Goodyear Racing stays on track
JOE SCALZO/TIRE BUSINESS
NASCAR
The Daytona 500 will kick off the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season on Feb. 14 in Daytona Beach, Fla.
The Daytona 500 was last held 11 months ago. Given what has happened since, it feels like 11 years ago.
When Denny Hamlin crossed the finish line in first place at Daytona International Speedway on Feb. 17, 2020 — the rain-soaked race actually began a day earlier before getting postponed on lap 20 — no one in NASCAR had any idea what was to come.
"There was really no inkling that anything was going to change," said Greg Stucker, director of racing for Akron-based Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (Nasdaq: GT).