12:23 AM ET ESPN News Services DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Michael McDowell stormed through a crash scene to win the Daytona 500 early Monday, snapping an 0-for-357 streak with a fiery pileup in his rearview mirror. McDowell led just the final lap — maybe half of it, really — when Brad Keselowski turned teammate Joey

7:00 AM ET This is the final installment of a four-part series on the life, death and safety legacy of Dale Earnhardt, 20 years after his fatal crash at the 2001 Daytona 500. THE WORLD HAS not seen Ryan Newman‘s 2020 Daytona 500 race car in nearly a year. The last time any of us

11:54 PM ET A crash and a rain delay can certainly make anyone a little hungry. At the Daytona 500, several drivers took matters into their own hand. Just 15 laps into Sunday’s race, Aric Almirola turned into Alex Bowman causing a 16-car pileup. Shortly after, the race was stopped due to lightning. Then came

2:45 PM ET ESPN News Services Bubba Wallace‘s car failed inspection twice for the Daytona 500 and will have to start at the back of the field. Greg Emmer, the car chief for 23XI Racing, was ejected as punishment. The No. 23 Toyota passed inspection on the third time. Wallace drives a new entry owned

7:00 AM ET DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — You don’t have to watch golf every weekend to love The Masters. You don’t have to be an odds enthusiast who lives at the betting window to love the Kentucky Derby. And you sure don’t have to be an auto racing fan to appreciate the Daytona 500, NASCAR’s

8:48 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Austin Cindric opened his NASCAR Xfinity Series title defense with a Saturday night victory at Daytona International Speedway that could count as the biggest of his blossoming career. Cindric got a push to the lead at the start of the two-lap overtime from AJ Allmendinger that

2:11 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Rain washed out the final two practices Saturday before NASCAR’s season-opening Daytona 500, a potential setback for the nine drivers switching cars before “The Great American Race.” Former Cup Series champions Brad Keselowski and Martin Truex Jr. as well as front-row qualifier William Byron are among

7:08 AM ET DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — They continue to tell us that scientists have yet to figure out how to clone human beings. Here at Daytona International Speedway, there is too much evidence to the contrary. That proof comes in the form of a man who seems to be in so many places at

11:06 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Ben Rhodes raced to his first career victory at Daytona International Speedway with a last-corner pass Friday night in the NASCAR Truck Series opener. Rhodes was tailing Cory Roper when he slowed to hook UP with teammate Matt Crafton for a push. Crafton threw a block

7:00 AM ET This is Part II of a four-part series on the life, death and safety legacy of Dale Earnhardt, 20 years after his fatal crash at the 2001 Daytona 500. Read Part I here. An E:60 special airs Sunday at noon on ESPN. DAYTONA SPEEDWEEKS 2001 opened with Kyle Petty trapping Dale Earnhardt,