021316Feb. 13, 2016

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Saturday’s Sprint Unlimited at Daytona International Speedway ended with a mere handful of cars undamaged—and race winner Denny Hamlin’s Toyota wasn’t one of them.

But Hamlin got his wreck out of the way early in a two-car incident with Ricky Stenhouse Jr.’s Ford on Lap 13 and won the race in overtime with a large swatch of silver tape on the right side of his No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Camry.
Continue reading “Denny Hamlin wins action-packed Sprint Unlimited at Daytona”