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Countdown to the DAYTONA 500: 13 days to go

Today marks 13 days before NASCAR Cup Series drivers compete in the 67th running of the Great American Race. In 663 total starts in the NASCAR Cup Series, car No. 13 is credited with winning one race—the second qualifying race for the 1963 DAYTONA 500, with Johnny Rutherford behind the wheel of Smokey Yunick’s Chevrolet. In those days, the qualifiers counted as official races. Rutherford went on to finish ninth, four laps down, in the subsequent DAYTONA 500. Four years later, Curtis Turner won the DAYTONA 500 pole in Yunick’s No. 13 but fell out of the race after 142 laps because of engine failure.

Countdown to the DAYTONA 500: 14 days to go

Today marks 14 days before the NASCAR Cup Series drivers suit up for the most prestigious event on the schedule, the 2025 DAYTONA 500. A car that started 14th on the grid has won this season-opening race only one time in its previous 66-year history – Austin Dillon’s thrilling last lap victory in 2018. Car No. 14 has never won the DAYTONA 500 and this year for the first time in 16 seasons, there will be no No. 14 on the grid.

 

Countdown to the DAYTONA 500: 15 days to go...

 Saturday February 1ST...Today marks 15 days before NASCAR Cup Series drivers compete in the 67th running of the Great American Race. Car No. 15 has taken the checkered flag in the DAYTONA 500 three times, the first with NASCAR Hall of Famer Bobby Allison behind the wheel of the Bud Moore Engineering Ford Thunderbird in 1978. Michael Waltrip drove the No. 15 Dale Earnhardt Inc. Chevrolet to victory in 2001 in the race where his car owner, seven-time champion Dale Earnhardt, tragically lost his life. Two years later, Waltrip would take the No. 15 Monte Carlo to Victory Lane once again in NASCAR’s iconic race.

Countdown to the DAYTONA 500: 16 days to go

 

January 31, 2025

 

By Holly Cain

NASCAR Wire Service

 

Today marks 16 days before the NASCAR Cup Series drivers suit up for the biggest race of the year, the 2025 DAYTONA 500. The number "16" is an unparalleled mark of excellence and endurance in the race. NASCAR Hall of Famer Bill Elliott completed every lap of the scheduled 200-lap race 16 times – the most ever. Additionally, Elliott, who won the 1985 DAYTONA 500 from the pole position, also completed every lap in the 2003 rain-shorted race and every lap in three extended races in 2006, 2010, 2011.

 

Tune-in to the 2025 DAYTONA 500 on Sunday, February 16 at 2:30 p.m. ET on FOX, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

 

 

Countdown to the DAYTONA 500: 17 days to go

 

January 30, 2025

 

By Reid Spencer

NASCAR Wire Service

 

Today marks 17 days before NASCAR Cup Series drivers compete in the 67th running of the Great American Race. In 2009 and 2012, NASCAR Hall of Famer Matt Kenseth drove the No. 17 Roush Fenway Racing Ford to victory in the DAYTONA 500. Kenseth’s first victory in NASCAR’s most prestigious race was shortened by rain to 152 laps, making a winner of Drew Blickensderfer in his debut as a NASCAR Cup Series crew chief. Kenseth’s 2012 win required overtime in a race extended two laps beyond its scheduled distance.

 

Tune-in to the 2025 DAYTONA 500 on Sunday, February 16 at 2:30 p.m. ET on FOX, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

Countdown to the DAYTONA 500: 18 days to go

Wednesday January 29th..Today marks 18 days before the NASCAR Cup Series drivers suit up for the biggest race of the year, the 2025 DAYTONA 500. The number “18” represents a record-setting achievement in the Great American Race. The youngest driver to ever race in the DAYTONA 500 was Joey Logano, whose first start in 2009 was at the age of 18 years, eight months and 22 days. Although Logano finished last – 43rd - in his Daytona debut after a single car crash 81 laps into the race – Logano’s legacy thereafter has stood the test of time. He returned to win the 2015 DAYTONA 500 and is currently the reigning three-time NASCAR Cup Series champion.

 

Countdown to the DAYTONA 500: 19 days to go

 

January 28, 2025

 

By Reid Spencer

NASCAR Wire Service

 

Today marks 19 days before the NASCAR Cup Series drivers compete in the 67th running of the Great American Race. For anyone who qualifies mid-pack, the 19th-place starting position isn’t a bad spot on the grid. Three drivers have won NASCAR’s most prestigious race after qualifying 19th—LeeRoy Yarbrough in 1969, Michael Waltrip in 2001 and Ward Burton in 2002. In contrast, no driver has ever won the DAYTONA 500 from 20th.

 

Tune-in to the 2025 DAYTONA 500 on Sunday, February 16 at 2:30 p.m. ET on FOX, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

Countdown to the DAYTONA 500: 20 days to go

 

January 27, 2025

 

By Holly Cain

NASCAR Wire Service

 

Today marks 20 days before the NASCAR Cup Series drivers suit up for the biggest race of the year, the 2025 DAYTONA 500, and the number “20” has an interesting history with the race – winning only a single time in its storied 67-year history. Marvin Panch won the third running of the DAYTONA 500 in 1961 in the No. 20 Pontiac Catalina; tuned by the legendary Smokey Yunick. Panch was out front only the final 13 laps inheriting the lead when his teammate Fireball Roberts’ car blew an engine after pacing the field for 170 of the 200 laps. Of Panch's 17 NASCAR Cup Series victories, his 1961 DAYTONA 500 win was his only career victory at Daytona International Speedway.

 

Tune-in to the 2025 DAYTONA 500 on Sunday, February 16 at 2:30 p.m. ET on FOX, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

 
       

 

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