When each new year in NASCAR commences, there is always something new apparent when the haulers are unloaded and the crews go to work for the first time. In some cases, it's a new paint scheme or a new sponsor accompanying familiar names and numbers.

23XI Racing, Trackhouse Racing, RFK Racing and Front Row Motorsports have each expanded and added a full-time Cup Series team. Haas Factory Team, representing the lone remaining charter from now-defunct Stewart-Haas Racing, is set to make its debut in stock car racing’s highest circuit.

The Daytona 500 is the greatest stock-car spectacle in the world -- and as such, it has attracted a wide swath of drivers over the years attempting to qualify for the field. Many of those stories -- like those of Dale Earnhardt, Richard Petty and Jeff Gordon -- are well known. Others are a bit […]