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James Buescher grabs first Nationwide win in wild finish at Daytona
By Reid Spencer – NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — In a weekend of unlikely winners, James Buescher took the checkered flag under caution in Saturday’s Drive4COPD 300 Nationwide Series race with wreckage from the cars of the likely winners strewn behind him in Turn 4 at Daytona International Speedway. Buescher, a first-time winner in the series, took advantage of a last-lap wreck involving front-runners Trevor Bayne, Tony Stewart, Elliott Sadler, Joey Logano, Kurt Busch, Ricky … Read entire article »
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NASCAR Notebook: Danica Patrick rues the wreck of her pole-winning car
By Reid Spencer – NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Based on her roller-coaster ride during Speedweeks, Sunday’s Daytona 500 ought to be a stellar outing for Danica Patrick. On Thursday, she wrecked hard on the last lap of the first Gatorade Duel 150 qualifying race at Daytona International Speedway. On Friday, she won the pole for the Drive4COPD 300 Nationwide Series race. On Saturday, on Lap 49 of that event, Patrick wrecked in Turn 3 after a … Read entire article »
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Danica Patrick wins pole for NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Daytona
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – A day after a jarring crash took her out of the first Gatorade Duel 150 qualifying race at Daytona International Speedway, Danica Patrick stormed back to win the pole for Saturday’s Drive4COPD Nationwide Series race at the 2.5-mile track. The Coors Light Pole Award was Patrick’s first in 26 attempts and the first for a female driver since Shawna Robinson started on the pole at Atlanta … Read entire article »
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NASCAR Nationwide DRIVE4COPD 300 Winners Press Conference
Tony Stewart met with the media after winning the DRIVE4COPD 300 on Saturday. Here’s is the transcript: Kerry Tharp: Let’s roll into our post race winning driver for today’s 30th Annual Drive for COPD 300 here at Daytona International Speedway, the season opener for the NASCAR Nationwide Series. The race winner is Tony Stewart. This is Tony’s fourth straight win in this race. This is his 10th NASCAR Nationwide Series victory. Certainly you’ve shown just your ability to get around the two-and-a-half mile Superspeedway here at Daytona. Your thoughts about today’s win? Tony Stewart: “Wow” is the first thing. I knew we had a good car in practice. You know, we didn’t qualify as good as we were hoping for obviously. But we were pretty sure we knew that we were … Read entire article »
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NASCAR Nationwide DRIVE4COPD 300 Race Results
Pos St No Driver Make Points Bonus Laps Status 1. 14 4 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 0 120 Running 2. 1 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 0 120 Running 3. 2 1 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 41 120 Running 4. 3 5 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 0 120 Running 5. 16 32 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 39 120 Running 6. 22 30 Jason Leffler Chevrolet 38 120 Running 7. 8 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 0 120 Running 8. 10 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 36 120 Running 9. 26 99 Michael Waltrip Toyota 0 120 Running 10. 7 16 Trevor Bayne Ford 35 1 120 Running 11. 20 38 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 0 120 Running 12. 6 20 Joey Logano Toyota 0 120 Running 13. 30 19 Mike Bliss Chevrolet 31 119 Running 14. 4 7 Danica Patrick Chevrolet 31 1 119 Running 15. 18 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 29 119 Running 16. 29 51 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet 28 119 Running 17. 23 52 Bobby Santos Chevrolet 27 119 Running 18. 36 15 Todd Bodine Toyota 0 119 Running 19. 15 88 Aric Almirola Chevrolet 25 119 Running 20. 21 66 Steve Wallace Toyota 24 118 Running 21. 43 05 David Starr Chevrolet 0 118 Running 22. 24 70 Shelby Howard Chevrolet 22 118 Running 23. 33 81 Donnie Neuenberger Dodge 21 118 Running 24. 35 141 Patrick Sheltra Ford 20 118 Running 25. 41 28 Derrike Cope Chevrolet 19 118 Running 26. 39 89 Morgan Shepherd Chevrolet 18 117 Running 27. 5 31 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 17 116 Running 28. 25 09 Kenny Wallace Toyota 16 115 Running 29. 9 60 Carl Edwards Ford 0 107 Running 30. 12 22 Brad Keselowski Dodge 0 105 Accident 31. 31 39 Josh Wise Ford 13 103 Accident 32. 38 23 Robert Richardson Jr. Dodge 12 103 Overheating 33. 34 14 Eric McClure Chevrolet 11 95 Running 34. 11 11 Brian Scott Toyota 10 70 Engine 35. 42 40 Scott Wimmer Chevrolet 9 57 Engine 36. 17 12 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge 8 53 Accident 37. 27 01 Mike Wallace Chevrolet 8 1 51 Running 38. 19 2 Elliott Sadler Chevrolet 6 45 Running 39. 13 62 Michael Annett Toyota 5 26 Accident 40. 28 44 Jeff Green Chevrolet 4 18 Rear Gear 41. 37 24 Kevin Lepage Ford 3 12 Vibration 42. 40 27 J.R. Fitzpatrick Ford 2 10 Accident 43. 32 25 Kelly Bires Ford 1 5 Overheating … Read entire article »
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Stewart wins 4th consecutive Daytona Nationwide race
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—With a shove from Landon Cassill, Tony Stewart surged past Clint Bowyer at the finish line to win Saturday’s Drive4COPD 300, his fourth straight Nationwide Series victory at Daytona International Speedway. Bowyer ran second .007 seconds behind Stewart. Cassill came home third, followed by Dale Earnhardt Jr., who had pushed Bowyer for six laps after a restart on Lap 115 of the 120-lap race. Danica Patrick finished 14th, one lap down, her best result in 14 Nationwide starts. Cassill also was involved in another pivotal moment of the race. With the field bunched after a restart on Lap 104, Cassill moved down on drafting partner Brad Keselowski, knocking Keselowski’s No. 22 Dodge into the infield grass. Keselowski, the defending Nationwide Series champion, turned back across the … Read entire article »
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Tony Stewart Nationwide Series Winning Driver Press Conference
Daytona Beach, FL – After winning the DRIVE4COPD 300 on Saturday, Tony Stewart and Crew Chief Butch Hylton visited the Daytona International Speedway media center to talk about the win. Full Transcript. … Read entire article »
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Steve Wallace Motors To First Top-10 At Daytona International Speedway
DAYTONA BEACH, FL – Saturday was a day of firsts for Rusty Wallace Racing’s Steve Wallace in the DRIVE4COPD 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Daytona International Speedway. … Read entire article »
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Two Accidents End Busch’s Chances for Victory at Daytona
Daytona Beach, FL – Kyle Busch, driver of the No. 18 Interstate Batteries Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR), was caught up in two accidents that ended his chances of victory in Saturday’s DRIVE4COPD 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. … Read entire article »
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