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Kurt Busch Wants To Join Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough and Sterling Marlin As Back-To-Back Winners Of The Daytona 500

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Kurt Busch enters the week of the Daytona 500 feeling rejuvenated and ready to defend his 2017 victory in the The Great American Race. Things are going well for the 39-year-old driver of the Stewart-Haas Racing

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Darlington Raceway To Celebrate Daytona Day With Community Watch Party On Feb. 18

DARLINGTON, S.C. – Darlington Raceway will celebrate Daytona Day and the start of the 2018 NASCAR season by hosting its seventh annual Daytona 500 Community Watch Party on Sunday, Feb. 18. The event will start at 1:30 p.m. and continue until

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Kurt Busch Pulls Off Last-Lap Pass To Win His First Daytona 500

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Kurt Busch claimed his first Daytona 500 victory after a wild 200 laps at Daytona International Speedway in Sunday afternoon. Busch led just once in his Stewart-Haas Racing No. 41 Haas Automation/Monster Energy Ford, and it

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Chase Elliott, Denny Hamlin Win Can-Am Duels At Daytona International Speedway

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Chase Elliott and Denny Hamlin won their respective Can-Am Duel races at Daytona International Speedway on Thursday night as the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series set the field for Sunday’s Daytona 500. Elliott, driver of the

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EXCLUSIVE: Elliott Sadler Previews Can-Am Duels At Daytona And Reminisces About Darlington Raceway Victory

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Elliott Sadler previews tonight’s Can-Am Duels at Daytona and recalls his NASCAR XFINITY Series victory at Darlington Raceway, while talking with WMBF News Sports Director, Joe Murano at Daytona International Speedway. Video courtesy of WMBF Sports.  

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EXCLUSIVE: Martin Truex Jr. Says Furniture Row Racing Is “Really Motivated” Heading Into 2017

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Martin Truex Jr., 2016 Daytona 500 runner-up and Bojangles’ Southern 500 winner, talks to WMBF News Sports Director, Joe Murano about Furniture Row Racing’s efforts last season, and he also previews 2017. Video courtesy of WMBF

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VIDEO: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Is “Excited” For The 59th Running of The Daytona 500

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – While talking with the media on Wednesday at Daytona 500 Media Day, Dale Earnhardt Jr. said that he was excited about returning to the track. Earnhardt Jr. has been sidelined since July of 2016, due to

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VIDEO: Chase Elliott Talks Strategy For Racing This Weekend At Daytona

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – On Wednesday at Daytona 500 Media Day, Chase Elliott discussed his strategy for racing at Daytona International Speedway this weekend. For the second year in-a-row, the Georgia native will start from the pole for the Daytona

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Lone Thursday Can-Am Duel Practice Washed Out

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series field will head into the Can-Am Duels fresh on Thursday night with practice being washed out at Daytona International Speedway. On the weekend schedule for Thursday afternoon was a lone 55-minute practice session that

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VIDEO: Denny Hamlin Recalls Winning Last Year’s Daytona 500 Photo Finish

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – During Daytona 500 Media Day on Wednesday, Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin discussed winning last year’s Daytona 500 photo finish. In 2016, Hamlin edged Martin Truex Jr. in a thrilling finish to win the 58th running of

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