Nascar Daytona 2025

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New right sides for the plate tracks …

NASCAR Cup Series — Race No. 1 – 200 laps / 500 miles
Daytona International Speedway (2.5-mile oval) – Daytona Beach, Fla.

Fast Facts for February 12-16, 2025

Tire: Goodyear Eagle 18-inch Superspeedway Radials

Set limits:
Cup: 7 sets for practice/qualifying/Duel, and 9 sets for the race (8 race sets plus 1 set transferred from qualifying)

Tire Codes:
Left-side — D-5142; Right-side — D-5218

Tire Circumference:
Left-side — 2,274 mm (89.53 in.); Right-side — 2,277 mm (89.65 in.)

Minimum Recommended Inflation:
Left Front — 28 psi; Left Rear — 28 psi;
Right Front — 52 psi; Right Rear — 50 psi

Notes – New right-side tire for Cup cars: Being on 18-inch bead diameter tires, NASCAR Cup teams will run a different tire set-up than those in the Xfinity and Craftsman Truck Series at Daytona this week . . . this is the same left-side tire Cup teams have run at Daytona since the beginning of 2022 . . . this is the first time they will run this right-side tire, with a construction update over what was run at Daytona in 2024 . . . Cup teams are scheduled to run this same tire set-up at Talladega in April . . . with this 18-inch bead diameter tire, and its lower profile sidewall, NASCAR Cup cars do not run inner liners in any of their tires.

Goodyear quote – Stu Grant, Goodyear’s general manager of global race tires: “This is always an exciting time in the racing season, getting down to Daytona for the 500. Daytona is a tire strategy track with teams trying to minimize time on pit road and line up with teammates by mixing in fuel-only and two-tire stops throughout the race. When it all shakes out, we always have a great and exciting race for the fans as we embark on a new season.”

Goodyear Blimp – Florida-based airship over Daytona all weekend: “Wingfoot Two” is scheduled to be in the air over Daytona International Speedway for all the NASCAR races this week . . . this airship is based out of Pompano Beach, Fla. . . . this June 3 will mark the 100th anniversary of the Goodyear Blimp . . . Goodyear will celebrate this milestone with a year-long campaign, including aerial presence at the biggest moments in sports.
 
67th Annual DAYTONA 500 - NASCAR Cup Series - Daytona International Speedway - 2/16/25
Last Update: 02/10/2025 8:33 AM

Race Eligible Vehicle Entry List

Entry Veh# Driver Organization Crew Chief Veh Mfg Sponsor

1 01 Corey LaJoie Rick Ware Racing Jerry Kelley Ford Take 5 Oil Change/DuraMax
2 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Phil Surgen Chevrolet Busch Light
3 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Brian Wilson Ford Discount Tire
4 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Richard Boswell II Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops/Winchester
5 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Drew Blickensderfer Ford Rush Truck Centers
6 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Cliff Daniels Chevrolet HendrickCars.com
7 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Jeremy Bullins Ford Kroger / Cottonelle
8 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Rodney Childers Chevrolet Chili's Ride the 'Dente
9 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Randall Burnett Chevrolet zone
10 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Alan Gustafson Chevrolet NAPA Auto Parts
11 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Andrew Dickeson Chevrolet Grizzly Nicotine Pouches
12 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gayle Toyota National Debt Relief
13 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Jonathan Hassler Ford Menards\Peak
14 16 AJ Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Trent Owens Chevrolet Celsius
15 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Scott Graves Ford Fastenal
16 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing James Small Toyota Bass Pro Shops
17 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Adam Stevens Toyota DEWALT - Interstate Batteries
18 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Miles Stanley Ford Motorcraft \ Quick Lane
19 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Paul Wolfe Ford Shell Pennzoil
20 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Charles Denike Toyota McDonald's
21 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Ryan Fugle Chevrolet Axalta
22 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Chris Lawson Ford Love's Travel Stops
23 35 Riley Herbst 23XI Racing Davin Restivo Toyota Monster Energy Zero Sugar
24 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ryan Bergenty Ford Speedy Cash
25 40 Justin Allgaier (i) JR Motorsports Greg Ives Chevrolet Traveller Whiskey
26 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Aaron Kramer Ford HaasTooling.com
27 42 John Hunter
LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Travis Mack Toyota Dollar Tree
Nemechek
28 43 Erik Jones LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Ben Beshore Toyota AdventHealth
29 44 JJ Yeley NY Racing Team Jay Guy Chevrolet Green River Whiskey
30 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Billy Scott Toyota Nasty Beast
31 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Hyak Motorsports Michael Kelley Chevrolet SUNNYD
32 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Blake Harris Chevrolet Ally
33 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Billy Plourde Ford Parts Plus-Jacob Construction
34 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Tyler Allen Toyota Monster Energy
35 56 Martin Truex, Jr. TRICON Garage Cole Pearn Toyota Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats
36 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Derrick Finley Ford BuildSubmarines.com
37 62 Anthony Alfredo (i) Beard Motorsports Darren Shaw Chevrolet Fortify Building Solutions
38 66 Chandler Smith (i) Garage 66 Carl Long Ford Quick Tie
39 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Travis Peterson Chevrolet Go Bowling
40 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Luke Lambert Chevrolet Zeigler Auto Group
41 78 BJ McLeod (i) Live Fast Motorsports David Ingram Chevrolet Live Fast Motorsports
42 84 Jimmie Johnson LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Chad Johnston Toyota Carvana
43 88 Shane Van Gisbergen Trackhouse Racing Stephen Doran Chevrolet WeatherTech
44 91 Helio Castroneves Trackhouse Racing Darian Grubb Chevrolet Wendy's
45 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing

