Corey LaJoie Has Intriguing DFS Value At Daytona

Corey LaJoie has had an interesting history over the past three years at Daytona. The Spire Motorsports driver starts 24th on Sunday. However, there are grounds for hope. LaJoie has three top-ten finishes in his previous six starts on the 2.5-mile track. His overall average result was 13 which is third among all active NASCAR […]

Aric Almirola Starts From Back At Daytona

Aric Almirola expects to have quite a battle on his hands on Sunday at Daytona. He begins from the 38th position after a disastrous duel race on Thursday night. Almirola did qualify fourth earlier in the week but his practice sessions have been around the top ten. Aside from the 29th in the first practice, […]

Justin Haley Relishes Challenges Of Daytona

Justin Haley is one of those drivers who has limited experience at the highest level when it comes to Daytona. Haley has just three appearances. However, he has a win and another top-10 result. The win came in 2019 during the second race at Daytona which was just 127 laps. Then, in 2020, Haley improved […]

William Byron May Need Help To Finish Well At Daytona

William Byron qualified among the top four drivers earlier in the week but starts Sunday 23rd at the Daytona 500. The Hendrick Motorsports Racing driver finished outside the top-10 in his duel race which surprised some pundits. Daytona has not been kind to Byron especially when it comes to the 200-lap race. Byron crashed in […]

Kevin Harvick Starts 22nd At Daytona On Sunday

Kevin Harvick was on the tail end of the top 10 during his Duel race on Thursday night. The Stewart-Haas Racing driver never truly was a factor near the front of the 60-lap race. Harvick finished fifth in 2020 and fourth last year while leading 17 laps. The next-gen car has not been kind to […]

Denny Hamlin Expects To Move Up At Daytona

Denny Hamlin has not had a good week. He starts the Daytona 500 from the 30th position on Sunday. His Next-Gen car lagged a good deal behind throughout most of his Duel race. However, in qualifying, he did finish eighth and that may be something to point to. The speed is there. What Hamlin possesses […]

Joey Logano Relegated To Backup Car At Daytona

Joey Logano was racing near the front during his Duel race on Thursday night before he crashed his primary car. The end result is that Logano will start 20th on Sunday in the Daytona 500. Furthermore, the backup car just causes concern. Granted, the Team Penske driver has won the Daytona 500 before. He led […]

Kurt Busch Has New Beginning For This Daytona 500

Kurt Busch joined 23XI Racing for the 2022 season with Bubba Wallace. He qualified 17th for the Daytona 500 and will start right behind his teammate. The No. 45 car will feature a driver who no doubt is re-energized after a turbulent 2021 season. The elder Busch had a series of near misses with Team […]

Bubba Wallace Has DFS Potential At Daytona

Bubba Wallace and the 23XI Racing team have high hopes for Sunday's race at the Daytona 500. Wallace can point to past success on the track including a near-win in 2018 (second place). The No. 23 car has fared well at Daytona too. He was in the top ten before a wreck in 2021 on […]

Tyler Reddick Starts 15th On Sunday At Daytona

Tyler Reddick had very little success at Daytona in the top tier. That changed last summer when he raced to a fifth place finish. The Richard Childress car held up the entire race and most importantly he avoided wrecks. Reddick crashed out the first three times on the 2.5-mile track. Now, can he continue that […]

Martin Truex Jr. May Not Be A Factor At Daytona

Martin Truex Jr. had a nice result in Duel 2 on Thursday. That sixth-place result leads to him starting 14th on Sunday. Truex Jr. had his close run to Daytona 500 glory in 2016 when he narrowly missed out on a win finishing in second. In his three appearances with Joe Gibbs Racing, Truex Jr. […]

Erik Jones Has Mixed Bag Of History At Daytona

Erik Jones has won at Daytona. He led the final lap of the summer 2018 race and took the checkered flag. In 2019, he nearly won the Daytona 500. Jones and his then Joe Gibbs car started 27th and ended up in third. Since then, it has been a different story. Jones never got close […]

Chase Briscoe Begins Sunday Ninth At Daytona

Kevin Harvick was expected to be the front-running Stewart-Haas Racing driver, but that may not end up being the case. Chase Briscoe jumped in and finished fourth in Duel 1 on Thursday night. That result put him on Row 5 to start the Daytona 500 on Sunday. Briscoe had issues with his car last year […]

Harrison Burton Starts Eighth At Daytona On Sunday

Harrison Burton and his Wood Brothers Racing car surprised a few pundits with a third-place result in Duel 2 on Thursday night. As a result, Burton will start eighth on Sunday afternoon in the Daytona 500. He does have some success in the Xfinity series on the track. Burton finished second there and led at […]

Christopher Bell Has Spotlight On Him At Daytona

Christopher Bell and his No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing car have a bit of a spotlight on them for Sunday's Daytona 500. Bell was in contention for good parts of last year's race and even led 32 laps before fading to 16th. He then won the road race the very next week. Bell likes the […]

