NASCAR expanded the eligibility rules for the 75-lap preseason Clash at Daytona to include former Daytona 500 winners in addition to the previous season's pole-winners, past Daytona 500 pole-winners and the previous season's playoff drivers. That will allow Jamie McMurray and Ryan Newman to be eligible and create a 20-car field. McMurray, Newman, Paul Menard and Daniel Suarez are the four drivers in addition to the 16 who made the playoffs to earn spots in the field.

Bob Pockrass, NASCAR14h ago

Jamie McMurray, who has seven career NASCAR Cup wins in 582 career starts, will join Fox Sports as an analyst for its prerace shows and weekday shows in 2019, the network announced. McMurray is being replaced by Kurt Busch in the Chip Ganassi Racing No. 1 car in 2019 and Ganassi has said he expects the 42-year-old McMurray to agree to a one-race deal to drive an additional Ganassi-prepared car in the 2019 Daytona 500.

Bob Pockrass, NASCAR2d ago

Dale Earnhardt Jr. will drive the pace vehicle (a Chevrolet Silverado) for the start of the 2019 Daytona 500.

Bob Pockrass, NASCAR3d ago

In an attempt to avoid the sweltering Las Vegas heat, NASCAR will start its playoff-opening race at 4 p.m. Pacific (7 p.m. Eastern) Sept. 15 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The race was a noon PT start in 2018. NASCAR released start times for its 2019 Cup Series schedule Tuesday, and no other race has a time adjustment of more than an hour.

Bob Pockrass, NASCAR3d ago

Chris Gabehart, who spent the last three years as crew chief for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Xfinity Series, will crew chief Denny Hamlin in the NASCAR Cup Series next year.

Bob Pockrass, NASCAR7d ago