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Feb. 15, 2014

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Kaboom!

First it was the engine in Bobby Labonte’s Phoenix Racing Chevrolet.

Then, in short order, the engines of Tony Stewart’s and Danica Patrick’s Chevys failed in spectacular fashion, trailing white smoke as they expired.

The common denominator? All three engines were supplied by Hendrick Motorsports, and the failures were unwelcome complications to Stewart’s return to racing after injury and to Patrick’s quest for a second straight Daytona 500 pole. Continue reading “Engine failures in practice KO Danica Patrick and Tony Stewart At Daytona”

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Sprint Unlimited Advance

Feb. 14, 2014

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Saturday night’s Sprint Unlimited at Daytona International Speedway will kick off a season of immense change in a decidedly traditional manner.

As the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series incorporates new qualifying rules and a new way to determine its champion, the Sprint Unlimited remains a high-intensity exhibition race with an elite field of 2013 pole winners and previous winners of the event who participated in the series last year. Continue reading “Stewart returns; Hamlin paces practice for NASCAR Sprint Unlimited At Daytona”

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At Daytona … There Will Be ‘Smoke’
After sitting out the final 15 races of the 2013 season following a sprint car accident on Aug. 5, three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart returns to action in Saturday’s Sprint Unlimited at Daytona. Although the driver commonly referred to as “Smoke” by his legions of fans didn’t win a Coors Light Pole Award last year, he qualifies as a past winner of the race. Stewart has won the event three times, most recently in 2007.

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joey_logano_banquet_2013We continue our look at the Top 10 drivers of the 2013 NASCAR Racing season, and coming in at #8 is Joey Logano who finished -96 points back of the Champion.

STATS: 1 win, 11 Top 5’s, 19 Top 10’s, 2 poles, 3 DNF’s
$5.3 million in winnings

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Continue reading “Top 10 NASCAR Drivers of 2013 – #8 Joey Logano”