Pit stops with five crew members still evolving

Posted on February 11, 2018 by Reid Spencer

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — In Sunday’s Advance Auto Parts Clash, Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series teams got their first taste of pit stops with five over-the-wall crew members instead of the six allowed last year.

The new rules led to a variety of approaches, with the most prevalent featuring the tire carrier bring two tires over the wall at the same time. FOX Sports broadcasters credited Kurt Busch’s team with the fastest four-tire stop under the new rules at 16.95 seconds, a far cry from the sub-11-second stops that had become commonplace in NASCAR’s top series.

“A 16.9 is, obviously it’s quite a bit slower than what we’re used to,” said Paul Wolfe, crew chief for Clash winner Brad Keselowski. “And that’s just it — we’re not sure what to expect yet. And speedways are different, as well, from the mile and a half tracks.

“I mean, that’s pretty slow from what we’re used to, but you take one guy out of the equation, and some different (air) guns and things, and it all changes. I think, like I said, there’s going to be a lot of pit departments studying film and trying to understand different ways and ideas, and I think we’ll see this evolve a lot.

“I would expect to be quite a bit faster when we come back to Daytona in July. I would expect you’d see a good second or two shaved off of those times.”

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Posted on February 11, 2018June 18, 2021 by Zack Albert

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Winning the Daytona 500 pole position is becoming old news for Hendrick Motorsports owner Rick Hendrick. The venerable leader and NASCAR Hall of Fame member watched his team make it four straight in Sunday’s qualifying, an even dozen overall.

So it’s not a groundbreaking event for the powerhouse organization, but there still was something different about this celebration on pit road. Hendrick was the first one to embrace 24-year-old Alex Bowman, a relative newcomer to the driver roster, as he exited the car after collecting his second career premier series pole.

A quick scan of the scoring pylon’s top 10 revealed a familiar face in Hendrick mainstay Jimmie Johnson, a solid third in qualifying. But there was 20-year-old William Byron, the fifth-fastest qualifier and a cherub-faced HMS rookie who indicated he’d be shifting his focus to completing a homework assignment for his spring course load at Liberty University. And then Chase Elliott, logging the 10th-fastest lap as he enters just his third full season at age 22.

There are full-scale sea changes afoot at Hendrick Motorsports these days, key among them being the four individuals wheeling the Chevrolets that basked in the Daytona qualifying sunshine for yet another February. For the man whose name is on the building, the effect has been rejuvenating.

“I’m just having so much fun with these young guys,” Hendrick said. “It’s just fun to see them excited and the team’s excited. We don’t know what to expect. We’re just going to go have fun.”

The fun began Sunday with Bowman earning the No. 1 starting spot for the 60th Daytona 500 (Sunday, 2:30 p.m. ET, FOX, MRN, SiriusXM), his first start as the full-time replacement for Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the No. 88 Chevrolet. He’s the oldest of the three twenty-somethings in the driver mix with Johnson, the seasoned 42-year-old who has won a record-tying seven Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series championships.

But the driver composition isn’t the least of the changes. Hendrick and the rest of the Chevy organizations have had to adapt quickly to reskinning their competition fleet for the Camaro ZL1 model. And after a 2017 season that left the 68-year-old team owner with a sour taste, Hendrick reshaped the way the four teams operate.

Scrapped was the two-stable system — Nos. 48 and 88 in one camp, the Nos. 24 and then-5 in the other — that served the organization well for many years. In its place is a restructured competition department that emphasizes a one-team concept.

It’s early in its inception, but Hendrick is already enjoying the resulting cohesion.

“In all of my years in this sport and my company, we have never worked this close together, and it’s something I’ve been wanting to see,” Hendrick said. “… I think last year we kind of peaked and we knew there was change coming, so we just said, ‘OK, let’s change it all.’ Let’s just take all the experience we have, Jeff Andrews (VP of competition) done an unbelievable job, (team president) Marshall Carlson. And again, I give the crew chiefs credit because they designed this themselves in a room with a white board, and we started putting it together, and it was a change.

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“People don’t like change, but it’s happened pretty … everybody is buying in. I’ve been with the crew out here in the garage area, and there’s an intertwined deal that hadn’t been happening.”

The feeling of unity trickled down to the crew chief of the moment, Greg Ives, whose reserved expressions and poker-faced tendency to keep his strategies under wraps have earned the nickname, “The Riddler” from his young driver. Ives indicated he’s invested in the new Hendrick philosophy of unification; the part about the spirit of fun from the young, ambitious drivers hasn’t quite taken root.