* equals withdrawn from the event
(i) equals ineligible for driver championship points
 
aunty dive said:
New right sides for the plate tracks …

NASCAR Cup Series — Race No. 1 – 200 laps / 500 miles
Daytona International Speedway (2.5-mile oval) – Daytona Beach, Fla.

Fast Facts for February 12-16, 2025

Tire: Goodyear Eagle 18-inch Superspeedway Radials

Set limits:
Cup: 7 sets for practice/qualifying/Duel, and 9 sets for the race (8 race sets plus 1 set transferred from qualifying)

Tire Codes:
Left-side — D-5142; Right-side — D-5218

Tire Circumference:
Left-side — 2,274 mm (89.53 in.); Right-side — 2,277 mm (89.65 in.)

Minimum Recommended Inflation:
Left Front — 28 psi; Left Rear — 28 psi;
Right Front — 52 psi; Right Rear — 50 psi

Notes – New right-side tire for Cup cars: Being on 18-inch bead diameter tires, NASCAR Cup teams will run a different tire set-up than those in the Xfinity and Craftsman Truck Series at Daytona this week . . . this is the same left-side tire Cup teams have run at Daytona since the beginning of 2022 . . . this is the first time they will run this right-side tire, with a construction update over what was run at Daytona in 2024 . . . Cup teams are scheduled to run this same tire set-up at Talladega in April . . . with this 18-inch bead diameter tire, and its lower profile sidewall, NASCAR Cup cars do not run inner liners in any of their tires.

Goodyear quote – Stu Grant, Goodyear’s general manager of global race tires: “This is always an exciting time in the racing season, getting down to Daytona for the 500. Daytona is a tire strategy track with teams trying to minimize time on pit road and line up with teammates by mixing in fuel-only and two-tire stops throughout the race. When it all shakes out, we always have a great and exciting race for the fans as we embark on a new season.”

Goodyear Blimp – Florida-based airship over Daytona all weekend: “Wingfoot Two” is scheduled to be in the air over Daytona International Speedway for all the NASCAR races this week . . . this airship is based out of Pompano Beach, Fla. . . . this June 3 will mark the 100th anniversary of the Goodyear Blimp . . . Goodyear will celebrate this milestone with a year-long campaign, including aerial presence at the biggest moments in sports.
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Interesting tire pressure difference side to side...
 
I won't be surprised if we don't see JRM run another Cup race this year.
I also won't be surprised if we see them again at the Talladega races and the second Daytona race.

I'll be very surprised if we see it run anywhere else this year.
 
Charlie Spencer said:
I won't be surprised if we don't see JRM run another Cup race this year.
I also won't be surprised if we see them again at the Talladega races and the second Daytona race.

I'll be very surprised if we see it run anywhere else this year.
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I hope Jr and team, finds the sponsorship and money to dip their toes further into Cup racing this year and the coming years. There’s no negative drawback to halving still arguably the sport’s most popular personality involved in the week to week racing competition. SOI posted above of Jr being with the team at 6am as the car was being pushed into the garage, I found that so wholesome.
 
It's a partnership/collaboration.. whatever with Hendrick in the tweet above which is pretty cool. Jr isn't showing up with junk and no clue. I think a lot of people will tune in to watch how they do.
 
Practice has been critical for RFK cars. They wouldn't have had a chance with the steering problems they had causing serious tire rubs.
 
kkfan91 said:
Came out really late and was in the draft. Most guys only wanted to run single cars. The last 10 or so minutes some of the Toyotas started drafting and the 66 got in on it.
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It will make Revman happy. Those practice figures are mostly pretty worthless. Qualifying numbers will be a better gauge of the speed part at least.
 
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