The Daytona 500 is one of the biggest mysteries in motorsport. Restrictor plate racing is the most chaotic form of racing. Can we find a pattern to the madness? Using my obsessive drive to find patterns in chaos, I’m going to use methodologies to predict a winner. Method 1- Logical Choices I’m a logical person, that’s why Daytona fascinates me. There is no logic, rhyme, … Continue reading Can the Winner of the Daytona 500 be Predicted?
The Opening Practice for the Daytona 500 is complete. The 50-minute session was very straightforward, with 43 of the 45 entries making a run with a significant focus on Qualifying Simulation. Spire Motorsports opted for only Carson Hocevar to go out during Practice. Meanwhile, Michael McDowell and Justin Haley remained in the garage. Here is how the field shook out in the Opening Practice for … Continue reading Daytona 500, Opening Practice Results
For those of you who may not know or haven’t followed Seriously Fast Motorsports for some time, as much as I’d love it to be, motorsports is not my full-time job. I founded this brand in 2020 out of boredom during the COVID lockdowns. I’m a car salesman. I’ve been everything at a dealership outside of finance; I’ve been a porter, and I’ve been a … Continue reading From a Salesman, Does “Win on Sunday, Sell on Monday” Still Work?
On a cold and windy Thursday afternoon, Dries Vanthoor put his #25 BMW M Hybrid V8 in overall pole position with a blistering lap time of 1:33.895. BMW Team RLL enter year three of competition with the M Hybrid V8, and was the last of the 2023-entered GTP cars to achieve on-track success. While the #24 team celebrates a pole position, the sister #25 car … Continue reading Vanthoor Delivers BMW Rolex 24 Pole
Those of us here at Seriously Fast Motorsports like to do this each year. We pick a topic and give our picks “Way too Early” to actually take anything into account. With that being said, the 67th running of the Great American Race is not off-limits for the shenanigans. So here are our staff picks, way too early, for the 2025 Daytona 500. Image: Cody … Continue reading Way Too Early: 2025 Daytona 500 Picks
Dale Earnhardt Jr and JR Motorsports are slated to make a “Daytona related” announcement at 4pm today, and nothing more was said. Now the speculations are running wild across the social media world. So in the spirit of having a little Pre-Season fun, we take a look at some of the rumors that we have seen floating around. Heads up for those Jr. hopefuls, you’re … Continue reading Before the Announcement. Our Guesses on the JRM Daytona Announcement
Following the season’s second race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Bubba Wallace is off to the best start since joining the Cup Series in 2018. Wallace’s season started with 7 combined Stage Points earned in both stages of the Daytona 500. Wallace would survive the late-race chaos to score his 3rd Top 5 in the 500 coming in 5th. Wallace would score a total of 39 … Continue reading Bubba Wallace is Rolling Early with Another Top 5 at Atlanta
Young Willy B, William Byron has accomplished much in his NASCAR career, going from iRacing to ARCA East Champion. ARCA East to 8 Craftsman Truck Series victories, Craftsman Trucks to Xfinity Series Champion with 4 series wins. He took over the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Cup Series team from Kasey Kahne in 2018. Hendrick rebranded the 5 team into the 24 team, bringing back one … Continue reading After A 19 Year Absence, William Byron Puts the 24 Back in Victory Lane in the Daytona 500
With rain once again souring the Daytona 500 weekend (who woulda thunk it?), we are once again going Monday night racing. So let’s just cut to the chase with your Monday Race day. If you’re at the race track tomorrow; Xfinity Series United Rentals 300 at 11 a.m on FS1 (Now Changed to 9 p.m.) The 66th running of the Daytona 500 will run at … Continue reading Updated Daytona Monday Schedule
Joey Logano of Team Penske and Michael McDowell of Front Row Motorsports swept the front row for the Daytona 500 with their pair of Ford Mustang Dark Horses. That means, for the first time since 2012, a Chevrolet will not sit on the pole for the Great American Race. Carl Edwards, also in a Ford, was the last driver who did not race a Chevrolet … Continue reading All Ford Front Row Boots Chevrolet’s Dominance