“It’s nerve-wracking,” Ives said with a grin. “These kids are fearless. They just stand on the gas and go. The fun part is when you’re running well and you’re fast. It’s never fun to not be, and that’s our goal this year. We want to show that we’re a team as Hendrick Motorsports. That’s what I’m calling our team. We’re not individuals, the 88. We’re a whole Hendrick group that’s looking for great things this year.”

Sunday’s showing was more about single-car speed and bragging rights among the teams’ speedway programs. But the start was auspicious for an organization seeking its 13th championship, sitting just one points-paying win away from No. 250.

“To have four cars in the top 10, that’s hard to do,” Hendrick said. “Now we’ve just got to finish it.”

Posted on February 11, 2018February 15, 2018 by Staff Report

What channels are NASCAR races on this week? We answer that and provide all the weekly NASCAR television listings here in the NASCAR TV schedule.

Note: All times are ET.

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Monday, February 12
1:30 a.m., Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Advance Auto Parts Clash (re-air), FS1
6 p.m., NASCAR Race Hub, FS1

Tuesday, February 13
6 p.m., NASCAR Race Hub, FS1

Wednesday, February 14
noon, Daytona 500 Media Day, FS1
5 p.m., NASCAR Race Hub (2-hour show), FS1

Thursday, February 15
2:30 a.m., NASCAR Race Hub, (re-air), FS1
4:30 a.m., A Perfect Storm: The 1979 Daytona 500, FS1
5:30 a.m., Classic NASCAR: 1993 Daytona 500, FS1
11:30 a.m., NASCAR Camping World Truck Series practice, FS1
1 p.m., Untold Stories: Daytona, FS1
2 p.m., Classic NASCAR: 1979 Daytona 500, FS1
2:30 p.m., NASCAR Camping World Truck Series practice, FS1
3:30 p.m., NASCAR Race Hub: Weekend Edition, FS1
4:30 p.m., NASCAR Camping World Truck Series final practice, FS1
5:30 p.m., NASCAR RaceDay, FS1
7 p.m., Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: Can-Am Duels at Daytona, FS1 (Canada: TSN 1, 4)
10 p.m., Classic NASCAR: 1998 Daytona 500, FS1
10:30 p.m., Classic NASCAR: 1993 Daytona 500, FS1

Friday, February 16
3:30 a.m., Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: Can-Am Duel at Daytona (re-air), FS1
noon: NASCAR Xfinity Series practice, FS1 (Canada: TSN GO)
1 p.m., Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice, FS1 (Canada: TSN GO)
2 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series final practice, FS1 (Canada: TSN GO)
3 p.m., Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice, FS1 (Canada: TSN 1)
4 p.m., NASCAR Race Hub: Weekend Edition, FS1
4:30 p.m., NASCAR Camping World Truck Series qualifying, FS1
6 p.m., Beyond the Wheel 2018, FS1
7 p.m., NASCAR RaceDay, FS1
7:30 p.m., NASCAR Camping World Truck Series NextEra Energy Resources 250, FS1
10 p.m., Classic NASCAR: 1998 Daytona 500, FS1
10:30 p.m., Classic NASCAR: 1998 Daytona 500, FS1
11 p.m., Beyond the Wheel 2018 (re-air), FS1

Saturday, February 17
2:30 a.m., NASCAR Camping World Truck Series NextEra Energy Resources 250 (re-air), FS1
4:30 a.m., Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice (re-air), FS1
5:30 a.m., Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice (re-air), FS1
6:30 a.m., Refuse to Lose: Jeff Gordon and the 1997 Daytona 500, FS1
7:30 a.m., NASCAR Camping World Truck Series NextEra Energy Resources 250 (re-air), FS1
9:30 a.m., NASCAR Xfinity Series qualifying, FS1 (Canada: TSN GO)
11 a.m., NASCAR Race Hub: Weekend Edition, FS1
noon, Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series final practice, FS1 (Canada: TSN 2)
1 p.m., NASCAR Race Hub: Weekend Edition, FS1
2 p.m., NASCAR RaceDay: Xfinity, FS1
2:30 p.m., NASCAR Xfinity Series: PowerShares QQQ 300, FS1 (Canada: TSN 1, 3, 4)
5 p.m., NASCAR Xfinity Series Post Race, FS1
5:30 p.m., Beyond the Wheel, 2018 (re-air), FS1

