Daytona 500

  1. NASCAR Sprint Cup: The Season's 15 Biggest Disappointments

    With four races down and a visit to each type of track now complete (except for road courses), it's time to start speaking of the season as a whole. It already has had some ups and downs...

    David DeNenno Written by David DeNenno about 2 months ago 5,268 reads 6 comments

  2. Daytona 500: FOX's TV Coverage a Mixed Bag

    Somebody, for the love of god, needed to take Darrell Waltrip's microphone away on Monday night. Waltrip was by far the biggest problem in an up-and-down broadcast of the Daytona 500, once again produced by Fox...

    Christopher Leone Written by Christopher Leone about 3 months ago 1,116 reads 9 comments

  3. Jimmie Johnson, Chad Knaus Hit Hard by Daytona Penalties

    NASCAR has dropped the hammer hard on five-time Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson . NASCAR announced on Wednesday that it is penalizing Johnson 25 driver points, putting ...

    Ben Montedonico Written by Ben Montedonico about 3 months ago 736 reads 0 comments

  4. Daytona 500 2012: Jimmie Johnson's No. 48 Team Gets Major Penalty for Infraction

    Almost two weeks after finding an illegal C-post on the No. 48 Lowes car during Daytona's opening day inspection, the penalties have been announced...

    Melissa Bauer-Herzog Written by Melissa Bauer-Herzog about 3 months ago 1,047 reads 1 comments

  5. Daytona 500 2012 Results: 5 Good, 5 Bad

    We saw fire, and we saw rain. And in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, we saw history made in the 54th running of the Daytona 500 ...

    Ben Montedonico Written by Ben Montedonico about 3 months ago 3,221 reads 0 comments

  6. Weird Daytona 500 Attracts Second Highest Ratings in History

    To say that 2012’s Daytona 500 was weird would be a huge understatement. The first sign that this 500 wouldn’t be a normal race came on Sunday when, for the first time in its history, the Daytona 500 was postponed to Monday...

    Melissa Bauer-Herzog Written by Melissa Bauer-Herzog about 3 months ago 1,216 reads 1 comments

  7. NASCAR Power Rankings: Daytona

    Note: The quotes in this article are fictional. 1. Matt Kenseth: Kenseth won at Daytona, outlasting Sunday’s postponement and Monday’s inferno to win on Tuesday...

    Jeffrey Boswell Written by Jeffrey Boswell about 3 months ago 213 reads 0 comments

  8. Daytona 500 2012: Danica, Montoya & Co. Survive, and That's What Counts

    That 2012 Daytona 500 was postponed for 30 hours, coverage extended into the wee hours of Tuesday morning, and Matt Kenseth's triumph over Dale Earnhardt Jr., teammate Greg Biffle, and the remainder of a depleted field was less than climactic...

    Ben Montedonico Written by Ben Montedonico about 3 months ago 939 reads 0 comments

  9. Daytona 500 Results: Greg Biffle Betrayed NASCAR with Allegiance to Matt Kenseth

    Greg Biffle was loyal to his teammate, but not to the sport that has made him wealthy. NASCAR has been made great by a history of drivers that will stop at nothing to win, and it was just betrayed by a driver running for second...

    Richard Langford Written by Richard Langford about 3 months ago 3,152 reads 27 comments

  10. Daytona 500 2012: Was a Monday Night Race Positive or Negitive for NASCAR?

    It is a tough call: Would you rather have your organization's premier event shown on a relatively uncompetitive Sunday afternoon or delayed to prime time on Monday night? NASCAR ...

    David DeNenno Written by David DeNenno about 3 months ago 340 reads 6 comments

  11. Daytona 500 2012: 15 Memorable Moments from the 2012 Great American Race

    The 54th running of the Daytona 500 will not soon be forgotten by fans, participants and organizers. What began in smooth fashion with the conclusions of the Budweiser Shootout and ...

    David DeNenno Written by David DeNenno about 3 months ago 479 reads 0 comments

  12. Daytona 500 Winner: Matt Kenseth Can Thank Teammate Greg Biffle For Victory

    I’m not here to take anything away from the memorable performance of the 2012 Daytona 500 winner Matt Kenseth…but he needs to use his $1.4M prize money to buy Greg Biffle some sort of luxury car for his assist...

    Eric Ball Written by Eric Ball about 3 months ago 523 reads 5 comments

  13. Daytona 500 2012: 10 Boldest Performances in the 'Great American Race'

    Only one in the 43-driver field can take home the Harley J. Earl Trophy from Daytona. The rest of the field will take home memories, some to be treasured and others best forgotten...

