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Nationwide Series Dash 4 Cash Program Begins With Daytona Qualifier:

  • Nationwide Series Dash 4 Cash Program Begins With Daytona Qualifier: On Friday, July 6 at Daytona International Speedway, NASCAR Nationwide Series drivers will qualify twice. No, there hasn’t been a competition rule change. Instead, a change to the popular NASCAR Nationwide Series Dash 4 Cash bonus program will be in place. This year, Daytona will serve as the qualifier to determine the four eligible drivers who will vie for the first of four $100,000 bonus payouts beginning July 14 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Following New Hampshire, the next three series races also are Dash 4 Cash (D4C) events: July 22 at Chicagoland Speedway; July 28 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway the series’ inaugural race at the famed Brickyard and Aug. 4 at Iowa Speedway.
    Here’s how the Dash 4 Cash program works: The top-four finishers to receive NASCAR Nationwide Series championship driver points at Daytona will qualify for the first D4C race at New Hampshire. The highest finisher of those four drivers at NHMS he or she does not have to win the race will win the $100,000 D4C award payout and automatically qualify for the next event at Chicagoland. Additionally, the top-three finishing drivers to receive championship driver points at NHMS also will qualify for the next event at Chicagoland. Those rules will apply for the remaining three events. If one driver wins the three previous D4C awards and wins the Iowa race outright, Nationwide Insurance will award an additional $600,000 bonus, bringing the total payout to $1 million.(NASCAR)(7-5-2012)