Austin Cindric nipped Erik Jones in a photo finish to win the second Daytona 500 Duel qualifying race Thursday night. Jones patiently waited to celebrate for several minutes with his No. 43 Toyota parked at the finish line.

X (Twitter) users responded Wednesday night when NASCAR Cup Series officials declared Austin Cindric the Duel 2 winner over Erik Jones at Daytona.

Mark Martin hasn’t held back his thoughts on the controversial decision to reverse Erik Jones’ victory in Duel 2, which took place ahead of the Daytona 500. After Jones crossed the finish line ahead of Austin Cindric,

NASCAR Cup Series driver Erik Jones took to his X account and shared an adorable image of his wife Holly Jones and son David. The couple took their son to the racetrack for the first time at the ...

Erik Jones, a NASCAR Cup Series driver who will run in Sunday's Daytona 500, had a message for students at an elementary school Thursday: Read.

Two Daytona 500 starting spots will be awarded to the highest open finishers in each qualifier. In the first race, the open cars are being driven by Truex, Justin Allgaier, Helio Castroneves, Chandler Smith and JJ Yeley. In the second race, the open cars are being driven by Johnson, Corey LaJoie, Anthony Alfredo and BJ McLeod.

For Dale Earnhardt Jr. and his sister Kelley Earnhardt Miller, it was the superspeedway where they played as children and watched their father win 34 races before he lost his life in the 2001 Daytona 500. Now, the brother and sister return to the 2.5-mile superspeedway for their first start in the Daytona 500 with their team – JR Motorsports.

A sellout crowd and millions of viewers at home will watch 41 drivers aim to win NASCAR’s grandest prize, the Daytona 500, on Sunday.

There's nothing subtle about NASCAR's introduction of springtime and a new season. The 2025 Daytona 500 even included an Air Force One visit.

Last year: Daniel Suarez edged Ryan Blaney and Kyle Busch in a three-wide finish. There were 10 cautions and an Atlanta-record 47 lead changes, alongside a pileup of at least 16 cars, the biggest in the history of Atlanta Motor Speedway. Last race: William Byron captured his second Daytona 500 win while narrowly avoiding a final-lap crash.

William Byron raced to his second straight Daytona 500 victory, dodging a string of late-race wrecks that knocked out a chunk of contenders and sent the Hendrick Motorsports driver into victory lane Sunday night at Daytona International Speedway.

Before he started racing, Daytona 500 driver Erik Jones says he started reading. Books, he said, helped get him to where he is today, behind the wheel of No, 43, a Toyota Camry XSE, in Sunday's ...