in NASCAR lore.But he hasn't won a championship.Hasn't won THE championship.That comes in November, at the end of the Sprint Cup season and a 10-race playoff, nine months after the Daytona 500 winner rolls into Victory Lane here.So the Daytona 500 isn't really NASCAR's Super Bowl....
Fans still debate whether it was midwestern champion Johnny Beauchamp, declared the victor at the finish line, or longtime NASCAR driver Lee Petty, declared the official winner a few days after the race.The... J Havick 被引量: 0发表: 2013年 If Danica Patrick Wins The Daytona 500…. The ...
” But this is Daytona. I just can’t see not racing in this race. I’ve always been after the marquee events. Sure, this is a plate race. But, man, having a shot to win another Daytona 500 is really something I want to experience.”...
lack of experience and rapidly made his way to NASCAR. Byron won a series-high six Cup races and competed for the championship last year. Monday night, he won his first Daytona 500 and gave car owner Rick Hendrick his first win in this race since Dale Earnhardt Jr. claimed the ...
As for their developing rivalry, Larson and Hamlin have a lot to live up to in the pantheon of remarkable ones in NASCAR. In the 1970s, Cale Yarborough and Bobby Allison feuded so fiercely and so often that after a crash during the 1979 Daytona 500, the two jump...
Charger is the top gun in Dodge City Dodge is setting up its Dodge City display at five NASCAR Nextel Cup races this year, as well as other motorsports events. The Daytona Beach exhibit, at the Daytona 500 race on February 20, 2005 covered two acres. It included 50... R Kranz - 《...
That's what made Gordon a cut above. "From the first time we tested the feedback he gave, he wasn't intimidated by the car, he wasn't intimidated by the speed, he wasn't all giddy about having the chance to race in NASCAR," Evernham said. "It was like he had a job...
Tomorrow’s Daytona 500— the sport’s biggest race is also its first of the season — brings with it a slew of articles on the business of Nascar, in which the usual suspects appear. Television ratings are down. Track attendance is down. The shift to a “Premier Partner” model with ...
Yet, Gordon has no doubt that the team is more than capable on Sunday and added that some of the circumstances of the playoffs have required Byron and the team to take a more conservative approach. “You’ve got to race different when you’re in the playoffs as you...
of virtual reality has long been a mainstay in NASCAR, as well as F1 and other professional racing leagues. Video games – in the form of complex driving simulators that many drivers have set up in their basements or in their team headquarters – help drivers prepare for the next race. ...