Speeds Top 200 MPH At Daytona Test Session
NASCAR is making gains toward breaking up the two-car tandem racing that's taken over at Daytona and Talladega.
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NASCAR is making gains toward breaking up the two-car tandem racing that's taken over at Daytona and Talladega.
Danica Patrick will make her Sprint Cup debut in the season-opening Daytona 500 in February, her first of 10 races in NASCAR's highest division for Stewart-Haas Racing next season.
NASCAR made no major changes to the 2012 Sprint Cup Series schedule aside from flipping a few race dates and moving the start of the season back one week.
Richie and Greggo went to the Daytona 500 over the weekend. Of course, with these two guys, they came back with tons of memorable stories
Sunday's race featured a record 74 lead changes, 22 different leaders and 16 cautions before a rookie driver surprisingly drove into victory lane.
"This has been an incredible Speedweeks, and I just don't want it to end," Busch said after winning his first qualifying event at Daytona. "I want to make sure we keep doing everything right."
Dale Earnhardt Jr. will have to forfeit his pole position for the Daytona 500 after crashing in Wednesday's first practice session.
In expectations of further lowering speeds at the newly-paved 2.5-mile track, NASCAR has shortened the size of the four holes on the restrictor plates.
Earnhardt Jr. is looking to rebound after two disappointing seasons in NASCAR's top circuit. He finished 21st in points last year and 25th the year before.
Waltrip, a two-time Daytona 500 winner, owns a NASCAR team and has cut back his racing schedule. It will be his 25th consecutive Daytona 500.
