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OK. We get it. Trevor Bayne is going to save NASCAR. Or something like that. On Sunday, the apple-cheeked 20-year-old sent the motor sports world into an onanistic reverie by becoming the youngest driver to win the Daytona 500. It was only Bayne's second start in the big leagues of the Sprint Cup. No matter. He's already being touted as a socket-wrench Messiah, able to transmute water to Castrol. More »
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On Aug. 31, 1996, I drove my Toyota Corolla onto the infield of Darlington Raceway. It was an import, driven by a guy from the North, but I done didn't care. From all accounts, the Southern 500 was a grand time in the Pee Dee region of South Carolina. All accounts were correct. More »
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In sports, everyone is a winner—some people just win better than others. Like NASCAR drivers who now know how the rest of the world lives. Except we don't get to take off work because of bad roads. More »
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The Daytona 500 has been delayed for the past, oh, 90 minutes or so, while they try to repair the track. But what does this have to do with Danica Patrick?! More »
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If your Valentine's Day is going to involve rubbin', it might as well involve racin'. And an open thread! Watch the Great American Race, and tell us about all the left turns in the comments. More »
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With 48 laps left in the "Super Bowl of NASCAR," mighty Rangi, Sky Father who gives breath to the World, had seen enough. He brought down the thunder and put a stop to the Daytona 500. More »
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The Daytona 500 is this weekend. That's one of the more important of the Cars Going Around In A Circle contests they have on this planet. We don't understand NASCAR, obviously, but we suspect some of you do, so we've asked Jay Busbee, of Sports Gone South, to explain to us why we should care about all this stock car business. More »
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Our Daytona 500 correspondent Luke checks in once again, live from the track. More »
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I wasn't able to make it to Daytona this weekend, because I have anything better to do... but I did dispatch my special correspondent, Luke. More »
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...is going to be non-existent, because I just don't care. I apologize, but I am woefully inadequate to prepare any kind of a Daytona preview that doesn't make me seem like an elitist prick. The only way I'm going to watch is if Shani Davis comes out of nowhere to take the lead on lap 198 on a pair of ice skates. I might watch this about 500 times, though. More »
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