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The first major event of Speedweeks is the 24 Hours of Daytona.Currently it is held the final weekend of January, which is also on the weekend of the conference championship games of the NFL Playoffs due to the Pro Bowl now being the bye week for the Super Bowl since the 2021 NFL season made an adjustment that became a 17-game schedule.
Daytona Speedweeks In Daytona 500 qualifying, Chase Briscoe of Joe Gibbs Racing scored the pole and was joined on the front row by Austin Cindric of Team Penske . In the Duels, Briscoe started on the pole for Duel 1 while Cindric started on the pole for Duel 2.
The 2025 Daytona 500 was a NASCAR Cup Series race and the 67th running of the event, held on Sunday, February 16, 2025, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. [3]
SpeedWeek was an American television program on ESPN.For fourteen years, the weekly show aired multiple times in a week. [3] [4] When SpeedWeek ended in 1997, it was the longest-running motorsports magazine show. [1]
In February 2012, it was announced that a 0.400 mi (0.644 km) paved short track would be constructed along the backstretch of the Speedway's main course, for NASCAR's lower-tier series to compete at during Speedweeks called the UNOH Battle at the Beach, which is similar to the Toyota All-Star Showdown, formerly held at Irwindale Speedway. [30]
Logo for the 1994 Daytona 500. The 1994 Daytona 500, the 36th running of the event, was held February 20 at Daytona International Speedway, in Daytona Beach, Florida. Loy Allen Jr., ARCA graduate and Winston Cup rookie, driving the No. 19 for TriStar Motorsports, won the pole.
The team showed up at Daytona Speedweeks with a white unsponsored Pontiac Grand Prix. Lycos.com signed on to be the team's sponsor for the year on the morning of the Daytona 500. During the race, Benson and crew chief James Ince gambled on a late pitstop when they took only two right side tires and fuel, to come out with the lead with 43 laps ...
This year's Speedweeks followed a familiar pattern, Fireball was the class of the field. he won the pole for his qualifying race in his Smokey Yunick prepared 1962 Pontiac and again led from flag to flag, averaging 156.999 mph (252.665 km/h) over the 40 laps to set the all-time Grand National race speed record.