It was the first time an electric vehicle led the field at NASCAR's most famous race. Chevrolet made history at the 67th Daytona 500 by introducing the 2025 Blazer EV SS as the official pace car. This marked the first time an electric vehicle led the field at NASCAR's most iconic race, a striking symbol of how the automotive world is shifting toward electrification while still honoring its racing heritage. The Blazer EV SS isn't just any electric SUV; it's the quickest SS model Chevrolet has ever built, and it turned heads both on and off the track. JOIN THE FREE "CYBERGUY REPORT": GET MY EXPERT TECH TIPS, CRITICAL SECURITY ALERTS AND EXCLUSIVE DEALS, PLUS INSTANT ACCESS TO MY FREE "ULTIMATE SCAM SURVIVAL GUIDE" WHEN YOU SIGN UP!

Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Ross Chastain pulled off an incredible move at Martinsville Speedway that landed him in contention for the NASCAR Cup championship, and even his fellow drivers were in complete shock of what he did. NASCAR on Monday released the in-car audio reactions of Chastain and the drivers who saw him hug the wall and launch himself into fifth place at the Xfinity 500, narrowly beating out Denny Hamlin for position in the event and the Championship Four altogether. Ross Chastain gestures as he talks to a crew member during practice for the NASCAR auto race at Martinsville Speedway, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022, in Martinsville, Virginia.

Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Ross Chastain's incredible move to sneak into the Championship Four at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday did not sit well with all of his fellow NASCAR colleagues. Chastain rode the wall to gain momentum and beat out Denny Hamlin for fifth place in the Xfinity 500. Hamlin failed to make the championship round and instead, Chastain will join race winner Christopher Bell, Joey Logano and Chase Elliott for the final event in Phoenix next week.

Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Christopher Bell needed a walk-off victory at Martinsville Speedway to secure a spot in the Championship Four and came through in the clutch – as did Ross Chastain. Bell secured a spot in next week's championship finale with a first-place finish at the Xfinity 500, holding off Kyle Larson, Ryan Blaney, Brad Keselowski and Chastain on Sunday. Christopher Bell, driver of the No. 20 DeWalt Toyota, takes the checkered flag to win the Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway on Oct. 30, 2022, in Martinsville, Virginia.

The Sonoma Raceway traditionally hosts Indy and Nascar events where cars sprint around the track at breathtaking speeds, burning thousands gallons of gas pulled from the remains of long-dead dinosaurs. The Toyota Prius Challenge is, in nearly every possible way, the exact opposite of that experience. Instead of speed, competitors are graded on efficiency. Toyota picked 20 teams to drive around the track in identical Prius' and tasked them with pulling as many miles per gallon as possible during a 40-minute, nine lap "race." But the streamlining squads needed more than just a light foot.

The all- new test vehicle will be used to explore a full range of autonomous driving capabilities. Toyota's work on autonomous vehicles in the United States began in 2005 at its technical center in Ann Arbor, Mich.-- The company secured its first U.S. patents in the field in 2006.-- According to a report last year by the Intellectual Property and Science division of Thomson Reuters, Toyota holds more patents in the field than any other company. "This new advanced safety research vehicle is the first autonomous testing platform developed entirely by TRI, and reflects the rapid progress of our autonomous driving program," said TRI CEO Gill Pratt.

Toyota Research Institute (TRI), with an office in Palo Alto, is bringing the Prius Challenge to Sonoma Raceway for a competitive event designed to engage the startup and tech community. The event will be held March 3, 2017, and will include a team competition where participants strive to optimize their driving using strategies via an app created specifically for the event. The Prius Challenge originated at Toyota's headquarters in Japan, where participants battle it out to see who can achieve the best fuel economy and efficiency rating on a Prius within a target time range. While Toyota employees and dealers have been able to participate in the challenge, this is the first time that members of the public will have the chance to compete. "TRI is excited to host the Prius Challenge and introduce a competition that will allow participants to use machine learning and sophisticated data analysis tools to test out their theories in the real world," said Gill Pratt, CEO at Toyota Research Institute, Inc. "Silicon Valley and the Bay Area are a hotbed for automotive talent and innovation, and this event is the perfect opportunity for TRI to engage with the tech community and have some fun in the process."

This weekend's DraftKings NASCAR Talladega picks and projections article will be a bit different than most weeks, and that's because I've added some new things to the article. Because of the nature of Talladega, it's very hard to give accurate picks and projections (the best statistical models can only give a prediction accuracy in the 0.15 R-squared range for finishing position), so I'm introducing a new feature that uses logistic regression to model the probability that a driver ends up with a top six and a top 10 score for this weekend's DraftKings NASCAR Talladega slate. This gives us a bit more information when deciding if a driver makes a worthy play or not. For all the strategy talk about Talladega, make sure to check out this week's NASCAR episode of On the Daily DFS, where Matt and I discuss DraftKings NASCAR Talladega strategy for a good solid 40 minutes. Be sure to read all the way to the end of this article, as On the Daily DFS is running a FREE DraftKings contest to win some swag from NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Landon Cassill (@landoncassill).