This season, NASCAR and Xfinity are introducing a Fastest Lap award that will give one driver in each race a bonus point. Cup, Xfinity, and Truck Series races will all award a driver for the fastest lap.

The countdown continues as Clash weekend arrives and Daytona's NASCAR Speedweek gets closer and closer. With the 2025 Daytona 500 looming on Feb. 16, the Daytona Beach News-Journal is checking off the boxes on the calendar until the 67th running of the Great American Race.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. and TJ Majors believe NASCAR’s new DVP (Damaged Vehicle Policy) rule will be a good thing for the sport. On Dale Jr. Download, Earnhardt and Majors discussed how the new DVP rule will impact races.

Dale Earnhardt Sr. is survived by his wife Teresa Earnhardt and four children: Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Miller, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Taylor Nicole Earnhardt. The 2025 Daytona 500 will take place at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 16 at the Daytona International Speedway.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. has blasted the current "driver mentality," and in particular Denny Hamlin, for not retaliating during the 2025 NASCAR Clash at the Bowman Gray Stadium. Earnhardt criticized Hamlin's approach for not being aggressive enough to overtake Chase Elliott after a small clash,