CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Santino Ferrucci spent four hours in the simulator Friday, picked up some Bojangles french fries and headed to the team shop for last-minute preparations for his NASCAR debut.

Ferrucci is hitting a reset for the third time in his short career, moving from IndyCar to NASCAR for what he hopes will be a firm landing spot. He will drive for Sam Hunt Racing in the Xfinity Series and when he's given the command to start the engines Saturday at Homestead-Miami Speedway, it will be the first time Ferrucci has even started his new race car. Read More...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) NBC analyst Steve Letarte moonlights as the competition consultant for Spire Motorsports, a position he never imagined would put him back on top of a pit box.

Then COVID-19 protocols sidelined Spire crew chief Ryan Sparks and two other team members for Sunday's race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Letarte was brainstorming solutions for Spire when his wife stated the obvious. Read More...

A sign at the entrance to Daytona International Speedway warned spectators the Confederate flag was not welcome on property. Its presence, NASCAR wrote, "runs contrary to our commitment to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment."

Pass through the tunnel and onto the sprawling grounds and not a single Confederate flag was flying over the campsites. If any had been smuggled in, they weren't displayed to be easily spotted over two weeks of racing at Daytona as the stock car series kicked off its season. Read More...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Joe Gibbs said Tuesday his grandson Ty Gibbs will compete in 14 more Xfinity Series races this season after his surprising first victory.

Ty Gibbs won Saturday's Xfinity Series race in his first career NASCAR national start on the road course at Daytona International Speedway. The 18-year-old had never raced above the ARCA Series and jumped two levels for his Xfinity debut. Read More...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) Chip Ganassi was fined $30,000 and suspended one race for bringing a guest into the NASCAR pit area at Daytona International Speedway.

NASCAR said the team owner violated its COVID-19 guidelines by bringing a nonessential individual into the restricted competition area. Read More...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) Give him good cars and Christopher Bell will win races. But in his second race? With a new team? That seemed unlikely.

Bell defied the odds Sunday and earned his first career Cup series victory - in just his second race since Joe Gibbs Racing pulled him back into its inner circle - to close out an unpredictable week of racing at Daytona International Speedway. Read More...