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The NASCAR offseason saw drivers move to new teams and new crew chiefs join established drivers. Bob Pockrass ranks the changes.

Kyle Busch and Tyler Reddick, the two NASCAR Cup playoff drivers to switch teams for 2023, are busy prepping for next season.

The focus in NASCAR has yet to shift to the actual playoff racing as only three events remain to crown a new Cup champion.

The NASCAR Cup Series begins its playoff Round of 8 this weekend in Las Vegas with eight drivers vying for a spot in Phoenix’s championship race next month. It is the youngest Round of 8 crop in the history of the Cup playoffs with Christopher Bell, Chase Briscoe, William Byron and Ross Chastain advancing this far for the first time. Tyler Reddick starts from the pole, while William Byron starts highest among playoff drivers inside the second row. Tyler Reddick enters +900 while Chastain and two-time champion Kyle Busch open with a +1000 moneyline. NASCAR Cup Series playoff standings entering the weekendChase Elliott - 4,046Joey Logano - 4,026Ross Chastain - 4,021Christopher Bell - 4,018Ryan Blaney - 4,015William Byron - 4,015Denny Hamlin - 4,013Chase Briscoe - 4,009Weather for the South Point 400It's Las Vegas and it's not winter.

Tyler Reddick’s switch to 23XI Racing is happening next season. Reddick is leaving Richard Childress Racing at the end of the season and will replace Kurt Busch. Reddick had signed with 23XI ahead of the 2024 season but still had another year on his contract with RCR. Busch has been replaced by Xfinity Series driver Ty Gibbs at 23XI in 2022. The two-time Xfinity Series champion moved full-time to the Cup Series in 2020 and has made the playoffs in each of the last two seasons.

NASCAR champion Kurt Busch says he won't be back for the rest of the season because of a concussion and also will not compete full-time in 2023.

Christopher Bell saved his title chances with an overtime win Sunday on the road course at Charlotte Motor Speedway in a stunning finish that knocked reigning NASCAR champion Kyle Larson from the playoffs.

The NASCAR Cup Series will whittle its playoff field from 12 to eight drivers this weekend at the Charlotte Roval. Daniel Suarez comes into the weekend with the final playoff spot, 12 points ahead of Chase Briscoe. Here is everything you need to know for the Bank of America Roval 400:NASCAR Cup Series Roval weekend schedule and how to watchFans in the United States can watch the race on NBC or the NBC Sports app (cable or satellite subscription required). ET (NBC)Bank of America Roval 400: 2 - 5 p.m. ET (NBC, NBC Sports app, MRN, SiriusXM)Post-race show: 5 - 6 p.m.

There was also a 56-minute red flag for lightning, and a record 36 lead changes among 19 drivers. Logano was concerned about the vibration in the right rear of his car throughout the closing laps. None of the four playoff races so far have been won by a driver still eligible for the title. Hamlin stayed alongside with Byron during the caution period, livid because of the position he was losing on the track. I wouldn’t blame Goodyear.”Goodyear and NASCAR officials said there were several teams that didn’t have tire issues.

The 334 laps at Texas Motor Speedway provided quite a tumultuous start to the NASCAR playoff round of 12.

Tyler Reddick picked up a victory Sunday at Texas, but there was a major feud brewing between Denny Hamlin and William Byron as the playoffs heat up.

FORT WORTH, Texas — (AP) — Tyler Reddick opened the round of 12 in NASCAR's playoff with a victory at Texas on Sunday, winning a week after being one of the first four Cup drivers knocked out of title contention. After none of the contenders won the first three races of the playoffs — a first in any round in this postseason format — the trend continued with the eliminated Reddick leading 53 of the final 54 laps on a long race day that went into the night. Non-playoff drivers Kevin Harvick and Martin Truex Jr. also had tire issues when leading the race at the 1 1/2-mile track. Bell, the Oklahoma native who considers Texas his home track, couldn’t recover from a second tire issue that led to his race-ending crash after finishing only 136 laps. He was the only driver to finish in the top five in all three races in the first round of this postseason.

Tyler Reddick got his third win of the season in a race at Texas Motor Speedway that NASCAR wants to forget as soon as possible. While numerous drivers had tire problems throughout the course of the race, three drivers crashed out from the lead because of tire problems. NASCAR said that Hamlin didn’t maintain minimum speed and made him line back up outside the top 10. NASCAR was forced to throw scheduled cautions during that race because the tire didn’t have any durability. NASCAR didn’t schedule any tire cautions on Sunday, but you couldn’t have blamed them if they did.

