If you watched the riveting two-hour delay following the infamous track fire during last week’s Daytona 500, you probably remember NASCAR officials using Tide detergent during the clean-up process.

The Coke Zero 400 race at Daytona will see the use of the largest restrictor plate in NASCAR's history, with the plate openings measuring 1 and 1/32 inches up from the previous plate. This is the ...

Laundry detergent, apparently—Tide, specifically. That scenario played out yesterday at one of the world’s biggest driveways, Daytona International Speedway, and NASCAR, which offers more ...

NASCAR announced Monday that it will use a larger restrictor plate for next month’s race at Daytona. The 1 1/32-inch size openings will be the largest since the one-inch plate was used in 1988 ...

Restrictor-plate racing — the type found at sister tracks Daytona and Talladega — isn't for everyone. In some cases, racers who are very good at it are among the loudest critics. Maneuvering ...

We're about to find out. At this summer's Coke Zero 400 at Daytona, NASCAR will allow teams to use a restrictor plate with 1 1/32nd-inch openings, up from the 63/64ths of an inch at the Daytona 500.

DAYTONA BEACH | The late Dale Earnhardt used ... Earnhardt Jr., who’s second to his father in all-time restrictor-plate victories, will be on the outside pole. Need a break?

Even Dodge earned a victory when Ryan Newman won the 2008 Daytona 500. Toyota's plate struggles also extend to Talladega, where it was won just three Cup races. "It has to change eventually ...

That’s not the case anymore. To win a restrictor-plate race like the Daytona 500, a certain expertise is required. “If you look at the recent winners of speedway races, they’re all good at ...