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Daytona International Speedway Track Information
NASCAR Daytona International Speedway Race Stats 2013 Race Length: 500 miles/200 laps; 400 miles/160 laps Track Qualifying Record: 210.364 mph (Bill Elliott, 1987) Race Record: 500 - 177....
12 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, News, Daytona International Speedway

Harvick a favorite, Danica on point for Daytona 500
NASCAR Sunday's Daytona 500, the 55th in the long, storied history of The Great American Race, officially has the field set. There are endless stories emanating from NASCAR's biggest event, but here are t...
12 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Danica Patrick, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Tony Stewart, Daytona, NASCAR Daytona 500

The 10 Most Memorable Daytona 500s
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13 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, Bobby Allison, Cale Yarborough, Dale Earnhardt, Donnie Allison, Michael Waltrip, Richard Petty, Daytona 500, great finishes, NASCAR

Harvick, Busch win Duels; hint at what's to come in Daytona
NASCAR The theme of NASCAR Speedweeks in Daytona thus far? Timidity. New cars that do not line up square and are volatile in the draft; a supposed lack of quality body parts back at the team shops...
13 weeks ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR, Danica Patrick, Greg Biffle, Jeff Gordon, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth, Tony Stewart, Daytona, Budweiser Duel at Daytona, NASCAR

NASCAR: How Stock Cars Have Changed Over the Years
NASCAR There has been very little that is "stock" on a NASCAR Sprint Cup stock car in well over 25 years. And its maturation from "race what you drove to the track" to modern-day engineering marvel is int...
13 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, Monthly

Top 25 NASCAR Sprint Cup Drivers for 2013
NASCAR As the 2013 NASCAR season revs up this weekend at Daytona, Athlon Sports offers up our preseason Top 25 Sprint Cup Series driver rankings. Click on each driver's name for a detailed preview of...
13 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, Brad Keselowski, Clint Bowyer, Jimmie Johnson, Kasey Kahne, Kyle Busch

NASCAR 2013: Preseason Top 10 Nationwide Series Drivers
NASCAR As the 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series revs up, we look at the preseason favorites. 1. Brian Vickers Vickers won the then-Busch Series championship in 2003 with Hendrick Motorsports and is ba...
13 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, News, Austin Dillon, Brian Scott, Brian Vickers, Elliott Sadler, James Buescher, Justin Allgaier, Micahel Annett, Parker Kligerman, Regan Smith, Sam Hornish Jr., Trevor Bayne

Storylines, history surround NASCAR's Daytona 500
NASCAR The Daytona 500 is an event that transcends its own sport, much the same as the Super Bowl, the World Series or the Masters. Over the last 54 years, a lot of history has been made just off the beac...
13 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, Danica Patrick, Kyle Busch, Mark Martin, Matt Kenseth, Tony Stewart, Trevor Bayne, Daytona 500, NASCAR

Brad Keselowski: A Candid Conversation with the NASCAR Champion
NASCAR How long can it take to complete a journey from rags to riches? For Brad Keselowski, it took six years. The driver spent the 2006 offseason mourning the pending bankruptcy of his family operation, ...
13 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, Brad Keselowski

How NASCAR Sets the Starting Lineup for the Daytona 500
NASCAR Setting the starting lineup for the Daytona 500 can be a trial of confusion for those that choose not to read the syllabus. And let’s be honest, that’s why you’re reading this, right? You wan...
13 weeks ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR, Danica Patrick, Jeff Gordon, Ryan Newman, Daytona 500, NASCAR, procedures, qualifying

7 Amazing NASCAR Driver Stats for the Daytona 500
NASCAR Daytona. For the casual fan, it’s the one time a year in which tuning in is a must, not an option. For the hardcore fans and industry veterans, it’s a spiritual revival. It suffices as the star...
13 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, Danica Patrick, Jimmie Johnson, Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart, Daytona, NASCAR, Sprint Cup Series, Stats

Fantasy NASCAR Picks for the Daytona 500
NASCAR The 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup season kicks off Feb. 24 with the Daytona 500 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. The Great American Race also marks the beginning of the fantasy NASCAR season for ...
13 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, Fantasy, News, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Matt Kenseth, Tony Stewart, Daytona International Speedway, Daytona 500

NASCAR 2013: Preseason Top 10 Camping World Truck Series Drivers
NASCAR As the 2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series revs up, we look at the preseason favorites. 1. Ty Dillon (above left) Without back-to-back tire failures late last the year, Dillon might...
13 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, News, James Buescher, Timothy Peters, Ty Dillon

NASCAR 2013: Camping World Truck Series Preview
NASCAR Eldora. Eldora. Eldora. This summer, those words will be chanted from NASCAR Nation far and wide as the Camping World Truck Series becomes the guinea pig for one of the sport’s most noble mod...
13 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR

10 Races Every Motorsports Fan Should Attend in 2013
NASCAR Athlon Sports has dissected the 2013 racing calendar and picked the top 10 must-see events of the year. Races from the Sprint Cup Series, Nationwide Series, Truck Series, IndyCar Series and Formula...
13 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: NASCAR, Bristol Motor Speedway, Daytona International Speedway, Martinsville Speedway, Talladega Superspeedway, Indianapolis 500

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