    Sandra MacWatters Written by Sandra MacWatters about 3 months ago 645 reads 4 comments

  14. Daytona 500 2012: Kyle Busch Is Average in a Ludicrous Race

    Amidst the chaos that was the 54th installment of the Daytona 500 , Kyle "Rowdy" Busch was almost anything but chaotic in his tactical approach to the race...

    David DeNenno Written by David DeNenno about 3 months ago 237 reads 0 comments

  15. Daytona 500 Results: Under-the-Radar Drivers with Surprisingly Strong Finishes

    After a crazy weekend that saw the Daytona 500 postponed for the first time due to rain, Monday's running of The Great American Race was strange in its own right...

    Mike Chiari Written by Mike Chiari about 3 months ago 331 reads 1 comments

  16. Daytona 500 Results: Recap, Final Leaderboard and Analysis

    Matt Kenseth won a thrilling, and very long, Daytona 500 . This was a race scheduled to end on Sunday afternoon and ended up concluding on Tuesday morning...

    Richard Langford Written by Richard Langford about 3 months ago 3,786 reads 0 comments

  17. NASCAR: Kurt Busch's Road to Redemption Is off to a Rocky Start

    Since blowing up in an interview with ESPN reporter Dr. Jerry Punch and subsequently parting ways with Penske racing, Kurt Busch has put himself on what some have been calling a road to redemption...

    Jordan McGraw Written by Jordan McGraw about 3 months ago 403 reads 0 comments

  18. FYI WIRZ: NASCAR's Top 5 Daytona Drivers Can't Be Quiet After Epic Race

    The Daytona 500, ‘The Great American Race’ at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida didn't disappoint those with patience or a hefty tolerance for crashing and bizarre incidents...

    Dwight Drum Written by Dwight Drum about 3 months ago 272 reads 2 comments

  19. Daytona 500 2012: Drop in Ratings Caused by Constant Delays

    The 2012 Daytona 500 was postponed to Monday, and further weather delays and insane wrecks took the race deep into the night, which is why the ratings for NASCAR's biggest event of the year were down from a year ago...

    Eric Bowman Written by Eric Bowman about 3 months ago 910 reads 1 comments

  20. Daytona 500 2012: Jimmie Johnson and the Race's Biggest Disappointments

    Matt Kenseth earned his second Daytona 500 victory. Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Greg Biffle both had impressive performances. But for every driver who walked away from the Great American Race happy, there was one who wasn't so fortunate...

    Tim Daniels Written by Tim Daniels about 3 months ago 567 reads 1 comments

  21. Daytona 500 Results: Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s Strong Performance Won't Last All Year

    Dale Earnhardt Jr. put forth a great effort at a very interesting Daytona 500 on Monday night, finishing second behind Matt Kenseth...

    Adam Wells Written by Adam Wells about 3 months ago 770 reads 9 comments

  22. Daytona 500 Highlights: Ranking the Craziest Occurrences in Great American Race

    The Daytona 500 has been in existence since 1959, but 2012's edition was certainly the wildest and most unpredictable of all time...

    Mike Chiari Written by Mike Chiari about 3 months ago 912 reads 0 comments

  23. 2012 Daytona 500: Did Greg Biffle Block Dale Earnhardt Jr. on the Last Lap?

    We've had ourselves a wild, crazy and somewhat controverisal Daytona 500. There was close racing, Juan Pablo Montoya crashing into a jet dryer causing an explosion. There was a rain delay, fire delay, big wrecks all over the place...

    Hugo Olguin Written by Hugo Olguin about 3 months ago 1,665 reads 4 comments

  24. Daytona 500 2012 Results: Daytona Win Will Propel Huge Season for Matt Kenseth

    Matt Kenseth had a strong 2011. He's already proving to have an excellent 2012. Kenseth survived a rain delay and then a two-hour delay after a crash on Lap 160 to win the Daytona 500 on Monday evening...

    Timothy Rapp Written by Timothy Rapp about 3 months ago 821 reads 0 comments

  25. Daytona 500 2012: 10 Lessons Learned in the Great American Race

    The 54th running of the Daytona 500 is in the books and once again, we saw some game-changing moments that worked well for some drivers, while others became victims of dramatic events that are just part of the Great American Race...

    Sandra MacWatters Written by Sandra MacWatters about 3 months ago 1,828 reads 0 comments