Tyler Reddick opened the round of 12 in NASCAR’s playoff with a victory at Texas.

Kyle Busch pulled into the Bristol Motor Speedway garage with a blown engine, effectively ending his storied tenure with Joe Gibbs Racing at 15 seasons. As a signing bonus, Childress presented Busch with a Rolex watch.

At least a dozen of the playoff drivers had some sort of problem with NASCAR’s new Next Gen car Saturday night at Bristol.

Chris Buescher closed out a bizarre first round of NASCAR’s playoffs in which none of the title contenders won a race by becoming the 19th winner this season with his victory Saturday night at Bristol Motor Speedway.

ET, USA) is the second race at Bristol this year. That means we’re all flying blind a bit when it comes to betting Saturday night’s race. Only the top nine drivers in this year’s points standings seem safe entering Saturday night’s race. Before we get to the odds from BetMGM, here’s a quick refresher on the points standings. Byron has two top-10 finishes in seven Bristol starts.

8 car starting in 2023," Busch said of moving to the team based about an hour north of Charlotte. When Childress joined Busch at the announcement, the Hall of Fame team owner presented Busch's 7-year-old son, Brexton, with a contract option to someday drive for RCR. But before that, Childress handed Busch his “signing bonus,” which was a boxed watch. Childress in 2011 tussled with Busch after a Truck Series race at Kansas Speedway. Childress and Busch, now 37 years old, long ago made amends, which helped make RCR a landing spot for Busch during his excruciatingly long free agency period.

Kyle Busch will move to Richard Childress Racing next season, ending a 15-year career with Joe Gibbs Racing because the team could not come to terms with NASCAR’s only active multiple Cup champion.

Bubba Wallace won his second career NASCAR Cup Series race and denied the playoff field of an automatic spot in the next round for the second straight week when he held off championship contenders Denny Hamlin and Christopher Bell to win at Kansas Speedway.

It didn’t seem much could still go wrong this year for Kyle Busch until his engine blew with 22 laps remaining in NASCAR’s opening playoff race.

Erik Jones took the lead when Kyle Busch’s engine blew up, then pulled away from Denny Hamlin after a final restart 20 laps from the end to win the opening NASCAR Cup Series playoff race at Darlington Raceway on Sunday night.

Austin Dillon avoided a massive wreck in the rain to win at Daytona International Speedway and snag a playoff spot in the Cup Series’ regular-season finale.

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — (AP) — Chase Elliott won the NASCAR Cup pole on Saturday at Watkins Glen International, edging Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kyle Larson for the top spot. Elliott, a two-time winner at The Glen, turned a fast lap of 1 minute, 10.477 seconds around the 2.45-mile natural terrain road course. Larson, who won last year's race at The Glen, finished in 1:10.516, just ahead of Michael McDowell. Former Formula One champion Kimi Raikkonen, who came out of retirement for the chance to enter NASCAR'S top series, qualified 27th in his Cup debut. Raikkonen is driving for TrackHouse Racing and its Project91 program designed to raise NASCAR’s international exposure.

Chase Elliott has won the NASCAR Cup pole at Watkins Glen International, edging Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kyle Larson for the top spot.

Chase Elliott won the NASCAR Cup pole on Saturday at Watkins Glen International, edging Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kyle Larson for the top spot. Elliott, a two-time winner at The Glen, turned a fast lap of 1 minute, 10.477 seconds around the 2.45-mile natural terrain road course. Larson, who won last year's race at The Glen, finished in 1:10.516, just ahead of Michael McDowell.

NASCAR has a record seven different countries represented in Sunday's race at Watkins Glen International, and the headliner is 2007 Formula One champion Kimi Raikkonen.

Turns out it isn't affecting Reddick, who picked up his second win in five races on Sunday with a victory on the road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. 8 team, partly because Childress took a day to calm down, regroup, and deliver a message to the organization. It’s about a team,” Childress said. Well, any hurt feelings have been pushed aside as Reddick helps RCR contend for the Cup title. But the team owner pointed out that RCR nearly won the title in 2013, Harvick's final season before Harvick moved to Stewart-Haas Racing.

There was no masking Richard Childress’ anger when he learned that star driver Tyler Reddick was leaving his race team.

Ross Chastain took a shortcut during overtime, leading to a lot of confusion over whether it was legal.

