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Won and Done for Stewart

KERNERSVILLE, N.C. – After 41 career NASCAR Nationwide Series starts stretched out over five seasons, Tony Stewart finally scored his first Nationwide Series victory when he won the 2005 season-opener at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway driving for an upstart Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI). The win was also the first for the team owned by NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Kevin Harvick and wife DeLana. … Read entire article »

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Danica Patrick To Make NASCAR Debut at Daytona

MOORESVILLE, N.C. – Danica Patrick will make her NASCAR Nationwide Series debut in the No. 7 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet this Saturday at Daytona International Speedway, JR Motorsports general manager Kelley Earnhardt announced today. Patrick, Earnhardt, and team officials convened Sunday following the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) event at Daytona, in which Patrick raced to a sixth-place finish in her stock-car debut. … Read entire article »

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Best Daytona 500 Finishes – No. 5

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The 1993 Daytona 500 provided a photo-finish fit for a family album, provided that family was the Jarretts. … Read entire article »

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Busch Brings Home Solid Finish in Budweiser Shootout

Kyle Busch, driver of the No. 18 M&M’s Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR), battled a tight-handling racecar all night long but still managed to bring home a solid fourth-place finish in Saturday night’s non-points Budweiser Shootout NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. … Read entire article »

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Newman Shut Out of Shootout Victory Lane

Kannapolis – Ryan Newman and the Haas Automation Chevrolet team were caught up in a multi-car accident late in Saturday night’s Budweiser Shootout non-points NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway and finished a disappointing 19th. Newman, driver of the No. 39 Haas Automation Chevrolet for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR), hung in the back of the pack for much of the race, hoping to avoid the multi-car accidents that are commonplace in restrictor-plate racing at Daytona. … Read entire article »

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Stewart Seeks Strength from Shootout

Kannapolis – Tony Stewart took full advantage of his time in Saturday night’s Budweiser Shootout at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. The driver of the No. 14 Old Spice/Office Depot Chevrolet Impala for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) came from his 13th-place starting spot in the non-points race to lead twice for six laps, and he made other drivers who tried their hand at the lead work hard to hold onto it. Stewart ended up ninth, but the result was not indicative of the overall performance. … Read entire article »

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