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Wood Brother’s Winning Daytona Car Finds its Place in Henry Ford Museum
Mooresville, NC – Wood Brothers Racing and Trevor Bayne went to Victory Lane in one of the sport’s most memorable Daytona 500 races just over one year ago. Now Bayne, along with Eddie, Len, Jordan, Jon, and Keven Wood have officially turned over the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion to the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. The Wood Brothers Racing car was inducted on March 23, 2012 into the “Driving America” exhibit next to … Read entire article »
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NASCAR Notebook: Could NASCAR racing flourish on Monday night?
By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service AVONDALE, Ariz. – The Daytona 500′s move to Monday night may have been happenstance, but the solid TV numbers generated by the event — particularly in the coveted 18-49 age group—should give NASCAR plenty of food for thought. For the first time in 54 years, the 500 was postponed from its scheduled day as rain drenched the track on Sunday, Feb. 26. NASCAR and Daytona International Speedway originally rescheduled the race for … Read entire article »
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Matt Kenseth holds off Earnhardt Jr. to win bizarre Daytona 500
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Finally, nothing out of the ordinary happened. In a Daytona 500 that featured the first postponement in its history, a ball of fire from a racecar vs. jet dryer collision under caution and a surfeit of wild action in the closing laps, Matt Kenseth won his second Daytona 500 when the tandem of Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Greg Biffle couldn’t catch the race winner in a green-white-checkered-flag … Read entire article »
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Rain forces first-ever Daytona 500 postponement
By Reid Spencer – NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Persistent rain washed out the 54th running of the Daytona 500, forcing a postponement of the Great American Race for the first time in its history. After a storm cell negated track-drying efforts at approximately 5 p.m. ET, NASCAR and Daytona International Speedway announced the postponement until noon ET Monday. The race will be broadcast live on FOX. On four occasions, the most recent in 2009, rain … Read entire article »
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2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Season Opens With Shootout At Daytona
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - It’s here. At last. The 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season ramps up this week with a bevy of traditional events leading up to the 54tn annual Daytona 500. The “Great American Race” is set for 1 p.m. ET Sunday, Feb. 26 (FOX, MRN Radio, and SIRIUS/XM NASCAR Radio to broadcast nationally). But first things first. Thursday’s 13th annual NASCAR Media Day opens Speedweeks activities at Daytona International Speedway, followed by Saturday’s Budweiser … Read entire article »
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Danica Patrick Gets Guaranteed Start in Daytona 500
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) has entered into a collaborative partnership with Tommy Baldwin Racing (TBR) where TBR will field the No. 10 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet Impala for all 10 of Danica Patrick’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races in 2012. The alliance guarantees a starting spot for Patrick in her Sprint Cup debut – the 54th annual Daytona 500 on Feb. 26 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. TBR’s No. 36 car, which finished the 2011 season 33rd … Read entire article »
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RAB Racing To Attempt Series Debut in Daytona 500 with American Ethanol, Kenny Wallace
CONCORD, N.C. – RAB Racing with Brack Maggard has announced that they will attempt to make their NASCAR Sprint Cup Series debut in the 54th-annual Daytona 500 on Feb. 26, with driver Kenny Wallace behind the wheel of their No. 09 American Ethanol Toyota Camry. “Corn farmers are excited to continue our relationship with RAB Racing and Kenny Wallace in 2012,” said Garry Niemeyer, National Corn Growers Association president. “Kenny is a fan favorite and one … Read entire article »
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Jeff Gordon has no problem with Patrick in Daytona 500
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service If Danica Patrick chooses to make her Sprint Cup debut in NASCAR’s biggest race, Jeff Gordon, for one, won’t have a problem with it. In all likelihood—given her well-honed marketing instincts—Patrick will choose the 2012 Daytona 500 to launch her Cup career. Three of Patrick’s 20 Nationwide Series starts have come at Daytona. Most recently, on July 1 there, she ran up front and led 13 laps before finishing 10th. Accordingly, … Read entire article »
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Bayne’s victory connects NASCAR’s past with its future
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—Pay attention. What you saw Sunday at Daytona International Speedway was a rare watershed moment, the completion of an unbroken circle, the connection of NASCAR’s past with its future. Some of the connections are obvious. Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne, barely 20 and in his own words, “just a kid,” drove the Wood Brothers’ No. 21 Ford to the win. The car’s paint scheme was the spitting image of the one that graced the No. 21 Mercury that David Pearson coaxed across the finish line after he and Richard Petty wrecked on the final lap of the 1976 Daytona 500. Before Bayne took the checkered flag and ended a 10-year drought for NASCAR’s oldest operating race team, Pearson had given the Wood Brothers their last … Read entire article »
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