Chase Elliott Has Opportunity To Win Daytona 500

Chase Elliott and his Hendrick Motorsports Racing car could very well be in position to win again on Sunday. He has three top-ten results in his previous six races on the track. Elliott starts 11th which might buffer him from any possible early wrecks. That includes two runner-ups and one in last year's Daytona 500. […]

Kyle Busch A Wild Card At Daytona 500

Kyle Busch managed to qualify 10th for the Daytona 500 on Sunday afternoon. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver showed some speed late in his duel race. The younger Busch has had an excellent car the past several years. That included a second-place result in 2018. He even was in a prime position last year before […]

Ryan Blaney Starts Seventh For The Daytona 500

Ryan Blaney from Team Penske managed to stay near the front of the first Daytona Duel, and that helped him to a seventh-place start for Sunday's Great American Race. The Daytona 500 has not always been kind to the No. 12 driver. His car has been incredible at times, though. Blaney led 118 laps at […]

Michael McDowell Seeks Repeat Win At Daytona

It was a long shot for Michael McDowell to win last year. How long? Try 66 to 1. However, he survived the two biggest wrecks of the race -- including one on the final lap. He found himself in front and won the Daytona 500. McDowell has a history of being successful on super speedway […]

Austin Cindric Looking To Show Strength Of Ford At Daytona

Austin Cindric showed in the Xfinity series how good he can be at Daytona. At last year's Daytona 500, a top ten finish looked very likely -- before the last lap wreck, that was as massive as the Lap 14 wreck. Cindric still finished in 15th after starting 39th, and it showed the strength of […]

Chris Buescher Looks To Contend At Daytona After Duel Win

Chris Buescher was awarded the win in Daytona Duel 2 on Thursday night. The RFK Racing driver looked as fast as his teammate Brad Keselowski (who won Daytona Duel 1). The No. 17 ran great and handled even better during the 60-lap race. What most forget is that Buescher has enjoyed a good deal of […]

Brad Keselowski Wins Duel 1, Starts Third At Daytona

Brad Keselowski did not make the main event two weeks ago but won the first Daytona Duel. The 60-lap race (150 miles) showed the might of the Ford on Thursday night. Roush Fenwick Keselowski Racing (RFK) performed exceedingly well as Chris Buescher was awarded the win during the second Daytona Duel. The Ford car for […]

Alex Bowman Looking For Daytona 500 Success

Alex Bowman qualified second on the front row with Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kyle Larson earlier in the week. Bowman's biggest problem is turning these excellent qualifying efforts into sustained success during the Daytona 500. Last year, Bowman was caught in the "Early Big One" and he finished 35th. His best finished in the 200 lap […]

Kyle Larson Wins Pole For Daytona 500

Kyle Larson won the pole earlier in the week for the Daytona 500. It is interesting that Larson has not raced well on the 2.5-mile track. However, one wrinkle from the third practice was seeing all Hendrick Motorsports Racing drivers practicing drafting exercises. That's right. Drafting exercises. Larson's career-best result on the track is 7th. […]

Patrick Reed Has Less Potential At Genesis

Patrick Reed's weekend problems continued for a second straight tournament at The Farmer's. He shot a 72-73 over that weekend as Reed lost copious strokes to the field. Reed is averaging less than 286 yards off the tee and cannot hit anything with accuracy. Those ranks are 135th and 166th respectively. So, if the first […]

Corey Connors Tries To Improve At Riviera

Corey Connors made the cut last week at the WM Phoenix Open. It was his weekend that dropped him to a tie for 38th. His back nine struggles on the third round snowballed into an uneven final round. Ultimately, Connors wound up with a 72 dropping more strokes. Around the green is his biggest issue […]

Max Homa A Bit Of A Long Shot At Genesis

Max Homa started to play better last week at the WM Phoenix Open. He finished five shots off from the leaders and looked a good deal more confident. Could that carry over to the Genesis this week? It's possible. He ranks near the top-40 in putting and total strokes gained at .78 which ranks 44th. […]

Cameron Tringale's Roller Coaster May Continue At Genesis

Cameron Tringale's 2022 has been an exercise in what must go up often comes down, only in reverse. He started off poorly by missing the cut at The American Express, but then nabbed a top-three finish at the Farmers. He was just one shot away several times and narrowly missed the playoff. His average scrambling […]

Harold Varner III's Tee Shot Could Be A Problem At Genesis

Harold Varner III has been having some interesting issues off the tee lately on the PGA Tour. On the Asian Tour, Varner III did edge out Bubba Watson a couple of weeks ago to win in Saudi Arabia. It was by far one of his best four round performances on tour. The American golfer held […]

Sam Burns Still Having Issues Heading To Riviera

2022 has not been very kind to Sam Burns so far. He missed a ton of putts at the opening Tournament of Champions in January then missed the cut in his next two appearances. Again, bad second rounds compounded by errant shots were the main culprit. Burns is definitely in a funk and yet his […]