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Rain shortened the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut on the St. Petersburg street course, with starting lineup for the OnlyBulls Green Flag 150 set by the rulebook and Connor Mosack on pole. Dario Franchitti, James Hinchcliffe and Colin Braun join the field as guests, while Jimmie Johnson mentors Franchitti for his NASCAR return on the street course.
Tyler Reddick won the NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta, giving Michael Jordan’s 23XI Racing its second straight Cup victory.
Tyler Reddick won the Atlanta NASCAR Cup race for 23XI Racing, with owner Michael Jordan praising the effort as the team started the year strong; Chase Briscoe finished second and Ross Chastain third as drivers described a tight, competitive race with adjustments and late restarts influencing the outcome.
The 2026 NASCAR Cup weekend moves to EchoPark Speedway in Atlanta for a triple-header. Friday features Truck Series qualifying (3pm ET on FOX Sports 1) and O'Reilly Auto Parts Series qualifying (5pm CW App); Saturday includes Cup qualifying (11am PRIME VIDEO), the Truck race (1:30pm FOX) and the O'Reilly race (4:30pm CW App); Sunday’s action starts with RaceDay at 2pm and the Cup race hitting the green flag at 3:19pm (260 laps, 400 miles). Weather forecasts call for a clear Sunday with a high near 52F, with a chance of rain Friday/Saturday morning. 38 teams are entered; TV: FOX (US), TSN (Canada); streaming: HBO MAX in-car cams and PRIME VIDEO; radio: MRN/SiriusXM.
A second video adds context to the viral clip from the Daytona 500, showing Tyler Reddick’s son being showered with ice and that Michael Jordan later intervened to help remove ice from the boy’s shirt. The visuals align with viewers’ attempts to explain the moment and temper initial outrage, as Reddick celebrated his Daytona 500 win for 23XI Racing and Jordan has yet to address the incident publicly.
Tyler Reddick won the 68th Daytona 500 to start the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series; Stage 1 went to Zane Smith and Stage 2 to Bubba Wallace; the top 10 Daytona 500 finishers were Reddick, Stenhouse Jr., Logano, Elliott, Keselowski, Zane Smith, Chris Buescher, Riley Herbst, Josh Berry, and Bubba Wallace; Reddick leads the standings with 58 points, ahead of Logano (46) and Chase Elliott (43). The series continues with the Autotrader 400 at Atlanta on Feb. 22 on Fox.
Tyler Reddick, driver of the #45 car, was declared the winner of the 2026 Daytona 500 after NASCAR’s post-race inspection found no issues with his machine.
Tyler Reddick won the 2026 Daytona 500 for 23XI Racing, charging to the final-lap victory to give co-owner Michael Jordan his first Daytona 500. It ended a 38-race winless drought for Reddick in his 219th Cup start, and marked 23XI’s 10th team win as Toyota claimed its fourth Daytona 500. The race featured a record 25 leaders and 65 lead changes; the top five were Reddick, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Joey Logano, Chase Elliott and Brad Keselowski.
Tyler Reddick edged the field for a one-lap victory at the Daytona 500, driving Michael Jordan’s 23XI Racing entry and celebrating with his son Beau and the team at Daytona International Speedway.
Justin Allgaier and Denny Hamlin tangled for the Daytona 500 lead late in Stage 2, sending Hamlin into the wall and triggering a 20-car pileup that sidelined several contenders, including Allgaier, Bowman, and Gilliland; Allgaier accepted fault for the incident.
Tyler Reddick won the 2026 Daytona 500 in a dramatic, final-lap finish that included a multi-car crash after Carson Hocevar led entering the last lap; the victory gave Michael Jordan’s 23XI Racing its first Daytona 500 title. The race featured a record-tying number of lead changes with chaotic late-race moves, pole-sitter Kyle Busch leading early, and emotional postrace interviews highlighting the teamwork and redemptive victory for a team backed by a global superstar.
Chase Briscoe and NASCAR Cup Series rookie Connor Zilisch were among drivers tangled in a multicar pileup on Lap 85 of the 68th Daytona 500 during Stage 2, as Zilisch’s No. 88 spun after contact with Justin Allgaier’s No. 40; Briscoe and Ty Gibbs were also involved. Zilisch returned four laps down, Briscoe 11 laps down, with Gibbs remaining on the lead lap; the story will be updated with more details.
Tyler Reddick won the 2026 Daytona 500 for Michael Jordan's 23XI Racing, leading only the final lap after a chaotic finish that included two wrecks on the last lap; it marked Reddick's 9th career victory in his 219th start.
A photo gallery from the Daytona 500 on Feb. 15, 2026, captures pre-race ceremonies, driver introductions, a Stage 2 wreck involving Chase Briscoe and others, tributes like Dale Earnhardt on Lap 3, and various fan and notable-attendee moments at Daytona International Speedway.
The 68th Daytona 500 began with Kyle Busch on the pole after weather prompted an earlier start; the green flag is slated for around 2:13 p.m. on Fox, as the day features a full slate of events, live updates, stage-format NASCAR scoring, a detailed weather forecast, and betting-odds predictions from USA TODAY editors.