Earnhardt and his JR Motorsports team celebrated Thursday night at the track where he both won two Daytona 500s and suffered the loss of his father on the last lap in the 2001 race.

Standing next to his team’s car before Thursday’s qualifying race at Daytona International Speedway, Dale Earnhardt Jr. looked at his sister, Kelley Earnhardt Miller, in amazement. “God dang,” he said to her before the invocation,

Dale Earnhardt Jr was emotional after Justin Allgaier raced the JR Motorsports car into the Daytona 500 for the first time on Feb. 13. The NASCAR legend tells why.

Bubba Wallace and Austin Cindric win the Duel qualifying races as Justin Allgaier and Corey LaJoie make the Daytona 500

It’s been 14 weeks since Joey Logano won his third NASCAR Cup Series championship in Phoenix and now it’s finally time to start the 2025 campaign with the Daytona 500.

Thursday's Daytona Duels gave fans a preview of the carnage that could be on the docket come Sunday afternoon. Jockeys strode atop their thoroughbreds, some searching for Daytona glory, others hoping to secure a spot in the Daytona 500.