Her career highlight continues to be an IndyCar victory in 2008, four years before she jumped to NASCAR. “The last one was coming someday, and Aaron’s and Toyota wanted to help me celebrate”.
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For the first time during the Duels, the victor earned 10 regular-season points in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. If it’s the Daytona 500, it’s the same thing. However, despite losing the victory, Earnhardt will still line up second on the grid for Sunday’s 500 as the top two spots are determined by qualifying speed, not the Duels. “Since then, he has fielded a race-winning team in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and is a ubiquitous presence in Fox Sports” coverage of the sport.
“Some of us older guys, when they talk about changing the format, we look at each other, ask questions”.
Patrick is 34 years old.
The absence of Dale Earnhardt Jr. for 18 races last season raised awareness on concussions in racing, and NASCAR this year has beefed up its concussion policy in an effort to better detect head injuries.
McMurray was second, Harvick finished third with Keselowski and Matt Kenseth rounding out the top five.
The 14-time defending Cup Series Most Popular Driver previously won the Daytona 500 in 2004 and 2014, but finished a career-worst 36th a year ago despite starting the race in the No. 3 position.
But for one more Sunday, Waltrip will be a racer and get to put a period on his convoluted chapter of Daytona 500 lore.
Kurt Busch boasts the fourth-best driver rating among active competitors at Daytona (89.9), but has never won at the Florida track. He wants to run up front and finish in the top 10. Kyle Busch. 4. Denny Hamlin. 5.
After a winless Xfinity season in 2015, Suarez made dramatic improvement last season.
“It was very important to win that race”, Logano said. “We know it’s just a Duel win, but what a great way to start the season”.
Dale Junior’s final season – I hope I’m wrong, but it’s hard to see Junior racing much longer, or perhaps even finishing out the season. From a regional southeastern sport until the ’90’s, NASCAR races now in non-traditional places like New Hampshire and Las Vegas.
The 2012 NASCAR Cup Series champion tallied four victories a year ago. He started third previous year, and missed half of the season due to a concussion.
Elliott would hold the lead the remainder of the night, but he would have to work for it.
Still, he doesn’t have that signature Daytona 500 win to his credit. The Elliotts are the first father-son duo to win consecutive Daytona 500 poles.
NASCAR driver Brad Keselowski, offered a different perspective, based on being a new parent of a young daughter, noted For The Win. Bill Elliott won the race from the pole twice (1985, 87).
Chase Elliott and Denny Hamlin won their respective Can-Am Duel races at the Daytona International Speedway on Thursday night. For the Daytona 500, stages are separated after lap 60 and 120, and then an 80-lap final stage to determine the victor.
Thirty-eight teams are locked into the DAYTONA 500 (36 via charter and the two fastest open teams from Sunday’s qualifying – Elliott Sadler and Brendan Gaughan). “I feel like I won the Daytona 500”.
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LaJoie got his spot when Reed Sorenson crashed with 12 laps left after being bumped by LaJoie. Waltrip won the Daytona 500 in 2001, the same day his auto owner, Dale Earnhardt, was killed on the final lap, and again two years later in a rain-shortened race.
