Racing the new season is starting much like the last. There are seat changes and team affiliations and the schedule will sort that out with fans moving into the schedule.
For the repeat it was William Byron taking a second Daytona 500 win in a row. Also a bit of 2024 repeat was the last laps mayhem on the track behind the winner.
Ryan Preece also made a thrilling recall with an airborne ride at the ‘500. He’s been in the air at Daytona before and this ride had him on the edge with NASCAR calling for additional safety.
The second race of the season at Atlanta was also setting up for a three wide photo finish like last year. A late caution had Christopher Bell in the lead on the outside of Carson Hocevar and Kyle Larson when the yellow went on for the win.
For the region in and around Virginia, the tracks are getting ready. The end of March Martinsville Speedway hosts NASCAR a week after South Boston hosts the SMART Modifieds. Dominion will be running practices for an April opening. Langley has a mid-March “Destruction” event to get going. Virginia International Raceway has NASA for March and more coming in April after they, too, were connected to Daytona for the ROLEX 24.
Franklin County is under new management with an April opening. Ararat is running for 2025. Natural Bridge is under new ownership. Virginia racing is going full throttle as tracks all over are waking up for the new season.
It isn’t just NASCAR that is going hot. Regional and weekly racing is ready to go so keep those stands full in support for your local track and drivers.