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• Daytona 500 Odds: Blaney Favored for First Victory in NASCAR's Signature Event

  05-01-2026 22:46 via sports.yahoo.com
  Daytona 500 odds have hit the board as we close in on the start of the 2026 NASCAR season.The February 15 event, sometimes described as the Super Bowl of stock car racing, sees a wide-open betting board, with Ryan Blaney among the more popular choices.Let's take a look at the latest NASCAR Cup Series odds to win the Daytona 500.Daytona 500 oddsDriverRyan Blaney<<+1000>>Joey Logano<<+1000>>William Byron<<+1100>>Austin Cindric<<+1200>>Kyle Larson<
  
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• Tony Stewart named Chili Bowl grand marshall

  05-01-2026 22:14 via sports.yahoo.com
  Motorsport photoIt’s been a bit since Tony Stewart has attended the Chili Bowl Midget Nationals, but the three-time NASCAR Cup Series champion and overall motorsports legend is synonymous with the Tulsa Expo Center and that will be celebrated next week.'Smoke' has been named Grand Marshal for Championship Saturday.“Not only is Tony a winner here, but he was also part of what really made the Chili Bowl take off in the early 2000s, and was the one who really started to rebuild the conn
  
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• Get ready for the 40th Chili Bowl Midget Nationals

  05-01-2026 21:20 via sports.yahoo.com
  Motorsport photo“ARE YOU READY FOR THE CHILI BOWL!?!”That is how event publicist, and everyman, Bryan Hulbert opens the main event portion of the Chili Bowl Nationals every year and it signifies that the week long effort for nearly 400 drivers will soon pay off for one of the 84 that remain.By this point, on Championship Saturday, 26 races have taken place, whittling the field down through a process called The Alphabet Soup, with drivers starting based on how their qualifying day wen
  
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• A deadly plane crash, a burning home and a tense trial add up in NASCAR's offseason of heartbreak

  05-01-2026 20:16 via sports.yahoo.com
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The new year began with a celebration of life for Emma Biffle, the 14-year-old daughter of one of NASCAR’s 75 greatest drivers who was among seven people killed when Greg Biffle’s plane crashed just a week before Christmas. The service Sunday was standing room only as the performing arts center in suburban Cornelius wasn't large enough to accommodate the turnout from the racing community and Davidson Day, the private school where many sent their children
  
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• Legacy Motor Club reveals new crew chief for Erik Jones, other changes

  05-01-2026 19:35 via sports.yahoo.com
  Motorsport photoLegacy Motor Club has made some personnel changes ahead of the 2026 NASCAR Cup season. They have named Justin Alexander as the new crew chief for Erik Jones and the No. 43 LMC Toyota Camry XSE, replacing Ben Beshore in the role.Alexander has plenty of experience atop the pit box, winning five races with Austin Dillon at Richard Childress Racing, including the 2017 Coca Cola 600 and the 2018 Daytona 500.Beshore will transition to the role of Director of Race Engineering, whil
  
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• NASCAR Cup champion Kyle Larson grows as global force in racing

  05-01-2026 13:05 via sports.yahoo.com
  KWINANA BEACH, Western Australia — Kyle Larson has no idea how winning a second NASCAR Cup Series championship will affect his standing among his peers.“I haven’t been back in the NASCAR garage,” Larson said before hot laps and qualifying on Dec. 29, the second preliminary night of High Limit International racing at the Perth Motorplex, where he was defending his 2024 win in Australia’s richest sprint car race.“Once you win the championship, everybody kind of
  
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