Motor Racing Digest

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Daytona International Speedway will offer a special ticket package for the upcoming NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event on Saturday night, July 6 at the “World Center of Racing”  that includes a question and answer session with No. 88 National Guard driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. The No. 88 Package, available starting at [...]

Posted: May 16th, 2013
Categories: Featured, Track News.
Tags: COKE ZERO 400, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Daytona International Speedway, Nascar Sprint Cup Series
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Nine-time GRAMMY winner  Sheryl Crow, whose long list of hits include “All I Wanna Do,” “Soak Up The Sun” and her latest single “Easy,” will perform a hour-long pre-race concert prior to the 55th annual Coke Zero 400 Powered By Coca-Cola NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Saturday, July 6 at [...]

Posted: May 16th, 2013
Categories: Track News.
Tags: COKE ZERO 400, Daytona International Speedway, Nascar Sprint Cup Series
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  Posted by: Dave Thompson, follow @phillyfan17 February 24, 2013 Jimmie Johnson started last season at Daytona by finishing just one lap before a wreck ended his day.  This season, making his 400th career start, Johnson held off teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. on the final lap to win his second Daytona 500. The 55th Daytona [...]

Posted: February 24th, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Results.
Tags: Brad Keselowski, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Danica Patrick, Daytona 500, Daytona International Speedway, Jimmie Johnson, JJ Yeley, kasey kahne, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Mark Martin, Martin Truex Jr., Matt Kenseth, Michael McDowell, Regan Smith, Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart
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  Posted by: Dave Thompson, follow @phillyfan17 February 23, 2013 Joie Chitwood, president of Daytona International Speedway, stated 28 NASCAR fans were injured Saturday when debris, including a tire, flew into the grandstands when a Kyle Larson’s car soared into the catchfence at Daytona International Speedway on a frightening last-lap accident in the Nationwide Series [...]

Posted: February 23rd, 2013
Categories: Track News.
Tags: Daytona International Speedway, drive4copd 300, Joie Chitwood, Kyle Larson, Steve O'Donnell
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  Written By David Morgan – Follow at @damorgan86 February 23, 2013 Frightening. That’s how the end of the DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona can be described as a horrific crash sent cars spinning through the infield and debris scattered throughout the frontstretch as Tony Stewart wins his record-tying seventh Nationwide Series race at Daytona. The [...]

Posted: February 23rd, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Nationwide Series.
Tags: Austin Dillon, Brad Keselowski, Danica Patrick, Daytona International Speedway, drive4copd 300, Elliott Sadler, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Michael Annett, Regan Smith, Tony Stewart, Trevor Bayne
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Written by: David Morgan – Follow at @damorgan86  February 20, 2013 As the 2013 season gets underway this weekend at Daytona for the Sprint Cup Series, Nationwide Series, and the Camping World Truck Series, it’s time once again to analyze the statistics and see just who you should be watching this weekend at the “World [...]

Posted: February 20th, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Camping World Truck Series, Nascar Nationwide Series, Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Tags: Daytona 500, Daytona International Speedway, drive4copd 300, NASCAR Camping World Series, Nascar Nationwide Series, Nascar Sprint Cup Series, nextera energy resources 250
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Written By: David Morgan – Follow at @damorgan86 February 18, 2013 As Speedweeks in Daytona gets up to full swing this week with a full slate of events leading up to the Daytona 500 this Sunday, the NASCAR community took a step back today to remember a fallen hero, Dale Earnhardt, who perished in a [...]

Posted: February 18th, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Tags: Dale Earnhardt, Daytona 500, Daytona International Speedway, Nascar Sprint Cup Series
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  Posted by: Dave Thompson, follow @phillyfan17 July 10, 2012 WINNERS Tony Stewart – Stewart landed his third win of the season on Saturday night and nearly a lock to make the Chase and defend his championship title. He was forced to start 42nd after his qualifying run (would have started 2nd) was disallowed. Although Stewart outdueled Matt Kenseth on the final lap, credit also needs [...]

Posted: July 10th, 2012
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Tags: Bobby Labonte, COKE ZERO 400, Daytona International Speedway, Greg Biffle, Jeff Burton, Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick, Martin Truex Jr., Matt Kenseth, Tony Stewart
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  Posted by: Candice Corrigan, follow @candicecorrigan July 5, 2012 Date: Saturday, July 7, 2012 Location: Daytona International Speedway—Daytona Beach, Fla. Time: 7:30 p.m. ET Distance: 160 laps/400 miles Broadcast: TV- TNT with coverage beginning at 6:30 p.m. ET Radio: Motor Racing Network (MRN) or Sirius XM Channel 90 The excruciating summer heat follows the [...]

Posted: July 5th, 2012
Categories: Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Track News.
Tags: Brad Keselowski, COKE ZERO 400, Daytona International Speedway, Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth, NASCAR
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Posted by: David Starr, Follow @DavidLStarr February 28, 2012 You can say a lot of things about the 54th running of the Daytona 500 but you can’t say it was boring. It had everything; rain, fire, soap, fog, and briefly more rain. Oh yeah, a winner, too. When it was all over, a happy Matt [...]

Posted: February 28th, 2012
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Tags: Dale Earnhardt Jr., Daytona 500, Daytona International Speedway, Greg Biffle, Juan Pablo Montoya, Matt Kenseth, Roush Fenway Racing
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