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For the first time since 2004, the Indianapolis 500 will not include Danica Patrick. She is skipping it to do the Coca-Cola 600 instead; giving up her self-described favorite race in order to focus on her full-time shift to NASCAR.
Patrick never won the race, but she finished in the top 10 in [...]
WOW! Was that an incredible Daytona 500 or what?!
Now, before I get into my rant, allow me to pat myself on the back for being the only person on the planet who predicted that Trevor Bayne would win the race. Yeah…so I was talking about the race with his little brother to his mama’s fridge for the last bottle of RC Cola, but at least I had his name out there. YOU didn’t, now did you?…
The record books were rewritten at the Daytona International Speedway on Sunday. In only his second Spring Cup Series start, rookie Trevor Bayne from Knoxville, Tennessee became the youngest driver in NASCAR history to win the Daytona 500.
The 20 year old Bayne eclipsed the record set by four-time Sprint Cup Series Champion…
The Daytona 500 is the Super Bowl of Nascar. It sets the tone and the expectations for certain drivers for the remainder of the season. In a sense it can make or break drivers.
What does it mean to me? It is a very special race to me because I never truly watched Nascar till 2001 when Dale Earnhardt died. I guess in a sense, I can thank him for getting me to watch it.