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The Day Before the Twins

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The momentum is picking up at Daytona International Speedway as Speedweeks rushes toward Sunday's Daytona 500, the first race of the season in the NASCAR Sprint Cup series. Here's another photo gallery of sights and scenes around the speedway on Wednesday, the day before the Gatorade Duels twin...

Danica Patrick Qualifies Solidly in ARCA Field at Daytona

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- When Danica Patrick climbed out of the cockpit after ripping off her first two "real" laps of stock car competition, she was the pole-sitter for Saturday's ARCA Series season-opener. However, as the day went on, 11 other cars ended up bettering Patrick's speed of 179.788 mph, so she will make her...

All Eyes on Danica at NASCAR Media Day

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The first reporter showed up to the empty microphone a full hour and 25 minutes before stock car's most famous convert, Danica Patrick, was scheduled to take questions in her first NASCAR Media Day. Ultimately there were as many photographers and reporters surrounding her as those encircling...

Background on daytona speedweeks

Hershey's Milk & Milkshake Speedweeks (historically known as Daytona Speedweeks and DirecTV Speedweeks, and to be known as Budweiser Speedweeks effective in 2013) is a name given to a three-week (now four because of an off-week between two races) series of auto races held at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States of America in early February.

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