Denny Hamlin didn’t leave Daytona happy following a P31 finish in the 500. However, it wasn’t for the reason most fans assumed. Following a chaotic finish to the race, the veteran driver used the latest episode of Actions Detrimental to explain the late-race pit cycle that scrambled the field and separated multiple manufacturers.
Brad Keselowski had a shot to win the Daytona 500 on Sunday before one move out of his control changed everything. Keselowski got a run coming off Turn 4 on the final lap and looked capable of getting side-by-side with Chase Elliott and Tyler Reddick coming to the start-finish line.
A daring strategy nearly stole the spotlight at the Daytona 500, as Michael McDowell was looking for his second Harley J. Earl. However, Denny Hamlin isn’t convinced it ever would have worked out for the No.
Connor Zilisch shared a funny story about Noah Gragson learning about the penalty he received ahead of the Daytona 500. On the Door Bumper Clear podcast, Zilisch revealed that Gragson didn’t realize he was penalized for having his hand out of the opening of the window during a qualifying run.
Michael Jordan is used to winning. He won a national championship while at North Carolina, won six NBA titles with the Chicago Bulls and even has won Olympic gold medals.
Carson Hocevar had an eventful week at Daytona International Speedway which included taking part in this past Saturday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race.
Tyler Reddick and his family went through a tough time in the latter half of 2025. The Cup Series driver’s infant son, Rookie, had to undergo surgery to remove a kidney after he was diagnosed with a tumor that was increasing the stress on his heart.
Justin Allgaier took 100% of the blame for the big wreck that happened during Lap 124 of the Daytona 500 on Sunday. Denny Hamlin, too, was involved in the incident and admitted graciously on Actions Detrimental that 20% of the blame belonged to him.
It’s become common in the Daytona 500 for drivers to run half throttle under green flag conditions. This is done as a way to burn as little fuel as possible, so that they can spend less time on pit road and gain valuable track position.
Richard Childress Racing driver Austin Hill followed through on his superspeedway expertise at the Daytona International Speedway on Saturday. He reached Victory Lane in the first race of the O’Reilly Auto Parts season and increased his drafting track win tally to eleven.
NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series driver Natalie Decker was involved in a puzzling crash in Saturday's season-opening United Rentals 300 at Daytona International Speedway.
Duvall died Sunday at age 95, and while "Days of Thunder" was not his most well-known role, it did spark one of the most iconic phrases in the current NASCAR lexicon.
Denny Hamlin was impressed with Tyler Reddick‘s run to win the 2026 Daytona 500 on Sunday. On the Actions Detrimental podcast, Hamlin discussed how Reddick’s run was similar to what he saw from Dale Earnhardt Jr.
NASCAR Cup Series driver and 23XI Racing co-owner Denny Hamlin defended the controversial last-lap move of 23XI driver Riley Herbst in Sunday's Daytona 500.
Tyler Reddick ascended to become one of the NASCAR Cup Series’ best in 2024, winning the regular season championship and earning a spot in the Championship 4.
Tyler Reddick took the checkered flag in the Daytona 500 on Sunday, snapping a 38-race winless streak. But what if his 23XI Racing teammate, Riley Herbst, had not cut off Brad Keselowski on the outside roughly 100 yards from the start-finish line?
With NASCAR returning to a season-long Chase championship format, consistency has once again become the sport’s most valuable currency. That placed William Byron squarely at the center of debate.
The NASCAR season is now set in motion as drivers have completed the Daytona 500. Next week, the Cup Series heads to EchoPark Speedway, and over the next few weeks, the standings will begin to shape up.
When it comes to superspeedway racing, no one wants to see fuel saving for most of the final stage. No one wants to see it, really, at all. So, what's going to fix that?