Chandler Smith's hopes of making the 2025 Daytona 500 have come to an end. Smith was involved in a hard crash on Lap 14 of Thursday's duel race. After climbing inside the top-five, contact from Justin Haley sent both Smith and Haley hard into the outside wall, knocking both drivers out of the race.

JJ Yeley and Chandler Smith saw their bids to make the field for the 2025 Daytona 500 come to an end in Duel Qualifier 1 on Thursday night at Daytona International Speedway.

Denny Hamlin was the fastest overall driver in Wednesday's opening practice session for the Daytona 500, while Chandler Smith paced the nine "Open" drivers on the entry list.

For Dale Earnhardt Jr. and his sister Kelley Earnhardt Miller, it was the superspeedway where they played as children and watched their father win 34 races before he lost his life in the 2001 Daytona 500. Now, the brother and sister return to the 2.5-mile superspeedway for their first start in the Daytona 500 with their team – JR Motorsports.

The spectacle of the 2025 Daytona 500 kicks off on Wednesday night with single-car qualifying, which will set the front row for the 67th running of the event. Here's everything you need to know about the week's schedule — and about the drivers vying to earn a spot in the history books.

Two Daytona 500 starting spots will be awarded to the highest open finishers in each qualifier. In the first race, the open cars are being driven by Truex, Justin Allgaier, Helio Castroneves, Chandler Smith and JJ Yeley. In the second race, the open cars are being driven by Johnson, Corey LaJoie, Anthony Alfredo and BJ McLeod.

Calamity was served early and often throughout Thursday night's NASCAR Cup Series Duel Qualifier Races, which officially set the starting lineups for Sunday's 6

Helio Castroneves, a four-time Indy 500 winner, was involved in a crash in Thursday's Daytona Duels and will take a provisional to run Sunday's Daytona 500.

(AP) — The Daytona 500 has NASCAR’s most unusual — and complicated ... Corey LaJoie, B.J. McLeod, Chandler Smith, Martin Truex Jr. and J.J. Yeley. “It’s not just seven whatevers," Johnson said. "When you look through the affiliations and ...

Qualifying for the 2025 Daytona 500 continued Thursday with the Daytona Duels. Read highlights and analysis from the NASCAR races.

The NASCAR Cup Series continues Daytona Speedweeks with the Daytona 500 Duels from Daytona International Speedway on Thursday

Chandler Smith, who is driving the No. 66 Ford Mustang ... plenty of hope that they can clock into the Daytona 500 field in Wednesday night's draft-less Daytona 500 qualifying session (set for ...