Daytona 500

• Forty-nine teams are on the preliminary entry list for this years Daytona 500. NASCAR released the list on Thursday. Former NASCAR Cup champions Terry Labonte and Bill Elliott have been added to the list within the past couple of days.
(Miami Herald)
• Whats on NASCAR drivers minds mere hours before they hit the track for the start of the 2012 Sprint Cup Series season? Welcome to FOXSports.coms Daytona 500 Media Day blog. The action kicks off at 8 a.m.
(FOXSports.com)
• DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — A year later, Trevor Bayne still can't quite believe the whirlwind of instant notoriety that followed his wild Daytona 500 victory.
(Washington Post)
• DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Wondering when the buzz wore off from Tony Stewart winning his third Sprint Cup Series championship? "It hasnt," Stewart said during Thursdays Daytona 500 Media Day activities at Daytona International Speedway.
(Idaho Statesman)
• Add Michael Waltrip to the entry list for the 2012 Daytona 500. CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Add Michael Waltrip to the entry list for the 2012 Daytona 500. The two-time winner of The Great American Race will drive the No.
(Abc Local Web)
• DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - By his own admission, Tony Stewart looks back on his 2011 championship season and realizes one thing -- he and his No. 14 team were lucky and good at the right time.
(ScrippsNews)
• The pressure would be off in the duels. The New Jersey native has more than last seasons strong finish to make him feel confident about his chances in the Daytona 500.
(The Star-Ledger - NJ.com (blog))
• One of Springfield College's most famous graduates is at the center of a NASCAR firestorm, guilty by association.
(Union-News & Sunday Republican)
• JEFF GORDON, NO.
(Motorsport.com)
• I don't know what is going to happen in the Daytona 500. I don't even have a clue what the race is going to be like now and that's frustrating but that's just the way it is, Earnhardt said.
(The News & Observer)