Sunday, February 18
1 a.m., NASCAR Xfinity Series: PowerShares QQQ 300 (re-air), FS1
3:30 a.m., Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series final practice (re-air), FS1
4:30 a.m., 100,000 Cameras: Daytona 500, FS1
5 a.m., Refuse to Lose: Jeff Gordon and the 1997 Daytona 500, FS1
6 a.m., A Perfect Storm: The 1979 Daytona 500, FS1
7 a.m., Classic NASCAR: 1979 Daytona 500, FS1
7:30 a.m., Untold Stories, Daytona, FS1
8:30 a.m., Classic NASCAR: 1988 Daytona 500, FS1
9 a.m., Classic NASCAR: 1993 Daytona 500, FS1
9:30 a.m., Classic NASCAR: 1997 Daytona 500, FS1
10 a.m., Classic NASCAR: 1998 Daytona 500, FS1
11 a.m., NASCAR RaceDay, FOX
1 p.m.. Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Pre Race, FOX
2:30 p.m., Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: Daytona 500, FOX (Canada; TSN 1, 3, 4, 5)

Posted on February 11, 2018February 11, 2018 by Reid Spencer

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – For once, as he put it, Brad Keselowski didn’t “choke away” a chance at victory during Speedweeks at Daytona.

Just the opposite. Taking the lead on Lap 39 of the Advance Auto Parts Clash at Daytona International Speedway, Keselowski held it the rest of the way to win the exhibition kick-off race to the 2018 season, leading Team Penske to a 1-2-4 finish.

And Keselowski, who led 43 of the 75 laps, took the checkered flag with a large piece of debris on the nose of his No. 2 Ford Fusion, with the water temperature in the engine rising to dangerous levels.

“I was worried about the run (of cars behind him), but the car was way overheating there at the end, and I was more worried about it blowing up than anything else,” Keselowski said. “(Engine builder) Doug Yates and his guys did a good job giving me something real durable to take all that and keep digging.

“I’m really proud of the whole effort here. What a way to start Speedweeks, putting the Miller Lite Ford in Victory Lane. I’m really proud of my team… I felt like we were due today.”

Keselowski has five victories at Talladega, but his only other superspeedway win came in the July 2016 race at Daytona. During February, the 2012 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champion was batting .000, making Sunday’s start to Speedweeks a special occasion.

“It means a lot,” Keselowski said. “I’ve never won anything here during Speedweeks, and I feel like I’ve choked them away, to be quite honest. You need one to break through. Hopefully, this is our breakthrough.”

Last year’s Clash winner, Joey Logano, finished second to his teammate, with Kurt Busch running third and Team Penske newbie Ryan Blaney fourth—with Ford drivers sweeping the top four positions.

Austin Dillon, who started from the pole, came home fifth in the No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet, avoiding a last-lap melee that started when contact from Kyle Larson’s Chevrolet turned Jimmie Johnson’s No. 48 into the outside wall on the backstretch.

Johnson failed to finish the Clash for the seventh straight year.

After Keselowski grabbed the lead, the field gradually strung out to single file in the top lane, with smaller groups of cars unable to make significant runs on the bottom. On the final lap, however, Kurt Busch darted past Blaney, who had dropped to the inside in a last-ditch effort to win the race.

Behind the lead cars, Larson tagged Johnson and turned him into the wall, collecting the cars of Chase Elliott, Kyle Busch, Kasey Kahne and defending series champion Martin Truex Jr. in the wreck.

Kurt Busch, the defending Daytona 500 winner, was pleased with his third-place result and what it might portend for his defense in the “Great American Race.”

“Project number one was to do all the laps so that we could understand more about our tires and our setup and the way that the car was going to handle,” Busch said. “Then step number two was to have fun. I had a blast.

“I wanted to make another move on the last lap but ran out of steam because the guys behind me got too wide. I couldn’t jump in there and go after the Penske guys. It’s a good day for Ford and good day for us and Billy Scott, my new crew chief. Now we’ll go back and debrief about our car.”

Posted on February 11, 2018February 11, 2018 by Staff Report

Dale Earnhardt Jr. may not be driving this season, but the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet still took a familiar position on Sunday with newcomer Alex Bowman winning the Daytona 500 pole ahead of the Feb. 18 (2:30 p.m. ET on FOX, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) race.

This marks the second straight season with the No. 88 sitting on the front row for the “Great American Race.” And from the sidelines, Junior and wife Amy Earnhardt were cheering on their former team.

Awesome! Great job @AlexBowman88 @TeamHendrick on the #Daytona500 pole! @Ives_Greg and the gang built a fast one.

— Ralph Dale Earnhardt Jr. (@DaleJr) February 11, 2018

Congrats @AlexBowman88 @Ives_Greg and #Team88 !!!! 😃 https://t.co/DaTe3oDWJG

— Amy Earnhardt (@AmyEarnhardt) February 11, 2018

PHOTOS: Dale Jr. through the years

Posted on February 11, 2018February 11, 2018 by Reid Spencer

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Junior Nation, you have a new standard bearer.

