Daily Archives: February 21, 2014

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Sprint Cup Series Daytona 500 Preview

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2014_Daytona500_REVAustin Dillon grabbing the Daytona 500 Pole victory with a Richter-scale rating may only be the beginning of news-making storylines in 2014.

On Sunday, Austin Dillon created a tidal wave of news, putting the iconic No. 3 car on the Pole. The No. 3 car last raced in the Sprint Cup Series in 2001, and hadn’t been on track in the series since Dale Earnhardt’s fatal wreck on the last lap of that year’s Daytona 500. In winning the pole, Dillon became the fourth driver to win the pole while driving the No. 3 car, joining Buddy Baker (1969), Ricky Rudd (1983) and Dale Earnhardt (1996). Continue reading →

2014 Great American Rookie Class’ Attends Multi-faceted Seminar at Daytona

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Nearly 70 drivers representing NASCAR’s weekly, touring and national series attended the 2014 NASCAR Rookie Seminar, held Feb. 19, 2014 at Daytona International Speedway Photo - Chris Trotman/Getty Images
Nearly 70 drivers representing NASCAR’s weekly, touring and national series attended the 2014 NASCAR Rookie Seminar, held Feb. 19, 2014 at Daytona International Speedway
Photo – Chris Trotman/Getty Images

There’s much more to racing these days than, well, racing. That was the overall message delivered to 66 eager young drivers Wednesday at the 2014 NASCAR Rookie Seminar.

Call those 66 the “Great American Rookie Class.” It sure looked like that, with the seminar taking place next to Daytona International Speedway’s Victory Lane where on Sunday, the winner of the Great American Race, the Daytona 500, will celebrate winning stock car racing’s biggest race. Continue reading →