The NASCAR Cup Series field for the Daytona 500 will be set to 41 drivers, according to Fox Sports' Bob Pockrass on Tuesday. This will include eight drivers who enter in open cars that won't have a locked-in spot, per the NASCAR charter agreement.

For the first time since the October 1991 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series season finale at Martinsville Speedway, a race at NASCAR's second highest national

Russell Phillips was killed during the 1995 Winston 100 at Charlotte Motor Speedway after his car was forced into the wall in a catastrophic NASCAR Sportsman Division crash. The tragedy sparked renewed scrutiny over race car safety and became one of the most infamous accidents in motorsports history.