Alex Bowman, the successor to Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, couldn’t have had a more auspicious start to the next phase of his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career — namely, winning the pole position for next Sunday’s season-opening Daytona 500 (2:30 p.m. ET, FOX, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

In his first official competition as the full-time driver of the vaunted No. 88, Bowman sped around 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway in 46.002 seconds in the second and final round of Sunday’s single-car qualifying, a time that translated to an average speed of 195.644 mph.

Bowman knew from the outset he had a car capable of winning the pole. The pressure was squarely on his shoulders to fulfill the potential of his equipment.

“It was a little nerve-wracking,” said Bowman, who won his second career pole in his last three Monster Energy starts, dating back to November 2016 at Phoenix, where he was subbing for an injured Earnhardt. “Our Nationwide Camaro ZL1 has been great since we unloaded.

“All the guys back at the chassis shop, body shop, and the Hendrick engine shop have been top-notch. They’ve all worked so hard. And we knew we were going for the pole. That’s what we’re here to do.”

MORE: Projected Duels lineups

Bowman was the 12th driver to take a lap in the first round of qualifying, and his speed of 194.885 mph stood up as fastest of the session. But that also meant Bowman had a long wait as the last to make a run in the final round.

“I thought we were at a little disadvantage, letting the car cool down as long as we did, since we went pretty early in the first round,” said Bowman, the 41st different driver to win a Daytona 500 pole. “I was a little nervous for that second round. But it took off well off pit road, and I did everything I could do.

“But it really comes down to the crew and all the guys back at the shop, whether it’s the aero group, the engine shop, the chassis shop. Everybody works so hard at these speedway cars, especially (for) the 500. It just means the world to have (sponsor) Nationwide support and to be able to put it on the pole.”

Under a format in which the only the two front-row qualifiers are locked into their starting positions for the Great American Race, Bowman topped second-place Denny Hamlin, the 2016 Daytona 500 winner, who covered the distance in 46.132 seconds (195.092 mph).

Though he was one spot short of the pole, Hamlin was elated to secure a front-row starting spot for the first time in his career. Make that elated and surprised.

“This was way out of the blue for us,” Hamlin said. “I literally am so ecstatic. It’s just so out of the blue, because, obviously, I thought that today was going to be a tough day qualifying. We focused so much on race trim yesterday (in Saturday’s practice).

“We stuck in a pack, and I think we did one real mock run which wasn’t really even a mock run and we were so far off that we just switched and made sure our car was going to handle real good on Thursday and obviously next Sunday.”

Jimmie Johnson was third fastest on Sunday at 194,734 mph, earning the second-place starting position in Thursday night’s first Can-Am Duel 150-mile qualifying race, one of the two events that sets the starting order for the Daytona 500.

Kyle Busch (194.704 mph) will start on the outside of the front row in the second Duel after qualifying fourth. Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender William Byron was fifth fastest in time trials, giving Hendrick Motorsports three of the top five cars in the competitive debut of the new Camaro ZL1 race car.

Last season’s Monster Energy Series Sunoco Rookie of the Year, Erik Jones was sixth, followed by Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Daniel Suarez. Kevin Harvick was eighth quickest in the No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford, as four Chevrolets, four Toyotas and four Fords transferred to the second round of qualifying.

Notes: For her last start in a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series car, Danica Patrick was 28th fastest in qualifying in the No. 7 GoDaddy Chevrolet… The Daytona 500 pole was the fourth straight for team owner Rick Hendrick, tying him with Harry Ranier (1979-1982) for most consecutive poles for the Great American Race… Former Hendrick driver Kasey Kahne was 18th fastest in his competitive debut in the No. 95 Leavine Family Racing Chevrolet… Darrell “Bubba” Wallace qualified 25th in his first outing as the full-time driver of the No. 43 Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet… In his debut in the No. 10 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford, Aric Almirola was 13th fastest, failing to transfer to the final round by .005 seconds.

Posted on February 11, 2018February 12, 2018 by Staff Report

PHOTOS: The best of the weekend

Sunday’s Daytona 500 single-car qualifying set only the front row for the ‘Great American Race’ — Alex Bowman is on the pole in the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet and Denny Hamlin will start second in the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota when the green flag drops Feb. 18 (2:30 p.m. ET, FOX, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

The qualifying speeds also set the lineups for Thursday’s Can-Am Duels at Daytona (7 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio), the twin 60-lap races that determine the full starting lineup for the 60th running of the Daytona 500.

