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Danica Patrick on Pole for Daytona 500
NASCAR Daytona Beach, Fla., is steeped in motorsports history. Known as “the birthplace of speed,” land speed records have been set on its white sand beaches. Drivers from a variety of disciplines hav...
13 weeks ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR, News, Danica Patrick, Jeff Gordon, Kasey Kahne, Kevin Harvick, Matt Kenseth, Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart, Daytona, Daytona 500 pole, NASCAR

Danica, Stenhouse and an Evolving NASCAR Narrative
NASCAR It’s been a unique start to Speedweeks in Daytona for NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series. Though technically, I guess most starts are unique. This one, however, has taken a new (if not predictable) tur...
13 weeks ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR, News, Danica Patrick, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Daytona, Daytona, NASCAR, Speedweeks, Sprint Cup Series

Greg Biffle: 2013 NASCAR Driver Profile
NASCAR 2013 Spin When a driver turns in the most consistent season-long effort of his career, yet still isn’t a factor when the championship fight boils down to the final moments, the offseason head-s...
13 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, News, Greg Biffle, Daytona

Dale Earnhardt Jr.: 2013 NASCAR Driver Profile
NASCAR 2013 Spin Dale Earnhardt Jr. has something to prove in 2013 after a pair of concussions clouded his long-term prospects. Earnhardt, after years of struggling with Hendrick Motorsports, was the mo...
13 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, News, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Daytona

Ryan Newman: 2013 NASCAR Driver Profile
NASCAR 2013 Spin Ryan Newman enters 2013 knowing he has to perform. Entering his 12th full year of Cup competition, the 2002 Rookie of the Year has 16 career wins, 49 poles and six top-10 points finishe...
13 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, News, Ryan Newman, Daytona

Kurt Busch: 2013 NASCAR Driver Profile
NASCAR 2013 Spin Kurt Busch is an immense talent behind the wheel of a race car; of that, there is little doubt. Unfortunately, Busch is also his own worst enemy, and a career marred by reprimands and d...
13 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, News, Kurt Busch, Daytona

Martin Truex Jr.: 2013 NASCAR Driver Profile
NASCAR 2013 Spin In theory, Martin Truex Jr. should be smiling broadly about 2012. For the first time in five years, he was an actual points contender throughout the 26-race regular season, and he easil...
13 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, News, Martin Truex Jr., Daytona

Jeff Burton: 2013 NASCAR Driver Profile
NASCAR 2013 Spin If it’s true that absence makes the heart grow fonder, then Jeff Burton should be feeling pretty good. After a dismal 2012 (only six top 10s), the driver and Richard Childress Racing...
13 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, News, Jeff Burton, Daytona

Kevin Harvick: 2013 NASCAR Driver Profile
NASCAR 2013 Spin It’s said that driving while distracted is dangerous, and if that holds true in the midst of a major NASCAR transition, 2013 could be hazardous for Kevin Harvick. At the end of the se...
13 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, News, Kevin Harvick, Daytona

Joey Logano: 2013 NASCAR Driver Profile
NASCAR 2013 Spin If you’ve earned the nickname “Sliced Bread,” as in the best thing since…, at some point you have to start living up to it on the racetrack. For Joey Logano, whose racing talent...
13 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, News, Joey Logano, Daytona

Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: 2013 NASCAR Driver Profile
NASCAR 2013 Spin There was no shortage of hyperbole from Roush Fenway Racing during a pair of announcements last season about the future of the team’s No. 17 Ford. First, there was the use of the ...
13 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, News, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Daytona

Jamie McMurray: 2013 NASCAR Driver Profile
NASCAR 2013 Spin The fact that Jamie McMurray joined teammate Juan Pablo Montoya in missing yet another Chase for the Sprint Cup last year wasn’t exactly a surprise for interested observers. NASCAR ha...
13 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, News, Jamie McMurray, Daytona

Aric Almirola: 2013 NASCAR Driver Profile
NASCAR 2013 Spin Aric Almirola is no new face around the NASCAR garage. The Florida-born Cuban-American made his first Sprint Cup start over five years ago, but for Almirola, the NASCAR time spent climb...
13 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, Aric Almirola

Marcos Ambrose: 2013 NASCAR Driver Profile
NASCAR 2013 Spin It took until October of the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season for Marcos Ambrose to know fully, one way or the other, whether he should make plans for a prolonged trip to Daytona in...
13 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, Marcos Ambrose

Paul Menard: 2013 NASCAR Driver Profile
NASCAR 2013 Spin Paul Menard enters 2013 coming off his best Sprint Cup points finish ever (16th). The question now is whether it was something to build on at Richard Childress Racing, or the ceiling of...
13 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, Paul Menard

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