Proven Winner Finally Finishes First at Daytona
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After sending out 35 drivers in 23 different Daytona races, Roger Penske has won the biggest event in racing these days.
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Martin Truex Jr. earned his first career victory for Dale Earnhardt Inc., winning at Dover International Speedway on Monday hours after the death of longtime NASCAR chairman Bill France Jr.
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Winning Busch Series races is routine for Kevin Harvick. Just not at Daytona &#151; until now. Harvick, who ran away with the 2006 Busch Series title, dominated the Orbitz 300 Saturday, earning his first victory at Daytona International Speedway.
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Ryan Newman snapped an 81-race winless streak Sunday, using a huge push from teammate Kurt Busch to give car owner Roger Penske his first Daytona 500 victory. Penske, the most successful owner in open-wheel history with 14 wins in the prestigious Indianapolis 500, now has a victory in NASCAR's showcase event.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. wins his second race at Daytona this season, taking the first of two Daytona 500 qualifying races Thursday.
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Michael Waltrip finally had something go right at Daytona. The two-time Daytona 500 champion raced his way into NASCAR's biggest event in a backup car Thursday afternoon, under a black cloud of controversy after NASCAR disqualified his primary Toyota in a cheating scandal.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. aced his first test with his new team. Earnhardt had a smashing debut in his Hendrick Motorsports ride, getting a boost from his new teammates to power past Tony Stewart to win the Budweiser Shootout on Saturday night.
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The first night race at California Speedway is going to open the final chapter in the career of one of NASCAR&#39;s greatest drivers.
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Tony Stewart finally broke through for his first victory of the season, holding off Matt Kenseth on several late-race restarts Sunday to win the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway.
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Greg Biffle was proud of himself for an unlikely reason yesterday after winning the NASCAR race at Michigan International Speedway.
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Juan Pablo Montoya spins out his teammate on the way to capturing Sunday's Telcel-Motorola 200 in Mexico for the former Formula One driver's first NASCAR victory.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Feb. 14 -- After slogging through the longest winless streak of his career, Dale Earnhardt Jr. won his second race in five days for Hendrick Motorsports, leading nearly half the distance in the first of Thursday's two qualifying races at Daytona International Speedway.
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It didn&#39;t take Ryan Newman long to figure out he had an awesome race car Sunday - one that would be capable of winning the MBNA America 400 race at Dover International Speedway.
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Scott Dixon escaped a first-lap accident and hung near the leaders before taking over to win the inaugural Honda Indy 200 yesterday in Lexington, Ohio, for his third consecutive victory.Dixon, sixth in qualifying, took the lead for good on Lap 77 of the 85-lap race when Dario Franchitti took a delayed pit stop. Dixon was never threatened to the finish, earning his ninth IndyCar Series win. After wins at Watkins Glen and Nashville the past two weekends, he tied the series mark for consecutive victories set by Kenny Brack (1998) and tied by Dan Wheldon (2005).
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In February, Mark Martin ended up on the wrong end of the 49th Daytona 500. The short end. Martin lost a drag race for the ages to Daytona 500 winner Kevin Harvick by two-100ths of a second. It was the closest finish in race history since the advent of computer scoring in 1994.
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RUBENS Barrichello finally won his first Formula One race of the season to hand Ferrari victory on its home circuit yesterday. He punched the air in pure delight as he beat teammate Michael Schumacher at the
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Ryan Newman and his No. 12 Dodge blew past Tony Stewart on the final lap and held on to win the 50th running of the Daytona 500.