(Photo by Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)The Cup Series needs to go back to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval. After two races on the Indianapolis road course, it’s hard to dispute the entertainment the Cup Series has provided. NASCAR moved the Cup Series to the road course after the 2020 season following years of miserable attendance at Indianapolis. The Indianapolis road course is a perfectly fine track and a worthy host for the Xfinity Series. The Indianapolis oval was the only track on the Cup Series schedule that was a true showcase of handling and speed.

INDIANAPOLIS — (AP) — Tyler Reddick this month already grabbed his first Cup career victory, qualified for NASCAR's playoffs and signed a big contract with a new team. Reddick closed the best month of his career with a win in overtime Sunday on the road course at Indy to give him two victories in the last five Cup races. Reddick on the next restart had to hold off defending race winner AJ Allmendinger, who also won Saturday in the Xfinity Series. Chastain missed the first turn completely and used the access road to return to the racing course ahead of Reddick and the apparent new leader. Reddick chased him for an entire lap around the 2.439-mile course and finally reclaimed the lead in time to lead the entire final lap.

Tyler Reddick closed the best month of his NASCAR career with a victory in overtime on the road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Both drivers won a race -- Wallace won last season at Talledega; Busch this year at Kansas -- for 23XI. “Once he’s done driving, he’s going to have a nice cushy office job at 23XI,” Hamlin said. The only Black driver in the Cup series, Wallace has struggled this season and has two top-10 finishes in 19 Cup races. Reddick, who is part of a two-car lineup at RCR with Austin Dillon, "crashed” a scheduled Toyota Zoom Tuesday that included Hamlin, Toyota Racing Development David Wilson and 23XI Racing President Steve Lauletta. Reddick defended the decision to announce his 2024 jump roughly 31 months ahead of his scheduled first points race for 23XI Racing in the Daytona 500.

23XI Racing signed Tyler Reddick for the 2024 season.

ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — (AP) — Tyler Reddick finally has his first Cup Series victory and probably a spot in NASCAR's playoffs. I truly think that we will be a contender for the championship when we get into it," team owner Richard Childress said Sunday after Reddick's win at Road America. Strong statement for a team that only earned its first Cup win Sunday, in Reddick's 92nd career start. Reddick had acknowledged just one week before Road America how frustrating it has been to fall short of that breakthrough first Cup win. “We got slapped in the face with the reality of what Cup racing is like,” Reddick said.

Tyler Reddick isn’t about to let up now that he finally has produced his first Cup Series victory and put himself in position for NASCAR’s playoffs.

NASCAR Road America Auto Racing Tyler Reddick gets around a turn during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race Sunday, July 3, 2022, at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) (Morry Gash)ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — (AP) — Tyler Reddick raced to his first NASCAR Cup Series victory Sunday, continuing the season-long trend of first-time winners on road courses. “What better place than Road America?” Reddick said. Nobody has won more than two races through the first 18 events on the Cup Series calendar. “We finally did it today.”Elliott was seeking his eighth career Cup Series road-course win to tie Tony Stewart for second place — one behind Jeff Gordon’s nine. “Those always hurt.”UP NEXTThe Cup Series heads to the Atlanta Motor Speedway next Sunday.

Tyler Reddick raced to his first NASCAR Cup Series victory Sunday, continuing the season-long trend of first-time winners on road courses.

Chase Elliott won the pole at Road America and will lead the field to green Sunday in his title defense on the Wisconsin road course.

NASCAR is bringing its top series to World Wide Technology Raceway near St. Louis for the first time this weekend.

NASCAR is still alive and well in Charlotte.

NASCAR All Star Race Auto Racing Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (47) drives during Stage 1 of a NASCAR All-Star auto race at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, Sunday, May 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Larry Papke) (Larry Papke)FORT WORTH, Texas — (AP) — Kyle Busch led all 25 laps after starting from the pole for the NASCAR All-Star race to take the first stage Sunday night at Texas. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Texas native James Buescher and Daniel Suarez drove their way into the All-Star race earlier Sunday in an open qualifying. Texas is the fourth track to host the annual exhibition, but only the second where the All-Star race has been multiple times. The inaugural All-Star race was held in Charlotte in 1985, with Atlanta hosting in 1985 before 33 in a row in Charlotte.

Ryan Blaney had to go two extra laps after thinking he had already won NASCAR's All-Star race and $1 million.

Kurt Busch pinched his way past Kyle Larson for the lead with eight laps to go, then drove his gaudy Jordan Brand-styled car away from the reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion to win Sunday’s race at Kansas Speedway.

