February 20, 2004
John Andretti has a ride for this weekend. DEI has entered his #1 Chevy for Sunday. On the hood is Snap-On Tools, the team still does not have full-time sponsorship. John finished 13th at Daytona last week.
Jamie McMurray is looking to win 4 in a row at The Rock this weekend. Look for him in the #30 Dodge this year for Braun Racing. In case you are wondering, Johnny Benson now drives the #1 Yellow car.
Country group Diamond Rio is inked to sing the National Anthem before Sunday's Cup race. Tony Stewart considers the group good friends, so I'm sure they'll be hanging out together as well.
TRACK STATS
ROCKINGHAM | THE ROCK
It's a 1.017-mile oval
Banking in turns 1-2: 22 degrees
Turns 3-4: 25
Straights: 8 degrees
Length of frontstretch: 1,300 feet
Backstretch: 1,367
Cup race is 399.6 miles, 393 laps
February 19, 2004
Pennzoil and Jeff Burton's 99 car are two things that go together, at least in Las Vegas coming up. They will be the primary sponsor on both his Busch and Cup rides for the weekend. The team is still looking for full-time sponsorship.
The official numbers are in for the TV ratings I told you about yesterday. Check this out, the Daytona 500 had 33.5 million viewers, the second highest of all time.
ON TV
BUSCH SERIES QUALIFYING @ 1:30 p.m. Friday on Speed
NEXTEL CUP QUALIFYING @ 3 p.m. Friday on Speed
BUSCH SERIES RACE @ 12:30 pm. Saturday on FX
CUP HAPPY HOUR @ 3 p.m. Saturday on FX
NEXTEL CUP RACE FROM THE ROCK @ 1 p.m. Sunday returns to Fox
February 18, 2004
NASCAR dominated the TV ratings for the Daytona 500, up 13 percent from a year ago. Plus NBC's pre-race show was second in the ratings of sporting events over the weekend.
The list of Rockingham Cup entries is growing, and is now up to 44 cars. Last week there was growing concern that only 37-38 cars would be circling the track on Sunday, due to budget problems and new NASCAR rules.
POINT STANDINGS | BUSCH SERIES
10 Greg Biffle
9 Jason Keller
8 Jason Leffler
7 David Stremme
6 Ron Hornaday
5 Matt Kenseth
4 Kevin Harvick
3 Robby Gordon
2 Johnny Sauter
1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. leads by 15 points, keep in mind that these cup guys won't run all the races, so they'll be out of the top 10 soon.
February 17, 2004
RACE RECAP | DAYTONA | BUSCH SERIES
It was the Monday Matinee edition of cars turning left.
TOP 10
10 David Green
9 Jason Keller
8 Jason Leffler
7 Ron Hornaday
6 David Stremme
5 Matt Kenseth
4 Kevin Harvick
3 Robby Gordon
2 Johnny Sauter
Fresh off his celebration at the Daytona 500, Dale Earnhardt Jr. has swept the weekend with wins at the Twin 125's, The 500, and now the Busch Series race. Some Jr./Daytona stats....he has now won his 3rd consecutive race at the track, 3rd of the weekend, and the last time a driver swept Speedweeks was in 1989 when Darrell Waltrip did it.
OTHER STORIES ON THE DAY
-The second big wreck of the race took out 10 cars
-Rookie Kyle Busch was running up front when his #5 car overheated
-Robby Gordon driving his own car made his first Busch series start, and finished 3rd.
TODAY'S HEADLINES
Dale Jr. will be making a whirl wind media tour this week, which includes NBC's Today Show, Regis and Kelly, CNN, MSNBC, and The Late Show with David Letterman. The winning 8 car is already locked up and on display at Daytona USA, where it will stay for 1 year. Jr. took home a payday of $1,495,070 for his 500 win.
POINT STANDINGS | NEXTEL CUP SERIES
Top 5 looks like this...
1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. +5
2 Tony Stewart
3 Scott Wimmer
4 Kevin Harvick
5 Jimmie Johnson
February 16, 2004
Busch race resumes today (2/16) at 11am Eastern on TNT
RACE RECAP | DAYTONA 500
The 46th running of the Great American Race.
TOP 10
10 Dale Jarrett
9 Matt Kenseth
8 Jeff Gordon
7 Elliott Sadler
6 Joe Nemechek
5 Jimmie Johnson
4 Kevin Harvick
3 Scott Wimmer
2 Tony Stewart
VICTORY LANE
With 19 laps to go Dale Earnhardt Jr. passed Tony Stewart and never looked back grabbing his first Daytona 500 win, exactly 6 years to the day when his father won his first and only 500.
Other Stories on the Day
-Mark Martin blew an engin early, finishes last, and last in points.
-Mark's Roush teammate Jeff Burton also blew an engine.
-Rusty Wallace, Jeff Green and Ken Schrader got tangled up ending their chances.
-The Big One happened on lap 71 and took out 12 cars including Ryan Newman (again) and Michael Waltrip flipped several times in the mud landing on his roof. Waltrip walked away unhurt. The rookie car of Johnny Sauter got loose causing the whole thing.
BUSCH SERIES
On Saturday, the skies opened up, causing the rest of the race to be run today at Daytona.
TRUCK SERIES
Friday night under the lights, a great start for the trucks, an exciting race that at times seemed like the beating and banging of Bristol, but oh yeah...this was Dayrona! Carl Edwards took the checkered flag, and did cartwheels down the tri-oval after the race. Travis Kvapil in Toyota's debut was second, followed by Mike Wallace, Rick Crawford and Terry Cook the poll sitter.
Updated: Sunday, October 31, 2004 | 9:44 AM Pacific
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