Danica Patrick has won the Daytona 500 pole, becoming the first woman to secure the top spot for any Sprint Cup race.
Danica Patrick has won the Daytona 500 pole, becoming the first woman to secure the top spot for any Sprint Cup race.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Chevrolet may have pulled out of NASCAR had the sanctioning body not agreed to redesign race cars and make them more relevant to consumers. NASCAR President Mike Helton and Hendrick Motorsports owner Rick
It's no secret that NASCAR drivers are humans first. Not every driver has iron insides to approach each new drop of the green flag without feelings. Some get genuine butterflies, and some welcome the jitters as a necessary part of the fast task at hand.
And NASCAR is capitalizing on all the attention. "Just the sheer volume of media requests we've received รข€¦ it's staggering to see the breadth of requests, from sports, non-sports, national media, smaller media," said Steve Phelps, NASCAR's chief
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