By Adam Fenwick-NASCAR Media
Derek Griffith celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the Super Late Model feature at Florida’s New Smyrna Saturday on Night 2 of the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing. Photo: Jim Dupont/NASCAR
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. – Derek Griffith finished on the podium during Friday’s David Rogers Super Late Model feature that opened the 55th World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing at New Smyrna Speedway, but that simply wasn’t enough for the driver from New Hampshire.
Fast forward to Saturday and Griffith, the defending World Series champion in the David Rogers Super Late Model division, was in his own zip code as he roared to his first victory of the week and third of his career during the World Series.
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AKRON 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 a rain-soaked race that 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 Goodyear. It s hard to remember exactly what the world was like back then. Everyone was starting to get the news (about COVID-19) and some sort of indication that other parts of the world were beginning to have trouble, and we were starting to see it here.
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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).
Chris Cockrum to Run Xfinity Race at Daytona, Hoping for More in 2021 January 15, 2021 at 1:39 PM
By Dustin Albino
Over the past six years, Chris Cockrum has been a staple in the NASCAR Xfinity Series at superspeedway tracks. He’ll do that again in 2021.
Cockrum will enter into the season opening Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner 300 at Daytona International Speedway on Feb. 13, driving his family-operated No. 25 ACG Motorsports Chevrolet.
The Georgia native also isn’t ruling out running in other select events throughout the season, depending on his Daytona effort.
“If everything falls our way, we should be OK to go run a few more races than we did last year,” Cockrum told