The Great American Race turns 68 this year as the 2026 Daytona 500 takes place on Sunday. Daytona International Speedway is the scene for NASCAR's season-opening race, which features William Byron as ...

For the last two years, William Byron has owned the Daytona 500, emerging as the victor in both the 2024 and 2025 seasons. Will he make it three in a row and get into victory lane when the NASCAR Cup ...

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Ryan Preece, (60) runs during practice at the ...

It's time to go racing with the 2026 Daytona 500 kicking off the NASCAR Cup Series season. The Great American Race is set for Sunday with the FOX Sports broadcast beginning at 11:30 a.m. ET ahead of ...

Seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson announced Saturday that the 2027 Daytona 500 will be his last in the Cup Series. Johnson, who has taken home the checkered flag in the big race ...

American Jordan Stolz, 21, took home another gold medal, this time in the men's 500-meter speed skating competition, after shattering an Olympic record that had been broken just moments before he took ...

Jordan Stolz has become the Winter Olympic hero the United States has been waiting for. Daniel Muñoz / AFP via Getty Images MILAN — After Jordan Stolz won his first gold medal, setting an Olympic ...

U.S. stocks finished mixed on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 stumbling on its path back to record territory. Big gains for tech stocks — including a new record closing high for Nvidia Corp. — weren't ...

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Casey Mears speaks during a NASCAR Daytona 500 ...

The Daytona 500 is almost here. On Thursday night, the drivers competed in the Duels to determine the starting order for the Great American race. The single-car qualifying took place on Wednesday ...

Kyle Busch, looking to kickstart his great but recently sluggish career, took a big first step Wednesday night by winning the pole for the Daytona 500. Busch, driving the No. 8 Chevy for Richard ...

Austin Cindric and Ross Chastain were the fastest duo in opening practice for the Daytona 500. Cindric (pictured above) ran 13 laps in practice and laid down the fastest lap of 187.402 mph (48.025s).