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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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Daytona 500 moves to Feb. 26 in 2012
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—The Daytona 500 is moving. In 2012 the NASCAR season opener will move to Feb. 26, a week later than it has been run in recent years. NASCAR will lose the March off-week that this year follows the third Sprint Cup race of the season, in Las Vegas. Steve O’Donnell, NASCAR’s senior vice president of racing operations, acknowledged the National Football League’s consideration of a longer season—one in which the Super Bowl might intrude on the traditional third-Sunday-in-February Daytona 500 date—played a role in the joint decision by the sanctioning body and Daytona International Speedway to compress the schedule. “We’re not going to deny the fact that part of this also is dealing with the NFL,” O’Donnell said Sunday. “Who knows where they’ll go with … Read entire article »
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NASCAR Notebook: Bayne’s win is salve to Wood Brothers
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—The Wood Brothers had fallen on hard times. The most venerable race team still operating in the sport, Wood Brothers Racing hadn’t seen victory lane since Elliott Sadler beat John Andretti to the checkered flag at Bristol in March 2001. In recent years, the Woods have been more concerned with qualifying for races than with winning them. But in winning Sunday’s Daytona 500 in a car painted like the machine David Pearson raced in the team’s glory days, Trevor Bayne provided both a glimpse of the past and the window to a brighter future. “We struggled so much in the past couple years just to make the Daytona 500, much less win it,” an emotional Eddie Wood, team … Read entire article »
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Daytona 500 Winning Team Press Conference
An interview with: TREVOR BAYNE – Winning driver DONNIE WINGO – Winning crew chief EDDIE WOOD – Team owner LEN WOOD – Team owner Kerry Tharp: We’re going to roll right now into our race-winning team for the 53rd annual Daytona 500. We have our crew chief, Donnie Wingo and two of the owners of the Wood Brothers, Eddie and Leonard Wood. Congratulations to this race team for the Daytona 500, the fifth time that it’s been in Victory Lane here at Daytona. I’m going to start with Eddie and ask your emotions and thoughts about winning the 53rd running of the Daytona 500. Eddie Wood: Hey, man, it hasn’t really sunk in yet. You know, we struggled so much in the past couple years just to make the Daytona 500, much less win it. … Read entire article »
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Daytona 500 Race Results
Pos St No Driver Make Points Bonus Laps Status 1. 31 21 Trevor Bayne Ford 0 208 Running 2. 12 99 Carl Edwards Ford 42 208 Running 3. 5 34 David Gilliland Ford 41 208 Running 4. 6 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota 41 1 208 Running 5. 25 22 Kurt Busch Dodge 40 1 208 Running 6. 4 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 39 1 208 Running 7. 27 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 38 1 208 Running 8. 39 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 37 1 208 Running 9. 1 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet 36 1 208 Running 10. 34 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet 34 208 Running 11. 35 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford 34 1 208 Running 12. 42 09 Bill Elliott Chevrolet 32 208 Running 13. 3 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 31 208 Running 14. 18 6 David Ragan Ford 31 1 208 Running 15. 37 32 Terry Labonte Ford 30 1 208 Running 16. 16 7 Robby Gordon Dodge 29 1 208 Running 17. 15 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 28 1 208 Running 18. 2 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 27 1 208 Running 19. 29 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 26 1 208 Running 20. 36 77 Steve Wallace Toyota 0 208 Running 21. 38 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 24 1 208 Running 22. 20 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 24 2 206 Running 23. 11 20 Joey Logano Toyota 21 206 Running 24. 13 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 21 1 202 Accident 25. 17 4 Kasey Kahne Toyota 19 199 Running 26. 21 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet 19 1 198 Accident 27. 24 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 17 189 Running 28. 23 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 17 1 173 Running 29. 8 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge 16 1 166 Running 30. 10 00 David Reutimann Toyota 14 164 Running 31. 30 83 Brian Vickers Toyota 13 160 Running 32. 7 38 Travis Kvapil Ford 0 153 Acident 33. 33 71 Andy Lally * Chevrolet 11 149 Running 34. 26 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 10 133 Accident 35. 14 16 Greg Biffle Ford 9 126 Accident 36. 32 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 9 1 92 Engine 37. 19 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford 7 82 Running 38. 40 37 Robert Richardson Jr. Ford 0 45 Accident 39. 22 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 0 29 Accident 40. 9 115 Michael Waltrip Toyota 4 28 Accident 41. 41 192 Brian Keselowski* Dodge 3 28 Accident 42. 28 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 3 1 22 Engine 43. 43 46 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet 1 10 Engine * Series rookie … Read entire article »
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Trevor Bayne stands NASCAR world on end with Daytona 500 win
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—The planets aligned. Heck, the heavens stood still. And Trevor Bayne recaptured the magic of David Pearson in the Wood Brothers throwback No. 21 Ford, winning Sunday’s 53rd running of the Daytona 500. On the second attempt at a green-white-checkered-flag finish at Daytona International Speedway, Bayne crossed the finish line .118 seconds ahead of Carl Edwards, returning the Wood Brothers to victory lane for the first time since 2001. Bayne became the first driver to win the Daytona 500 in his first attempt since Lee Petty won the inaugural event in 1959. By winning in his second start in NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series, Bayne tied Jamie McMurray for quickest victory at the start of a career. In a war of attrition that set track records … Read entire article »
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