Duel 1 is typically comprised from the odd-numbered drivers on the Daytona 500 qualifying speed chart — first, third, fifth, etc. Duel 2 is then the even-finishing drivers. The duel lineups could be minimally altered from that formula, though, to ensure an even number of Open, non-Charter teams in each duel race.

Below are the official lineups for each Duel race.

DUEL 1 LINEUP

STARTING POSITION	DRIVER	TEAM
1.	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports
2.	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports
3.	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports
4.	Daniel Suarez	Joe Gibbs Racing
5.	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Roush Fenway Racing
6.	Joey Logano	Team Penske
7.	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing
8.	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske
9.	Kurt Busch	Stewart-Haas Racing
10.	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske
11.	Ryan Newman	Richard Childress Racing
12.	Jamie McMurray	Chip Ganassi Racing
13.	Darrell Wallace Jr.	Richard Petty Motorsports
14.	Ty Dillon	Germain Racing
15.	Chris Buescher	JTG Daugherty Racing
16.	Brendan Gaughan	Beard Motorsports
17.	Justin Marks	Rick Ware Racing
18.	Jeffrey Earnhardt	Starcom Racing
19.	David Gilliland	RBR Enterprises
20.	David Ragan	Front Row Motorsports

DUEL 2 LINEUP

STARTING POSITION	DRIVER	TEAM
1.	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing
2.	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing
3.	Erik Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing
4.	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing
5.	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports
6.	Paul Menard	Wood Brothers Racing
7.	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing
8.	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing
9.	Kasey Kahne	Leavine Family Racing
10.	Trevor Bayne	Roush Fenway Racing
11.	Kyle Larson	Chip Ganassi Racing
12.	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports
13.	Martin Truex Jr.	Furniture Row Racing
14.	Danica Patrick	Premium Motorsports
15.	AJ Allmendinger	JTG Daugherty Racing
16.	Matt DiBenedetto	GO FAS Racing
17.	DJ Kennington	Gaunt Brothers Racing
18.	Mark Thompson	Phoenix Air Racing
19.	Corey LaJoie	TriStar Motorsports
20.	Gray Gaulding	BK Racing

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Posted on February 10, 2018February 10, 2018 by Zack Albert

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Austin Dillon landed the pole position for Sunday’s Advance Auto Parts Clash with nary a show of speed nor skill. Instead, Saturday’s pole-winning move came courtesy of luck, from a fill-in representative of Richard Childress Racing.

Dillon’s RCR No. 3 Chevrolet will lead the 17-car field to the green flag Sunday (3 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN, SiriusXM) in the annual 75-lap exhibition. Lead engineer Seth Chavka, subbing for crew chief Justin Alexander, and a young participant from quarter-midget competition pulled the No. 1 starting position in a blind draw at Saturday evening’s Speedweeks Premiere at Daytona fan festival in the Daytona International Speedway infield.

Chavka indicated that Alexander has been ailing from a case of the flu, and that his status for Sunday’s race was in limbo. No matter who’s atop the pit box for Dillon and the No. 3 bunch, Chavka said starting from the pole was a pleasant perk.

“I think it matters a little bit,” Chavka said. “I mean, if we can stay up front, we’re going to do that all night long. That’s the goal for every week.”

Denny Hamlin will start alongside Dillon on the front row after his crew chief, Mike Wheeler, drew the No. 2 spot. Joey Logano, Erik Jones and Jimmie Johnson will round out the top five starting positions.

Clash participants completed their only practice Saturday morning, and Ryan Blaney — set for his first full season driving the Team Penske No. 12 — led that 80-minute session. Blaney will start 15th Sunday.

The field is primarily made up of last year’s pole winners, which account for 12 of the 17 drivers. The rest of the field includes last year’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoff participants (three) and former Daytona 500 pole winners (two).

Full lineup for The Clash:

1-Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet

2-Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

3-Joey Logano, No. 22 Team Penske Ford

4-Erik Jones, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

5-Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

6-Martin Truex Jr., No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota

7-Kasey Kahne, No. 95 Leavine Family Racing Chevrolet

8-Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 17 Roush Fenway Racing Ford

9-Kevin Harvick, No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford

10-Kyle Larson, No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet

11-Ryan Newman, No. 31 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet

12-Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

13-Kyle Busch, No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

14-Kurt Busch, No. 41 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford

15-Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Team Penske Ford

16-Jamie McMurray, No. 1 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet

17-Brad Keselowski, No. 2 Team Penske Ford

Posted on February 10, 2018 by Staff Report

Take a look at where your favorite driver will pit for Sunday’s Advance Auto Parts Clash at Daytona International Speedway (3 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).