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The Canadian Press Dale Earnhardt Jr., The Canadian Press
After all, he’s now done it five times.
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“I told you how much I like people remembering dad and talk about dad”, he said.
“I think it’s just natural talent and doing what you love to do”, said fan Kenneth James.
Earnhardt’s five duel wins trail only the six recorded by Jeff Gordon, and, inevitably, the record of 12 set by his father.
The pressure is immediate for Wheeler – win Gibbs his first Daytona 500 in 23 years.
In the grand scheme, Earnhardt’s victory means little other than preferred starting spot (third) in Sunday’s Daytona 500. Kenseth had earned a front row starting spot for Sunday’s season-opener, but he’ll now forfeit it because of the crash.
It was another dominant performance for the No. 88 team at Daytona. Logano has never won at Daytona.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 3. “I was able to get by him on pit road and then he had a run coming with two or three cars. But this vehicle is something special”. But he still mixed it up with the veterans as he prepares for the start of his first full season in the Sprint Cup Series. NASCAR put a lot of focus on improving intermediate-track racing over the last couple of years; perhaps now it’s time to fix plate racing as well. “I got into positions, had a few things happen that I should have stopped before they did happen”. “It was really, really good”. All that I know doesn’t amount to much beyond what I learned from “Talladega Nights”.
They all have more Daytona 500 victories than three-time series champion Tony Stewart. He would than proceed to lead the next 37 laps, until the only caution of the race came out on Lap 42 when Cole Whitt spun out.
“We just had debris on the grille (early in the race) and it cooked the motor”, Menard said, managing a smile.
Harvick got by Earnhardt for second on the restart, but Earnhardt quickly moved back into second and by four to go took the lead from Hamlin and held on the rest of the way. “The good Lord is looking down on us and blessing us and got to give glory to him”.
Thursday night, Dale Sr. would have been happy that the show finally was turned over to the cars and the stars. “There’s verbiage in stuff that has changed how drivers get paid from the purse”. That’s how it was tonight.
“For sure it’s a challenging format the way it is this year for open cars at Daytona in particular”. “Kind of nice to know we raced our way in. If we beat the No. 30 [Josh Wise] and the 98, we would have a spot in the Daytona 500 no matter where the 21 [Blaney] finished, and that’s what we did”. Not only does winning the Daytona 500 offer a driver a place among legends, it also secures a driver a spot in the Chase.
A multi-car accident ended Thursday’s second Can-Am Duel and impacted several drivers’ plans for the Daytona 500. “I’m glad I didn’t tear the vehicle up because that would have been embarrassing on a day like this”.
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With the annual event scheduled for Sunday, racing fans will be happy to know that NASCAR has teamed with Twitter to bring Daytona 500 tweets to life this weekend in attempt to further entrench and immerse the legions of those following the sport and capture all the hoopla surrounding its biggest event of the year.