SHOW #209 – Guest: AJ Allmendinger – We also recap the action from Kentucky, salute Richard Petty’s 75th birthday, discuss Denny’s contract, plus our Fantasy picks, Poll Position Question, and Daytona Preview. Hosted by Kerry Murphey and Toby Christie.
 (47:38 mins)

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SHOW #191 – We recap all the stories coming from the season opening Daytona 500, discuss Brad Keselowski’s use of Twitter, huge TV ratings, plus a full Phoenix preview. Hosted by Kerry Murphey and Toby Christie.
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ESPN Breaks Cable Viewership Record with NASCAR Telecast from Daytona

With an average of 4.4 million people watching, ESPN’s live telecast of the NASCAR Nationwide Series season opener at Daytona International Speedway on Feb. 25 has broken the previous record as the most-viewed race ever on cable television for the series.

The race telecast earned a household coverage rating of 3.3, averaging 4,433,249 viewers in 3,304,012 households, breaking the record of 4,271,365 viewers in 3,170,109 households set for ESPN’s telecast of the Daytona race in 2010.

Ratings and viewership for the Daytona telecast were up 37 percent from ESPN’s telecast of last year’s race, which earned a 2.4 household coverage rating and averaged 3,246,875 viewers.

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1 4 17 Matt Kenseth Best Buy Ford
2 5 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Diet Mountain Dew/National Guard Chevrolet
3 2 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford
4 31 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Express Toyota
5 9 31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar Chevrolet
6 37 27 Paul Menard Menards/Peak Chevrolet
7 13 29 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevrolet
8 1 99 Carl Edwards Fastenal Ford
9 12 20 Joey Logano The Home Depot Toyota
10 22 55 Mark Martin Aaron’s Toyota
11 30 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota
12 26 56 Martin Truex Jr. NAPA Auto Parts Toyota
13 7 9 Marcos Ambrose Stanley Ford
14 32 47 Bobby Labonte Kroger Toyota
15 24 36 Dave Blaney Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Chevrolet

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In the first ever never ending Monday Night / Tuesday Morning Prime-Time edition of The Daytona 500
RACE RECAP | DAYTONA 500
10 Mark Martin
9 Joey Logano
8 Carl Edwards
7 Kevin Harvick
6 Paul Menard
5 Jeff Burton
4 Denny Hamlin
3 Greg Biffle
2 Dale Earnhardt

VICTORY LANE

1 Matt Kenseth becomes a two time Daytona 500 winner, overcoming overheating and radio problems throughout the night

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