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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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Trevor Bayne Gets First Win In Record-Setting Daytona 500
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Trevor Bayne won the Daytona 500 on Sunday, a day that featured records for cautions and lead changes. Bayne, who turned 20 Saturday, led the final two laps of the race that was decided with a green-white-checkered-flag finish. Carl Edwards finished second, with David Gilliland, Bobby Labonte and Kurt Busch rounding out the top five. The victory was the first for the Wood Brothers since 2001 with Elliott Sadler. Bayne is the seventh driver to get his first Cup victory in the Daytona 500. The race went eight laps beyond the scheduled 200 laps because of crashes and needed two green-white-checkered-flag finishes before Bayne became the youngest winner of the 500. He led the field to the green flag on the final restart. Some of the Sprint Cup Series … Read entire article »
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Winning another Daytona 500 ‘so important’ to Johnson
By Jim Pedley Special to the Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service The numbers on Jimmie Johnson’s Sprint Cup resume are as gaudy as one of Elvis’ Las Vegas era jump suits. For the most part, that is. There is one number that is downright drab. It’s the number of Daytona 500s Johnson has won. That number is one. In interviews leading up to Sunday’s 53rd running of NASCAR’s most important race, Johnson let everybody know he desperately wants to begin pumping that number up toward “King size.” As he was reminded that Richard Petty has seven Daytona 500 victories to go along with his seven series championships, Johnson nodded along. Also understood is that when detractors do go after the legacy of the great Dale Earnhardt, it is often on the basis that he won … Read entire article »
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Martina McBride to sing National Anthem for 53rd annual Daytona 500
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Fresh off her rousing opening performance at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards, Country music star Martina McBride will sing the National Anthem for the 53rd running of the Daytona 500 on Sunday, February 20, NASCAR biggest and most prestigious race of the season. “We’re looking forward to having one of the most popular and recognized voices in country music perform the National Anthem for the Daytona 500,” Daytona International Speedway President Joie Chitwood III said. “With hundreds of thousands of race fans in attendance and the tens of millions more watching live on FOX, we look forward to hearing Martina’s rendition of the National Anthem.” “Singing our National Anthem is always a great honor for me,” McBride said. “I’ve had the pleasure of singing it at so many … Read entire article »
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Dale Jarrett, Joe Gibbs Racing and Interstate Batteries Win Together, Celebrate Separately
Note: In honor of Interstates Batteries’ and Joe Gibbs Racing’s 20th anniversary together in NASCAR, a series of stories highlighting 20 big moments will be published throughout 2011. This is the second in the series. The story of Dale Jarrett’s historic victory in the 35th Daytona 500 has been told many times throughout the last two decades. The legendary Dale Earnhardt led 107 of 200 laps on Feb. 14, 1993, but he was passed by Jarrett’s No. 18 Interstate Batteries car on the last lap while Jarrett’s father, Ned, excitedly called the action during the live CBS broadcast. The “Dale and Dale Show,” as referred to by Ned Jarrett on the telecast, is still considered by many to be one of the best races in NASCAR history. Perhaps lesser known, and somewhat humorous, … Read entire article »
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