Nationwide Series Camping World 300 - Feb. 14th

NASCAR Nationwide Series Camping World 300
Daytona International Speedway
300 miles (120 laps)

2009 Pole Winner: Kevin Harvick
2009 Race Winner: Tony Stewart

Tony Stewart gets the job done at Daytona – again! He won Saturday’s season opening Nationwide Series race in his first outing for Hendrick Motorsports. Stewart held off a late race charge by both Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards for his 4th season opening win at Daytona. He won this race last year and in ’05 and ’06.

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There were 18 lead changes among 11 drivers. Clint Bowyer led 4 times for 33 laps, the most in the race. Stewart led for 23 laps including the final 6. There were 6 cautions for 23 laps.

1. Tony Stewart
2. Carl Edwards
3. Clint Bowyer
4. Kyle Busch
5. Greg Biffle
6. Brian Vickers
7. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
8. David Ragan
9. Jason Keller
10. Matt Kenseth

On Track - Saturday Feb. 14th

Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman wrecked during Happy Hour practice early Saturday afternoon. Newman blew a tire that sent him into the wall. Stewart was following close by and couldn’t avoid the collision.

Both cars suffered major damage forcing both drivers into back-up cars. They both will have to start in the back of the field for the Daytona 500.



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New team owner Stewart didn’t blame Newman, but turned his attention back to Goodyear who he has blasted publicly before. “If it was because two guys wrecked and it was a driver’s mistake, that’s one thing” Stewart said after the crash. “But a manufacturer that has the sole deal here, they don’t have any competition and they can’t give us something to keep us from having problems like this. So I don’t know. I’m just amazed at how much everybody kisses their butts right now.” There were numerous tire issues during both Gatorade Duels. Goodyear recalled eight sets of right-rear tires following the race that didn’t meet the company’s standards.

Sprint Cup Series Final Practice Speed Chart:

1. Reed Sorenson
2. Matt Kenseth
3. Kurt Busch
4. Juan Pablo Montoya
5. Greg Biffle
6. David Ragan
7. Dale Earnhardt Jr
8. Joey Logano
9. Jeff Gordon
10. Brian Vickers
    

Camping World Truck Series - Friday Feb. 13th

NASCAR Camping World Truck SeriesNextEra Energy Resources 250
Daytona International Speedway
250 Miles (100 laps)

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Todd Bodine became the 1st repeat winner in 10 years of truck series history at the Daytona International Speedway Friday night as he held off Kyle Busch for the win! It is Bodine’s 16th career win and 4th consecutive superspeedway win. There were 15 lead changes among 12 drivers. Bodine led twice for the race high 25 laps. There were 6 caution flags for 29 laps.


1. Todd Bodine
2. Kyle Busch
3. Terry Cook
4. J.R. Fitzpatrick
5. Ron Hornaday Jr.
6. Tim Peters
7. Mike Skinner
8. Matt Crafton
9. Colin Braun
10. Taylor Malsam

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On Track - Friday Feb. 13th

Jeff Gordon was the 6th fastest during practice Friday afternoon. Kyle Busch ran some laps in his teammate Joey Logano’s #20 ride rather than running practice laps in his own car.

1. Jamie McMurray
2. Robby Gordon
3. Paul Menard
4. AJ Allmendinger
5. Greg Biffle

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Kevin Harvick won the pole for Saturday’s Nationwide Series season opener at Daytona.

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Kevin will be piloting his own #33 for Kevin Harvick Inc.
This is his 18th pole in the series and 2nd at Daytona.

Matt Kenseth qualified 2nd followed by Clint Bowyer.

TV Coverage on ESPN2 begins at 1 pm.

2008 Pole Winner: Tony Stewart
2008 Race Winner: Tony Stewart

On Track - Thursday Feb. 12th

Colin Braun won the pole for the NextEra Energy Resources 250 Thursday night. The Camping World Truck Series will officially kick off their 10th year anniversary at Daytona on Friday night.

2008 Pole Winner: Erik Darnell
2008 Race Winner: Todd Bodine

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There have been 9 different winners in the 9 races there.

Gatorade Duel Races - Thursday Feb. 12th

Jeff Gordon won the first Gatorade Duel Race Thursday afternoon. He’ll start on the 2nd row for the Daytona 500.

Gordon held off Tony Stewart and Jimmie Johnson for the win.

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Kyle Busch won the second duel race and earned a starting position right beside Gordon on the 2nd row.

With a push from his teammate Denny Hamlin on the final lap, Busch passed Mark Martin for the win. Martin was dominant throughout the race.

4 spots were up for grabs not having otherwise qualified on Sunday and were filled by Jeremy Mayfield, Scott Riggs, Regan Smith and A.J. Allmendinger. Terry Labonte will use the past champion's provisional to make it into the race.

The 43 car field is now set for the 51st Annual Daytona 500.
TV coverage begins at 2pm on FOX.

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Changes for '09 - Restarts

NASCAR will now use single file line-ups for restarts with 20 laps to go in all 3 of the national series this year. Previously, single file restarts were reserved for the last 10 laps in a race.