FONTANA, Calif. — Matt Kenseth won the Auto Club 500 for the second consecutive year Sunday at California Speedway.
Pole-winner Jeff Gordon finished second and teammate Jimmie Johnson was third.
Kenseth also won the Stater Bros. 300 Busch race on Saturday.
With seven laps to go, the race was red-flagged for more than 15 minutes after David Reutimann [...]
FONTANA, Calif. — Matt Kenseth took control in the closing laps Saturday night at California Speedway, driving off with his fourth NASCAR Busch Series victory in 12 tries on the 2-mile oval.
Casey Mears grabbed second place 12 laps from the end and gave a big effort to try to catch Kenseth, but the Roush Fenway [...]
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Feb. 18 — For all that Mark Martin has accomplished in a legendary career, he will always be remembered in part for what he could not do. Martin, one of the most beloved drivers in Nascar history, never won a season points championship despite finishing the top 10 in 16 of 18 [...]
Let’s hope there is no repeat of this….
from about.com
The 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season is right around the corner. This season features some changes in NASCAR that you need to know about before the cars hit the track in Daytona. Here is everything that you need to know about the upcoming 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season.
1) Toyota Makes Its NEXTEL Cup Debut
The [...]
Anybody else remember this crash?
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Gatorade Duels Finalize 2007 Daytona 500 Starting LineupThe Daytona 500 has a unique qualifying process where the majority of the starting positions are determined by a pair of 150-mile qualifying races called the Gatorade Duels. 35 drivers are guaranteed a starting position based on their 2006 car owner points. Only two cars out [...]
Rollbars, Seat Belts and Helmets saved the day at the 2nd Daytona 500
Orbitz 300 Race Results
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Winning Busch Series races is routine for Kevin Harvick.
Just not at Daytona — until now.
Harvick, who ran away with the 2006 Busch Series title, dominated the Orbitz 300 Saturday, earning his first victory at Daytona International Speedway.
The race was overrun with Buschwhackers — 25 Nextel Cup regulars moonlighting in the junior series — and [...]
Robert Yates Racing’s David Gilliland and Ricky Rudd swept the front row for the Daytona 500 in Budweiser Pole Qualifying on Sunday at historic Daytona International Speedway.
Gilliland, driver of the No. 38 M&M’s Ford, claimed the pole for “The Great American Race” on Sunday, Feb. 18 by turning a fast lap time of [...]
Dale Earnhardt Jr. fends off post-apocalyptic mutants in new Budweiser ad to debut during NASCAR’s Daytona 500
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ST. LOUIS (Feb. 13, 2007) - NASCAR’s four-time Most Popular Driver, Dale Earnhardt Jr., fends off a posse of post-apocalyptic mutant warriors in Budweiser’s newest ad titled “Apocalypse,” set to debut during Sunday’s Daytona 500 on Fox-TV.
Dale Jr.’s [...]
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Michael Waltrip apologized Thursday for his team’s role in NASCAR’s biggest cheating scandal, saying he was so embarrassed he almost pulled out of Daytona 500 preparations.
The two-time Daytona 500 winner, who lost two key crew members Wednesday when NASCAR penalized his team for using a fuel additive, said he had to be [...]
