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The NASCAR Cup season officially starts with the 67th run of the Daytona 500 on Sunday (14:30 ET on Fox)
A new season offers new hope and also new businesses. 23xi Racing, Trackhouse Racing, RFK Racing and Front Row Motorsports each added a full-time cup team. Haas factory team makes its debut this season. Team Penske is looking for his fourth consecutive cup title.
Here is a look at the good news and bad news for Cup teams on the way to Daytona.
23xi Racing – Good news: Both Bubba Wallace (fifth) and Tyler Reddick (eighth) end in the 10 in the collision at Bowman Gray Stadium. … The organization is expanding to three cars with the addition of newcomer Riley Herbst. … Bubba Wallace finished second in Daytona three times, including twice in the 500. Bad news: Reddick finished 27th or worse in each of his first six Daytona 500s. The only other drivers who did this were the ultimate Nascar Hall of Famers Buddy Baker and Red Farmer.
Pre -drive Motorport – Good News: The team expands to three cars in 2025 with drivers Todd Gilliland, Zane Smith and Noah Gragson. … Smith has two trucks in Daytona. … The crew head Drew Blickensderfer followed Gragson of Stewart-Haas Racing to the front row in the off-season. … Gragson was ninth in Daytona 500. Bad news: Gilliland failed to complete all three of his Daytona 500 Begin due to accidents.
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Haas Factory Team – Good News: Cole Custer returns to the cup series after spending the past two seasons in the Xfinity series. He won the XFinity title in 2023 and finished second in 2024. Bad news: New team that comes from the remains of Stewart-Haas Racing.
Hendrick Motorsports – Good News: William Byron won the Daytona 500 last year … Kyle Larson’s fourth place in Talladega in last year’s play-off matches ended a 14-year-old without a top 10 on a drawing track (Daytona, Talladega and Atlanta). … Alex Bowman had three Daytona 500 Poland, one of the record four held by Bill Elliott, Buddy Baker and Cale Yarborough. … The organization has won the Daytona 500 pole eight of the past ten years. … Chase Elliott comes from his victory in the collision at Bowman Gray Stadium. Bad news: Larson stopped fuel while leding 500 at the last round of the 2017 Daytona and lost the race. He has never finished better than seventh in the 500.
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Hyak Motorsports – Good News: Ricky Stenhouse jr. Won the most recent race on a Superspeedway and took the checkered flag during the October play -off match in Talladega. Bad news: Stenhouse failed to finish five of his last six Daytona start due to accidents.
Joe Gibbs Racing – Good News: Denny Hamlin won three of the last nine Daytona 500s. … The previous twice Hamlin started a season with a new crew head, he won the Daytona 500 (2016 with Mike Wheeler and 2019 with Chris Gabehart). Hamlin is entering this year with Chris Gayle as his new head of crew. … Christopher Bell has no worse than sixth in the last three races on setting tracks: Talladega and Atlanta in the playoffs and the August Daytona race. … JGR led 1,387 rounds in the Daytona 500, most of any organization. Bad news: The team is winless in the last 18 points races. … Chase Briscoe ends last in the 23-car field at the collision at Bowman Gray Stadium due to steering problems. … Hamlin’s best Daytona 500 end point in the next Gen Car is 17th in 2023 … Ty Gibbs has not finished better than 17 in his two Daytona 500.
The Cup, XFinity, Truck and Arca series start their seasons at Daytona International Speedway.
Kaulig Racing – Good News: In his last four Daytona 500, AJ All Control finished in the top -10. … Three of Ty Dillon’s seven career-top-10 finishes came to Daytona. Bad news: Both cars could not progress to the Clash function at Bowman Gray.
Legacy Motor Club – Good News: John Hunter Nemecheek finished 11th and seventh in his two Daytona 500. … Jimmie Johnson is entered for the Daytona 500, which would be his 699th career. Bad news: Erik Jones comes from a 2024 season that achieved a career low two top 10 finishes.
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Richard Childress Racing – Good News: Dale Earnhardt won his lonely Daytona 500 in his 20th start in the race in 1998. Kyle Busch, who is still looking for his first Daytona 500 victory, will make his 20th start in the Great American Race over the weekend. Is it the year for Busch? … Two of Austin Dillon’s five Career Cup victories came to Daytona, including the 2018 Daytona 500. Bad news: Dillon finished 32nd in points last year. … Busch is entering this year with a 57-winning streak.
Rick True Racing – Good News: Corey Lajoie, which is a partial schedule in the no. 01 car driving, scored five of his 11 Career Cup Top-10 in Daytona, including three top 10s in the Daytona 500 … Both of Cody Ware’s cup-top-10 finals came in his last three Daytona started , including a career-best fourth there in August last year. … Seven of the organization’s 10 top 10 finishes came to Daytona. Bad news: The organization did not have a car finish in the top 20 in last year’s Daytona 500.
The beginning of a season brings new hope and can bring even more to these drivers.
RFK Racing – Good News: Chris Buescher reached the Clash function at Bowman Gray Stadium, and the first time he advanced to the Clash function in four years. … Ryan Preece joins the team this year and gives RFK races three cars. … Brad Keselowski has seven wins on the setting of tracks, most among active drivers. Bad news: Keselowski was unable to finish six of the last eight Daytona 500s due to accidents.
Spire Motorsports – Good News: Michael McDowell, who is new to the team this season, has won the pole for the last five races on the setting of tracks. … crew head Rodney Childers, who won a cup title, joins the team and the Justin Haley team will lead this season. Bad news: McDowell has only one top 10 final in his last eight races on track setting up. … Carson Hocevar was 40th place in the Daytona 500 last year, his only start in the race.
It will not take long for cars to be at the time at Daytona International Speedway and the Daytona 500 takes the green flag.
Team Penske – Good News: All three team cars ended in the top -10 in the collision at Bowman Gray: Ryan Blaney was second, Joey Logano ranked fourth and Austin Cindric was seventh. … Cindric, the winner of Daytona 500 in 2022, placed second in his Daytona qualifying race for the past three seasons. … Logano won the pole for last year’s Daytona 500. Bad news: Blaney has not completed the last three races at Daytona due to accidents. … The last time a ruling cup champion won the Daytona 500 the next season was Dale Jarrett in 2000. Logano will try to tighten the drought this year.
Trackhouse Racing – Good News: The team has four cars in the Daytona 500: Ross Chastain, Daniel Suarez, Shane van Gisberben and Helio CastroneVes. Bad news: Chastain started one top 10 final in its last 11 with the setting of tracks.
Wood Brothers Racing – Good News: The last time the series chased Daytona won the Wood Brothers with Harrison Burton driving in the car in August. … Josh Berry joined the team in the off -season. Bad news: Berry rode for Stewart-Haas Racing last year and did not complete 10 races-most in the series.
