And it was.” In the last instant before impact, he said, he saw straight ahead the big capital “D” that starts the phrase “DAYTONA USA” painted on the track’s wall of unmitigated concrete.

USA TODAY Sports is live blogging today's Daytona 500 race. Click here for the latest updates and highlights. Just a week after attending the Super Bowl, President Donald Trump made an appearance ...

Get in on the competition: Sign up for USA TODAY's Sports newsletter. Daytona 500 drivers make (likely) final pit stop for gas Following a caution on Lap 162 for debris in Turn 1, all drivers came ...

This story will be updated. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Coverage of the 2025 Daytona 500 was scheduled to start at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, February 16 on Fox. Mike Joy ...

Ask any NASCAR driver, and they’ll surely tell you they’d do just about anything to win the Daytona 500 — whether they’ve never won a race or have taken the Daytona 500 checkered flag ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. But our other major single-day events — the Kentucky Derby, Indy 500 and, yes, Daytona 500 among them — have become “the place to see ...

Justin Allgaier - No. 40 JR Motorsports Chevrolet Feb 12, 2025; Daytona Beach, Florida, USA; NASCAR Cup Series driver Justin Allgaier (40) during practice for the Daytona 500 at Daytona ...

"High Banks & Heroes," with foreword by Richard Petty, tells the history of the Daytona 500. But it also chronicles earlier ...

Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. * − denotes Open, non-Charter team Indiana native Chase Briscoe is the 2025 Daytona 500 polesitter after posting the fastest time in qualiyfing (49.249 ...

Daytona International Speedway will host the 67th running of the Daytona 500 Sunday. Here is one fact about each of the first 66 races.

Byron took the checkered flag at Daytona International Speedway after a crash broke out on the final lap, USA TODAY reports. But NASCAR kept the green flag out, and Bryon was able to vault from ...

For the second time in recent NASCAR history, the sport has a two-time back-to-back Daytona 500 champion. This time, it was William Byron’s moment. Before Sunday, the last back-to-back Daytona ...