Joey Logano bumped leader William Byron from behind and into the wall on the next to last lap to win the Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway on Sunday.

Justin Allgaier put JR Motorsports in victory lane for the third consecutive week in the Xfinity Series by winning at Darlington Raceway.

Christopher Bell won the pole at Talladega Superspeedway by turning the fastest lap as the final driver to qualify.

Kyle Busch won at Bristol Motor Speedway over the weekend to tie Richard Petty for at least one victory in 18 consecutive seasons.

But lapped traffic allowed Briscoe to close in on Reddick and he timed his move for the win for the third turn, when Briscoe tried to slide his way past Reddick on the inside. Briscoe went from two turns away from the win to 22nd and immediately found Reddick on pit road to apologize. From inside his cockpit, Reddick knew he had his work cut out for him if he was to win. "One of the best in stock car racing, Kyle Busch, he's definitely going to make me earn it," Reddick said from inside his Chevrolet. But Briscoe got past Busch when the rain finally stopped and it was Briscoe who wrecked Reddick's trip to victory lane.

Kyle Busch slipped past the spinning cars of Tyler Reddick and Chase Briscoe to steal his first Cup win of the season Sunday night on slick, wet, dirt-covered Bristol Motor Speedway.

Cole Custer won the first pole of his career Saturday through a formula designed for qualifying via heat races at dirt-covered Bristol Motor Speedway.

Ross Chastain bumped and banged his way around the final overtime lap at Circuit of the Americas on Sunday for first career Cup win and upstart NASCAR team Trackhouse Racing’s first trip to victory lane.

Ryan Blaney recovered from a spin in practice to win the pole for Sunday’s race at Circuit of the Americas.

AVONDALE, Ariz. — (AP) — Chase Briscoe raced to his first NASCAR Cup Series victory, executing two great restarts over the final 20 laps to pull away from Ross Chastain and Tyler Reddick on Sunday at Phoenix Raceway. It was an intense late battle between three drivers who had never won in the Cup Series. Kyle Larson won the series championship last year after a fall victory at Phoenix, but engine trouble ended his day early. The final restart in each of the four Cup races this season has come with four or fewer laps remaining. ... Briscoe is the Cup Series' 200th winner.

Chase Briscoe raced to his first NASCAR Cup Series victory, executing two great restarts over the final 20 laps to pull away from Ross Chastain and Tyler Reddick on Sunday at Phoenix Raceway.

The only issue is Reddick can't seem to get comfortable in his Chevrolet's seat, leading to numbness in his legs. If Reddick can find a way to fix his leg issues, he might just find a spot in victory lane for the first time in his NASCAR career. Reddick said it's been hard to diagnose his leg problems because it's difficult to recreate racing conditions in the garage. “I'm not sure anybody's gone down there with the Next Gen car yet, just because of how rigid the car is and how things happen when the car hits the ground." But the 46-year-old hasn't won at the track since 2018 and the Next Gen car provides another wrinkle for the veteran driver to navigate.

Tyler Reddick is enjoying his status among NASCAR’s fastest drivers through the season’s first three races.

Tyler Reddick is enjoying his status among NASCAR's fastest drivers through the season's first three races, adapting quickly to the sport's Next Gen car that has provided solid racing and a new degree of difficulty for many drivers. The only issue is Reddick can't seem to get comfortable in his Chevrolet's seat, leading to numbness in his legs. “You know, I just think I was in a really good place in that old car for such a long time and didn’t realize how easy or how bad you could end up missing it, the comfort side of things,” Reddick said.

FONTANA, Calif. — (AP) — Defending NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Larson held off Austin Dillon and Daniel Suarez in a tense finish Sunday to win at Fontana for the second time. “There was definitely some guys that were quicker than us, but they had their misfortune,” Larson said. Larson had victory in sight with eight laps to go when Chase Elliott spun and forced a race-record 12th caution. Larson made it out of the pits first, and he led off the restart with four laps to go. Dillon came in second, and Suarez slipped to fourth behind Erik Jones as Chevrolets took the top four spots.

Defending NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Larson held off Austin Dillon and Daniel Suarez in a tense finish Sunday to win at Fontana for the second time.

A conversation on driver code and on-track etiquette is raging in NASCAR, and with it comes debate about the expectations of non-playoff drivers.

Kyle Larson rallied from early electrical issues Sunday to win for the seventh time this season and storm into the third round of NASCAR’s playoffs.

