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Chris Evans is Grand Marshal for 56th Annual Daytona 500

"Marvel's Captain America: The Winter Soldier"  Photo - Marvel Entertainment
“Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier”
Photo – Marvel Entertainment

Actor Chris Evans, Star of Marvel’s “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” is Grand Marshal for 56th Annual Daytona 500 

Evans Will Deliver the Most Famous Words in Motorsports

for the ‘The Great American Race’ 

Chris Evans, star of Marvel’s latest Super Hero adventure “Captain America: The Winter Solider,” scheduled for release on April 4, will serve as Grand Marshal for the 56th annual Daytona 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Sunday, Feb. 23, at Daytona International Speedway. The race is scheduled for 1 p.m. ET and broadcast on FOX, FOX Deportes, MRN Radio and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, as well as streamed live on the FOX Sports GO app. Continue reading

Daytona News and Notes

There are a number of news and notes surrounding Budweiser Speedweeks 2014 and the 56th annual Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway.

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Competition on the High Banks

  • Tony Stewart’s return to racing: The Sprint Unlimited marks Stewart’s long-awaited return to racing after suffering injuries in a sprint car accident in August 2013. Stewart, who is second on the all-time wins list at Daytona, is searching for his first Daytona 500 win in his 15th start in “The Great American Race.”  Continue reading

Sprint Unlimited by the Numbers

Sprint_Unlimited_Flag2By the Numbers: Sprint Unlimited

.013 – Margin of victory in seconds by Kyle Busch over Tony Stewart in 2012, the closest margin in
Sprint Unlimited history.
.058 – Margin of victory in seconds by Kurt Busch over Jamie McMurray in 2011, the second
closest margin in Sprint Unlimited history. Continue reading