DALLAS -- Jimmie Johnson will have covered all four time zones and five states on his Daytona 500 victory tour by the time he climbs in the car for the first of two races in Phoenix this weekend. To the victor go the toils, although that's hardly the way the five-time Sprint Cup champion view things.
DALLAS -- Matt Kenseth was sitting courtside at a Dallas Mavericks game only about 18 hours after winning the delayed Daytona 500. Kenseth was introduced to the crowd during the first timeout Tuesday night as a man who needs a nap.
As Monday turned into Tuesday, you wondered if the bizarre SpeedWeeks at Daytona -- something fans have waited for during what they consider an interminably-long offseason -- would ever end. Finally, it did with a clean sprint to the finish line during a three-lap overtime period with Matt Kenseth claiming his second Daytona 500 win.
Sunday's postponement of the Daytona 500 -- the first time the race has been postponed in its 53-year history -- could not happen at a worse time for NASCAR. Coming off of the best finish in the point race ever in 2011 and heading into the new season with the hype of Danica Patrick's first ever NASCAR Sprint Cup race, the expectation was for extremely high TV ratings.
NASCAR legend Richard Petty discusses the prestige of the Daytona 500, his legendary status in the sport and the fun and games that go on off the track. NASCAR driver and Plano native James Buescher dishes on how he got into the sport, his rift with Danica Patrick and more.
Even before the command to "Start Your Engines" is given, the winner of Sunday's Daytona 500 already has a prior engagement in downtown Dallas on Tuesday night. Texas Motor Speedway has arranged for the winner of NASCAR's season-opening race to attend the Mavericks-New Jersey Nets game at American Airlines Center.
So Carl Edwards is on the pole for next Sunday's Daytona 500. That makes him the man to beat. Right? Well, not necessarily. The last time the winner of the Daytona 500 pole went on to win the race?
After his stunning Daytona 500 victory, Trevor Bayne has expanded his Sprint Cup schedule and will race in the Samsung Mobile 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on April 9. The Wood Brothers, owners of the No.
The Daytona 500 is under way, and you can follow along here to get updates of the action. * The first caution caused by Kyle Busch's spin on Lap 5 was what I was talking about in Thursday's blog at ESPNDallas.
DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. -- The new pavement at Daytona International Speedway was expected to change the style of racing for Sunday's Daytona 500, but nobody expected this. The fast way around the 2.5-mile speedway is to hook up in a two-car draft.