Kyle Larson denied Kevin Harvick his first win of the season with a masterful pass at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Hendrick Motorsports is in a precarious position heading into first playoff elimination round.

Noah Gragson held off Harrison Burton in a two-lap overtime shootout at at Darlington Raceway on Saturday for his first NASCAR Xfinity Series victory of the season.

“It was nice in a way to sit back there and kind of reset on what we had to do,” Reddick said. Reddick checked off a lengthy to-do list following that red-flag stoppage — most of it involving making sure his damaged No. Reddick finished fifth in the Cup Series regular-season finale Saturday night and secured the final spot in the 16-car postseason field. Ryan Blaney, though, who had already clinched a playoff spot, beat everyone to the checkered flag and lifted Reddick into the postseason. Reddick improved 17 spots, from 28th to 11th, in points after a lackluster start to his second full-time Cup season.

Tyler Reddick finished fifth in the NASCAR Cup Series regular-season finale Saturday night and secured the final spot in the 16-car postseason field.

Reddick needed only to beat Richard Childress Racing teammate Austin Dillon and hope for a repeat winner to earn his first playoff berth. It meant only a first-time race winner could edge Reddick or Dillon for the final spot. “To miss that playoff spot by one spot, that’s a tough ending to a day,” Buescher said. McDowell clinched a spot in the playoffs with his Daytona 500 victory so the early exit didn't affect his playoff chances. Kevin Harvick is the defending race winner and Martin Truex Jr. won at the South Carolina track in May.

Ryan Blaney won for the second consecutive week when the race Saturday night at Daytona International Speedway ended under caution in overtime with a typical fiery finish.

One week after Denny Hamlin and Chase Briscoe tangled on the track in NASCAR's Cup Series, they'll be back in action Sunday at Michigan.

Kyle Larson was back in the NASCAR All-Star race, and won another $1 million by winning it again.

NASCAR is running its All-Star race in the Lone Star State.

NASCAR makes its first visit to California in nearly two years with Sunday's stop at the Sonoma Raceway road course.

Kyle Busch celebrated his 36th birthday by winning a two-lap sprint to the finish at Kansas Speedway.

Brad Keselowski did it exactly right this time and finally got that last-lap victory, winning in overtime Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway.

Alex Bowman passed Denny Hamlin on a restart with 10 laps to go and drove away at Richmond Raceway for his third career victory in the NASCAR Cup Series.

William Byron was the third surprise winner through three races this season with his victory Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Byron controlled most of the final two stages at Homestead to win for the second time in 111 Cup starts. Byron entered the weekend as a 28-1 shot to win a race many expected would provide a return to normal for the racing series. The Roush Fenway Racing driver led five times for a total of 57 laps, but he started to fade "when as sunset neared. He ended up getting X-rays, which were negative, and was cleared to work the Cup Series event.

Keselowski extended Jimmie Johnson's losing streak to 102 races by holding off the seven-time NASCAR champion in overtime early Monday to win the Coca-Cola 600, the longest race on the NASCAR schedule. It was the first win for Keselowski this season, his first Coca-Cola 600 victory and the first win at this event for Ford since 2002. I wanted to win the 600 my whole life and wanted to win in front of everybody, Keselowski said. But almost two hours after the race, NASCAR disqualified Johnson because his Chevrolet failed post-race inspection. I was a lap-and-a-half away from winning the 600, Elliott said.

DARLINGTON, S.C. The win by Kevin Harvick in NASCAR's return to racing over the weekend was a bit predictable considering the enormous task teams are facing in a flurry of rescheduled events. Harvick, a former series champion and former winner at Darlington Raceway, was also the points leader through the first four events. He will try for the sweep when NASCAR returns to Darlington for its first Cup race on a Wednesday since 1984, when Richard Petty scored his 200th and final victory. This anticipated midweek race is just 300 miles 100 fewer than Sunday's return race, and the same distance as next week's junior series Xfinity Series race at Charlotte but still will start a test of stamina. The Cup Series will race for a third time in a week this Sunday in the Coca-Cola 600, the longest race on the schedule.

LIVE UPDATES: Green flag drops on Circle K Firecracker 250 at Daytona10:15 p.m. updateAfter a 2.5 hour rain delay, the green flag has dropped at Daytona International Speedway. NASCAR announced driver introductions are scheduled for 9:30 p.m. with the beginning of the Circle K Firecracker 250 kicking off shortly thereafter. 6:45 p.m. updateRain has begun to fall at Daytona International Speedway, threatening the 7:35 p.m. start time for tonight's Circle K Firecracker 250. This is Reddick's second pole in six races at Daytona International Speedway. 4:30 p.m. updateQualifying for tonight's Circle K Firecracker 250 is underway.

LIVE UPDATES: AJ Allmendinger claims second stage of Circle K Firecracker 250 at Daytona11:20 p.m. updateAJ Allmendinger is back in the car, and he's making his presence known, taking the second stage of Saturday's Xfinity race. 11:00 p.m. updateRoss Chastain claimed the Stage 1 win in the Circle K Firecracker 250. NASCAR announced driver introductions are scheduled for 9:30 p.m. with the beginning of the Circle K Firecracker 250 kicking off shortly thereafter. 6:45 p.m. updateRain has begun to fall at Daytona International Speedway, threatening the 7:35 p.m. start time for tonight's Circle K Firecracker 250. 4:30 p.m. updateQualifying for tonight's Circle K Firecracker 250 is underway.

LIVE UPDATES: Normal operations resume, Xfinity race still on at Daytona8:45 p.m. updateThe show is still set to go on. NASCAR announced driver introductions are scheduled for 9:30 p.m. with the beginning of the Circle K Firecracker 250 kicking off shortly thereafter. 6:45 p.m. updateRain has begun to fall at Daytona International Speedway, threatening the 7:35 p.m. start time for tonight's Circle K Firecracker 250. [READ MORE: Starting lineup for Coke Zero Sugar 400]4:30 p.m. updateQualifying for tonight's Circle K Firecracker 250 is underway. Xfinity Series qualifying is still slated to take place ahead of tonight's race, though drivers are not yet cleared to take to the track.

LIVE UPDATES: Ross Chastain wins Circle K Firecracker 250 at Daytona12:28 p.m. updateRoss Chastain survived to win the Circle K Firecracker 250 and led all three of his team's drivers to a sweep for Kaulig Racing. 11:00 p.m. updateRoss Chastain claimed the Stage 1 win in the Circle K Firecracker 250. NASCAR announced driver introductions are scheduled for 9:30 p.m. with the beginning of the Circle K Firecracker 250 kicking off shortly thereafter. 6:45 p.m. updateRain has begun to fall at Daytona International Speedway, threatening the 7:35 p.m. start time for tonight's Circle K Firecracker 250. 4:30 p.m. updateQualifying for tonight's Circle K Firecracker 250 is underway.

LIVE UPDATES: Normal operations resume, Xfinity race still on at Daytona8:45 p.m. updateThe show is still set to go on. NASCAR announced driver introductions are scheduled for 9:30 p.m. with the beginning of the Circle K Firecracker 250 kicking off shortly thereafter. 6:45 p.m. updateRain has begun to fall at Daytona International Speedway, threatening the 7:35 p.m. start time for tonight's Circle K Firecracker 250. [READ MORE: Starting lineup for Coke Zero Sugar 400]4:30 p.m. updateQualifying for tonight's Circle K Firecracker 250 is underway. Xfinity Series qualifying is still slated to take place ahead of tonight's race, though drivers are not yet cleared to take to the track.

LIVE UPDATES: Normal operations resume, Xfinity race still on at Daytona8:45 p.m. updateThe show is still set to go on. NASCAR announced driver introductions are scheduled for 9:30 p.m. with the beginning of the Circle K Firecracker 250 kicking off shortly thereafter. 6:45 p.m. updateRain has begun to fall at Daytona International Speedway, threatening the 7:35 p.m. start time for tonight's Circle K Firecracker 250. [READ MORE: Starting lineup for Coke Zero Sugar 400]4:30 p.m. updateQualifying for tonight's Circle K Firecracker 250 is underway. Xfinity Series qualifying is still slated to take place ahead of tonight's race, though drivers are not yet cleared to take to the track.

LIVE UPDATES: Xfinity race under red flag11:55 p.m. updateThe Big One has struck at Daytona with 15 laps to go. 11:00 p.m. updateRoss Chastain claimed the Stage 1 win in the Circle K Firecracker 250. NASCAR announced driver introductions are scheduled for 9:30 p.m. with the beginning of the Circle K Firecracker 250 kicking off shortly thereafter. 6:45 p.m. updateRain has begun to fall at Daytona International Speedway, threatening the 7:35 p.m. start time for tonight's Circle K Firecracker 250. 4:30 p.m. updateQualifying for tonight's Circle K Firecracker 250 is underway.