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NASCAR Drivers Suffering Because of the Economy?
Not these guys. While track attendance and revenue might be falling, drivers at the top level of NASCAR won’t have to worry about switching to pork and beans any time soon. Forbes has come out with a list of the 10 highest paid drivers in NASCAR last year. The income numbers include both race winnings and merchandise sales. … Read entire article »
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Video – Mike Mulhern’s NASCAR: Jeff and Kyle Win!
Jeff Gordon and Kyle Busch win the Daytona 150s, and it was a bruising Thursday at Daytona International Speedway. Mike Mulhern reports … Read entire article »
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Richard Petty Motorsports race report
KASEY KAHNE * No. 9 DODGE CHARGER Kahne started 19th in first Duel and finished sixth. … Read entire article »
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Robby Gordon to Start 31st in Sunday’s Daytona 500
Daytona Beach, Fla. – Robby Gordon and his No. 7 Jim Beam Toyota started 20th in today’s first 150-mile qualifying race, which determined the starting line-up for the Daytona 500. Gordon finished the 60-lap event in 22nd, which means that he will start Sunday’s Daytona 500 from the 31st position. … Read entire article »
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Mike Wallace Just Misses Making Daytona 500
Daytona Beach, Fl – TRG Motorsports missed making the Daytona 500 by one place today. The team ran in the second Gatorade Duel 150 with Mike Wallace and the No. 71 TRG Motorsports Chevrolet Impala SS finishing in 13th, just one place shy of making the field at Daytona International Speedway today. … Read entire article »
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Marcos Ambrose Earns 23rd Place for First Daytona 500 Start
Marcos Ambrose will start his first Daytona 500 from 23rd position after a solid first race of the season in the Gatorade Duels at Daytona International Speedway in Florida today. … Read entire article »
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Kenseth Involved In Late Accident in Gatorade Duel
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Matt Kenseth started 11th and drafted all the way to third position in Thursday’s first session of the Gatorade Duels, at Daytona International Speedway, but it would be all for not as he and his No. 17 DEWALT Ford Fusion were involved in an accident with only eight laps remaining in the qualifying race. As a result, Kenseth finished the race 26th, but more importantly the team will have to start Sunday’s Great American Race in a back-up car. … Read entire article »
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Terry Labonte Gatorade Duel Race Report
Terry Labonte and the No. 66 Window World Toyota, fielded by Prism Motorsports, finished 19th in the first Gatorade Duel 150 qualifying race Thursday afternoon at the Daytona International Speedway. With the race determining the starting lineup for Sunday’s Daytona 500, Labonte and the Prism Motorsports team were already locked into the field. … Read entire article »
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Wood Brothers Gatorade Duel Racing report
As part of the ongoing quest to set the field for the Daytona 500, the teams competed today in the duel Gatorade 150s. These races set spots 3 through 43 of the starting grid for Sunday’s upcoming race. The pole and outside pole positions were determined last Sunday during qualifying with Martin Truex winning the pole and Mark Martin earning the outside pole. Sunday’s qualifying also ensured that Bill Elliott, Travis Kvapil, Tony Stewart and Terry Labonte, 4 of the 21 teams outside the top 35 trying to make the race, would be in. That meant 17 teams were trying to the make the final four spots for the Daytona 500. … Read entire article »
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