Nascar's biggest race of the year took place yesterday. The Daytona 500 is the most iconic race on the racing sport's calendar. The race yesterday was delayed for a while due to adverse weather conditions including a tornado warning.
On February 23rd, The NASCAR season begins with the biggest race of the year, The 56th annual Daytona 500! Budweiser will be sponsoring the pre-race show and do you know who's going to be the headliner?
Danica Patrick has made history again. Patrick became the first woman to win the pole at any race in NASCAR's top circuit. Patrick set the mark with a lap at 196.434 mph and will be on the pole for the Daytona 500 next Sunday.
While most of the talk about last night's Daytona 500 is about the delays and Montoya's Spectacular Crash; New York native, Regan Smith was running with the big dogs for a large part of the night.
It was a night to remember at Daytona International Speedway. The Daytona 500--twice delayed by rain--finally began at 7PM and when the smoke had cleared Matt Kenseth had captured the checkered flag for the second straight year. Dale Jr. came in second followed by Greg Biffle. However the most spectacular moment of the night occurred when Juan Pablo Montoya crashed into a dryer truck full of jet f
"Youth will be served". So goes the old English proverb and never was it more true than at today's Daytona 500. Trevor Bayne , who celebrated his 20th birthday yesterday, became the youngest driver to ever win the grand-daddy of auto racing, The Daytona 500. Carl Edwards finished 2nd followed by David Gilliland.
NASCAR and country music go hand in glove so it's no surprise that once again a country superstar has been chosen to headline the February 20th Daytona 500 Pre-Race Show. Brad will perform 3 songs prior to the start of the season opening NASCAR Sprint Series event.