Daytona 500

• He took a slow lap around his car, inspecting every inch of the No. 88 Chevy that was parked in the bright Florida sunshine on pit road moments before the first qualifying race for the Daytona 500 on Thursday afternoon. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
(CNN Sports Illustrated)
• The Daytona 500 wont begin for another couple of days, but there has already been quite a bit of excitement out on the track.
(YAHOO!)
• (Reuters) - Reigning NASCAR champion Tony Stewart has won just about every race ever held at the Daytona International Speedway - except for the one that really counts, the Daytona 500.
(Reuters UK)
• Most Sprint Cup Series teams that qualified for the Daytona 500 participated in Fridays practice at Daytona International Speedway, with Carl Edwards posting the fastest lap in the first session and Kyle Busch the quickest in the second.
(Miami Herald)
• DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—Robby Gordon raced his way into the Daytona 500 on Thursday but doesn't like the fact that he entered Speedweeks with only seven spots available for drivers not locked into the field.
(Sporting News)
• DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—It has been 10 years since Ward Burton won the Daytona 500, and it still hasn't quite sunk in for the unassuming country boy from South Boston, Va.
(Sporting News)
• DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Brad Keselowski posted the fastest 10-lap average during Daytona 500 practice Friday, barely edging Kyle Busch. Keselowski averaged 195.898 mph during the second of two sessions at Daytona International Speedway.
(Minneapolis Star Tribune)
• DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The long, steady ride is over for Michael Waltrip. Danica Patricks ride is just beginning, and its quite bumpy. And the man they call Smoke is still burning with competitive fire to defend his NASCAR Sprint Cup title.
(Los Angeles Times)
• It came a day after she wrecked on the final lap of a qualifying race for the Daytona 500. It's a good turn of events, she said. It also set off a flurry of Twitter traffic that included words such as Dansanity, Danimosity, Danimite, and Dantastic.
(Salt Lake Tribune)
• The 2013 Daytona 500 will remain on the last Sunday in February. Track president Joie Chitwood confirmed on Friday that The Great American Race would start on Feb. 24. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The 2013 Daytona 500 will remain the last Sunday in February.
(Abc Local Web)