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NASCAR Winston Cup Series Daytona 500 Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida Febuary 17, 2002

NASCAR Winston Cup Series Daytona 500 Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida Febuary 17, 2002

NASCAR Winston Cup Series 45th Daytona 500 Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida February 16, 2003

By JENNA FRYER (AP) DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Jamie McMurray held off Dale Earnhardt Jr. to win the Daytona 500 on Sunday, a finish so thrilling it just about made up for a pothole that nearly derailed the Super Bowl of NASCAR. NASCAR needed two stoppages of well over two hours total to patch a pesky pothole between turns 1 and 2 of Daytona International Speedway. The setback brought the biggest race of the season to a frustrating halt and had NASCAR executives fretting over the potential fallout. But the action picked tremendously when the second patch had been filled. Drivers had to race as if the hole could rip open again and end the event on any lap. And did they ever. They beat and banged their way through the field in a white-knuckle final 32 laps. Then a flurry of late-race accidents put NASCAR’s “green-white-checker” policy — an overtime of sorts — to the test. McMurray, using a boost from former teammate Greg Biffle, powered into the lead on the second and final green-white-checkered attempt. But Earnhardt, who restarted the final sprint in 10th place, was slicing his way through the field. He weaved in and out of traffic, shoving his Chevrolet into three-wide lines, eventually darting his way to McMurray’s bumper. It was vintage Earnhardt — he’s a 12-time Daytona winner spanning NASCAR’s top two series — and McMurray was terrified to see him growing in his rearview mirror. “When I saw the 88 behind me, I thought, ‘Oh no.’ He had a good car and I just thought …

Yes, you read it right. The Daytona 500 just isn’t a Daytona 500 without a rockin’ Starting Lineup slideshow. Inspired in no small part by Ken Squier’s excellent Daytona 500 broadcasts on CBS, I present to you my performance of what SHOULD come right after the command to start engines in this Sunday’s 50th Annual Great American Race. I have also created this video to walk the walk I’ve been talking for years. It is my current ambition to one day become a professional commentator for NASCAR racing and I’m eager to take the first step toward that goal. As such, I’ve treated this presentation as an audition. If you are currently viewing this video from FOX, ESPN, TNT or the SPEED channel, I hope this encourages you to contact me at brockbeard@gmail.com. 1988 Daytona 500 starting lineup image posted by user SimRacin46 at the Historical Stock Car Racing Forum and photoshopped by me. Images collected through Google searches and captured in various recordings. The song is “Las Vegas” from Hans Zimmer’s “Rain Man” score, the very music CBS used in 1990-1991 for those lineups. Be sure to visit my website, “Karaoke For NASCAR Fans,” at nascarpoetry.blogspot.com for weekly NASCAR Sprint Cup race reviews and commentary put to lyrics of popular songs. Thank you for viewing. Did Not Qualify #10-Patrick Carpentier #21-Bill Elliott #27-Jacques Villeneuve #37-Eric McClure #49-Ken Schrader #50-Stanton Barrett #60-Boris Said #84-AJ Allmendinger #08-Carl Long #09-Sterling Marlin

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Go on board with Kevin Harvick as he wins the Daytona 500 in a photo finish.

Trevor Bayne, making his second career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start (first at the Daytona 500), wins the 2011 Daytona 500. It is his first NASCAR win. Carl Edwards will come in 2nd, David Gilliland will come in 3rd. Credit goes to NASCAR and FOX Networks.

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 51st Daytona 500 Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida