AUTO RACING: Busy Daytona weekend kicks off NASCAR season

FILE - Drivers restart after a weather delay during the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021, in Daytona Beach, Fla. It's another season of change for NASCAR as it prepares for Sunday's opening Daytona 500.(AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Cars run laps through the front stretch during NASCAR auto race practice at Daytona International Speedway, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Kevin Harvick heads down pit road during NASCAR Cup Series auto race practice at Daytona International Speedway, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Driver Denny Hamlin answers a question during the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race media day Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Bubba Wallace waits to go on camera for an interview during NASCAR Daytona 500 auto racing media day at Daytona International Speedway, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Daniel Suarez looks over his car in his garage during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race practice at Daytona International Speedway, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Joey Logano talks to reporters during NASCAR Daytona 500 auto racing media day at Daytona International Speedway, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Driver Kurt Busch answers a question during the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race media day Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Driver Todd Gilliland speaks to the media during the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race media day Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Driver Cole Custer checks his phone as he waits for his turn during the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race media day Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Defending Daytona 500 champion Michael McDowell, right, helps hold up a microphone stand that fell over during the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race media day Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Denny Hamlin, left, and Austin Dillon talk between interviews at NASCAR Daytona 500 auto racing media day at Daytona International Speedway, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

FILE - The 2022 Next Gen Toyota Camry Cup car is unveiled during a NASCAR media event in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday, May 5, 2021. NASCAR was long overdue to revamp its aging, arguably outdated race car. (AP Photo/Mike McCarn, Fle)

FILE - The 2022 Next Gen Ford Mustang Cup car is unveiled during a NASCAR media event in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday, May 5, 2021. NASCAR was long overdue to revamp its aging, arguably outdated race car. .(AP Photo/Mike McCarn, File)

Denny Hamlin (11) leads Kyle Busch (18) through the front stretch during a NASCAR auto race practice at Daytona International Speedway, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)