NASCAR driver Carl Edwards lost the championship last season on a tie-breaker to Tony Stewart, so how does he rebound from that in 2012? By winning pole position at the 2012 Daytona 500, that’s how! Edwards beat out his teammate Greg Biffle for the top starting spot during qualifying yesterday at Daytona International Speedway. With [...]
In somewhat of a surprise move it has been announced that GoDaddy girl and now full time NASCAR driver Danica Patrick will race in the Daytona 500. Perhaps not taken as seriously as she should be because of her looks, Patrick is a skilled driver and has some IndyCar victories to her credit which back [...]
Testing opened yesterday for the Daytona 500 and Jimmie Johnson had to do it without crew chief Chad Knaus. Knaus elected to vacation in South Africa and miss the testing, which is just find with Jimmie Johnson: “Chad had such a great opportunity to go on a great vacation and really do something for himself. [...]
Mark Martin and his teammate/team co-owner Michael Waltrip’s NASCAR Sprint Cup entry will be the number 55 car for the 2012 and 2013 NASCAR seasons. Additionally, the 52 year old Mark Martin will be behind the wheel of #55 for the 2012 Daytona 500 in February. In case you are wondering what is the significance [...]
For the first time in history, the pace car for the Daytona 500 will be a non-GM, Ford or Chrysler vehicle. The 2012 Daytona 500 pace car will be a Toyota Camry SE. According to TheWeeklyDriver.com, “The Camry Pace Car is based a 2012 Camry SE, which features a 268 horsepower V6. It is specially [...]
The 2012 Daytona 500 will be held on February 26. This is a change from past years when the race would be held the previous weekend in February. This was done so to accomodate a request from Fox Sports, Fox wants NASCAR to condense the opening few weeks of the season. Surprisingly to fans, it [...]
The 2011 Daytona 500 started off the NASCAR season with a rare first-time career victory for Trevor Bayne. Little did we know that the NASCAR season would proceed to see more first-time winners in several races to follow Daytona. The Southern 500 was won by Regan Smith. The Coke Zero 400 was won by David [...]
2011 Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne returned to the site of his greatest triumph when NASCAR held the Coke Zero 400 on July 2, 2011. While the young driver seemingly came from nowhere at the end of the Daytona 500 to snatch the victory, during the Coke Zero 400, also held at Daytona International Speedway, [...]
HDTheater has announced that NASCAR will be coming to their screens as the original action-packed special, DAYTONA 500: THE INSIDE STORY will make its debut. Daytona 500: The Inside Story is an hour-long documentary produced by award-winning NASCAR Media Group. The documentary will present NASCAR fans with an exclusive look back at the memorable 2011 [...]
National ticket broker SelectATicket.com has 2012 Daytona 500 tickets for sale. Don’t miss a single lap of the action as the 2012 NASCAR season kicks off at Daytona International Speedway on February 26, 2012. The Daytona International Motor Speedway seats 168,000 fans and every year it is jam-packed with Daytona 500 ticket holders, do not [...]
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