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NASCAR will not penalize Brad Keselowski for his use of Twitter during last night’s Daytona 500.

Nothing we’ve seen from Keselowski violates any current rules pertaining to the use of social media during races. As such, he won’t be penalized.

We encourage our drivers to use social media to express themselves as long as they do so without risking their safety or that of others.

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Race Winner: Matt Kenseth Age: 39
Team : No. 17 – Best Buy Ford Owner: John Henry Crew Chief: Jimmy Fennig

Matt Kenseth won the 54th Annual Daytona 500 , his 22nd victory in 437 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.

Kenseth is the ninth driver to win multiple Daytona 500s. His first Daytona 500 victory came in the rain-shortened 2009 event.

This is Roush Fenway Racing’s 300th NASCAR national Series victory (126 wins in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series; 124 in the NASCAR Nationwide Series; 50 in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series).

Continue reading “2012 Daytona 500 Post Race Fast Facts”

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NASCAR will not penalize Brad Keselowski for his use of Twitter during last night’s Daytona 500.

Nothing we’ve seen from Keselowski violates any current rules pertaining to the use of social media during races. As such, he won’t be penalized.

We encourage our drivers to use social media to express themselves as long as they do so without risking their safety or that of others.

Follow Brad Keselowski on Twitter

Follow The Final Lap on Twitter

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Feb. 27, 2012

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Finally, nothing out of the ordinary happened.

In a Daytona 500 that featured the first postponement in its history, a ball of fire from a racecar vs. jet dryer collision under caution and a surfeit of wild action in the closing laps, Matt Kenseth won his second Daytona 500 when the tandem of Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Greg Biffle couldn’t catch the race winner in a green-white-checkered-flag finish.

Earnhardt made a slingshot move around Greg Biffle to run second in the 54th running of the Great American Race at Daytona International Speedway. Biffle came home third, followed by Denny Hamlin and Jeff Burton, as a late caution necessitated two extra laps beyond the scheduled 200.

Continue reading “2012 Daytona 500 Race Recap – Rain, Fire, Twitter, Matt Kenseth”