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Kenseth wins Budweiser Duel 1:

#20-Matt Kenseth won the first Budweiser Duel qualifying race for the Daytona 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway followed by #4-Harvick, #5-Kahne, #9-Ambrose and #88-Earnhardt Jr. Four drivers deep in 2013 owners points or low qualifying speed...

Coverage of Budweiser Duel Qualifying races

at Daytona International Speedway is scheduled for Thursday, February 20, 2014 at 7:00pm/et. Television (TV): FS1, 7:00pm/et Radio: Live online at Motor Racing Network (MRN) Scheduled Budweiser Duel Re-Air: Friday, February 21, 2014 at 6:00am/et on FS2 Saturday, February...

Setting The Daytona 500 Grid:

* The two fastest qualifiers set starting positions one and two. Those were decided on Sunday, with #3-Austin Dillon winning the Coors Light Pole and #78-Martin Truex Jr. earning starting position No. 2. * The highest 15 finishers in each Duel race - excluding the ...

Pit Stall Selections:

The selections of pit stalls for the Budweiser Duel Daytona 500 Sprint Cup Series qualifying races at Daytona International Speedway have been made. To see where the drivers/teams pit stall is, see the pit selection chart on the Pit Stall Selection chart....

Chassis selections for this weeks race:

see the list of many teams [that report or post them] and what chassis were selected by the team to run in Daytona International Speedway on the Daytona 500 Race Info page - Chassis selection area....

Florida Lottery to sponsor #52 at Daytona:

The #52 Chevy that Bobby Labonte will drive for HScott Motorsports in the Budweiser Duel and Daytona 500 will be sponsored by the Florida Lottery.(The Decal Source Twitter). See images of the scheme on the #52 Team Schemes page(2-20-2014)...

LendingTree to sponsor Kligerman at Daytona UPDATE:

from Swan Racing's Twitter: Swan Racing welcomes Lending Tree on board as primary sponsor of PK's (Park Kligerman) #30 Toyota for the Daytona 500. UPDATE: Swan Racing announced that LendingTree, an online loan marketplace, will sponsor the #30 Toyota and Parker...

#77 Team Withdraws from Daytona 500:

#77-Dave Blaney will not attempt to make the Daytona 500 as his Randy Humphrey Racing team had to withdraw after the Sprint Cup veteran got collected in the big crash Wednesday at Daytona International Speedway. The team did not have a backup car and could not secure...

USA Today’s Nate Ryan joins NBC NASCAR AMERICA:

Amid final preparations for Monday's launch of NASCAR AMERICA on NBCSN, NBC Sports welcomes USA TODAY Sports auto racing writer Nate Ryan to the Group's expanding roster of on-air talent. Ryan, who will cover his ninth Daytona 500 for USA TODAY Sports on Sunday, ...

Kvapil to announce Sprint Cup plans soon:

Travis Kvapil, whose career had seemed stalled, will race Friday night in the Camping World Truck Series opener and plans to announce a Sprint Cup deal within the week. The Janesville native will drive for tiny MAKE Motorsports at Daytona, 'run the first three, four...

Stewart: Richard Petty should race Danica:

During the first of two PRN Fast Talk Shows at Outback Steakhouse in Daytona with Doug Rice and Mark Garrow, Tony Stewart made it very clear how he feels about the negative remarks Richard Petty made recently about Danica Patrick. 'I told her she should challenge...

Sprint Unlimited TV Ratings:

Saturday's NASCAR Sprint Unlimited earned a 2.0 U.S. rating and 3.5 million viewers on Fox Sports 1, the largest audience on FS1 since the network rebranded last August. Despite the record, Saturday's telecast declined by 43% in ratings and 38% in viewership from last...

Practice Crash pierces hole in Daytona fence:

A seven-car accident in Sprint Cup practice pierced a hole in the grandstand fence at Daytona International Speedway on Wednesday. During Wednesday's first practice session, #20-Matt Kenseth appeared to spark a wreck that sent Parker Kligerman's #30 Toyota on top of...

Goodyear shifts branding for Camping World Truck Series:

After 10 years of branding its NASCAR Camping World Truck Series tires with the 'Wrangler' name, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has made a switch for the 2014 season. Responding to the changing tide of its passenger truck tire buyers, the Akron, Ohio-based...

Fox making tweaks to revamped NASCAR scoreboard:

Fox Sports' attempt to modernize the scoring crawl is going back in for repairs. The network ditched the usual rolling leaderboard at the top of the screen for a rectangular box on the right side of the TV screen. Eric Shanks, Fox Sports chief operating officer and...

Larson flies with the Thunderbirds:

#42-Kyle Larson had the opportunity to fly with the US Air Force Thunderbirds on Tuesday Feb. 18, during a two-day break in the track schedule at DIS. Larson took to the skies with Major Tyler 'Wolf' Ellison in a two-seater F-16 Falcon and flew over Central Florida...

IOA Joins TBR as associate partner on the #7 at Daytona:

Longwood, Fla. based company, Insurance Office of America (IOA), has partnered with the Tommy Baldwin Racing's (TBR) #7 Pilot Flying J Chevy SS as an associate sponsor for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Budweiser Duels and the 56th running of the Daytona 500 at Daytona...

SK Professional Tools to be associate sponsor of #32:

GO FAS Racing announced that SK Professional Tools will return as an associate sponsor of the #32 Ford in 2014 at Daytona and become the official hand tool of the team. SK Tools tools came aboard last season as Go Green Racing competed in the Nationwide Series and...

Gerhart fastest in Nationwide happy hour:

#85-Bobby Gerhart was quickest during happy hour for the DRIVE4COPD 300 with a speed of 189.342mph. He was followed by: #29-Scott Lagasse, Jr., #16-Ryan Reed, #43-Dakota Armstrong, #16-Chris Buescher, #6-Trevor Bayne, #28-Mike Wallace, #87-Joe Nemechek, #80-Johnny ...

Sadler fastest in first Nationwide practice:

#11-Elliott Sadler was fastest during opening practice at Daytona International Speedway with a speed of 187.986mph. #20-Matt Kesenth was second, followed by: #54-Kyle Busch, #88-Dale Earnhardt, Jr., #39-Ryan Sieg, #22-Brad Keselowski, #2-Brian Scott, #9-Chase Elliott...