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RICHARD PETTY  

Tony Stewart has emerged as the favorite to win his first Daytona 500. Expect Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr to be in the mix as well. Veterans such as Sterling Marlin and Ken Schrader could be the sleepers.

Earnhardt was tragically killed in a fatal accident on the last lap of the Daytona 500 on February 18th, 2001. His death touched many fans all over the United States.

Since Dale Earnhardt's tragic death in 2001, the face of NASCAR has vastly changed.

Below is a compilation of a list of the top ten tracks in NASCAR with brief commentary.

While many of today's NASCAR fans consider Mark Martin the best driver never to win the title, some of the greatest drivers in history who paved the way for Richard Petty and David Pearson will never be listed as a NASCAR champion.

February 17th, 2008 holds a special significance to fans of NASCAR. The 50th Daytona 500 will be held at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona, Florida, ushering in the 2008 NASCAR season.

Daytona Beach is the "World's Most Famous Beach," attracting crowds of college students and vacations for Florida sunshine and sand beaches. Daytona is the home of The Daytona International Speedway and the NASCAR world headquarters

My first time experiencing Daytona 500 was memorable as Newman finally won a race after two years and bringing out Dale Earnhardt's car during the prerace concert.

Dale Earnhardt Jr and Jeff Gordon missed the Chase for the Championship in 2005. But they weren't the only big names that missed out on NASCAR's version of the playoffs.

The competition has become so intense, drivers tend to let their emotions dictate their actions rather than worrying about what mainstream America thinks- which is how it should be.

With only a few weeks remaining until the return of NASCAR, fans anticipation is quickly building. And it all begins at Daytona International Speedway in February 2007.

Ever since I went to the Daytona 500 back in February of 2004 I would gladly drop everything to go back there again. I had actually gone to two different Daytona races that year, the Daytona 500 and the Pepsi 400.

NASCAR's National Nextel Cup Series is America's premiere motor racing season, starting at Daytona and finishing at Homestead, Florida in November.

The fine dining restaurants of Daytona are a great way to relax after a day of sunning on the sandy beach, or sightseeing. Following are the top restaurants in Daytona Beach.

Experience the former winter homes of John D. Rockefeller and Warren Harding. Bask in the home of NASCAR culture! See the kind of homes lighthouse keepers used to live in. All this and more in the Datyona Beach area!

Daytona Beach has many resorts, good nightlife, lots of culture, and plenty of sights to see.

Recap of the Daytona 500

How NASCAR works

Heading into the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup season, Truex was anticipated as the driver to beat among one of the most talented rookie classes in this sport's history.

NASCAR, the Superspeedway stands filling motorsport made many changes in the 2007 season . Now that many NASCAR drivers have found new rides, the smaller racing teams have merged or formed partnerships with other teams to compete with the Hendricks Motorsports superteam.

NASCAR racing through the eyes of a diehard race fan. A sport, reluctant to change, on the brink of a new television package, but are the fans best interest in mind?

It's loud. It's colorful. It's fast. It's fun and exciting. It's close and competitive. It's addictive. It's NASCAR; the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.

As we enter into the brand new NASCAR Nextel Cup season, it is time to take a look at the top 45 drivers, and how they rank.

The Chase may have robbed Jeff Gordon of two championships, but it's still a good thing

In the beginning of the year, I composed my NASCAR top ten predictions.

Here is a brief overview of the history and changes in NASCAR racing.

Three quarters of the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup season has passed, and here's how the drivers are graded.

Comparing NASCAR with the NFL would be like comparing oranges to apples. Just as oranges and apples are both considered fruit, NASCAR and the NFL are both considered sports.

NASCAR is in a new era, International.

Six or seven drivers can win, but they have to go thru Gordon, Johnson and Stewart as usual.

Rusty Wallace is a NASCAR champion, and truly one of the greatest this sport has ever seen.

Can Junior return to his restrictor plate dominance?

Earnhardt Jr and Gordon are NASCAR's two most identifiable figures, and throughout their careers they have seemed to be able to play nice out on the track. Perhaps they were only tolerating each other.

In a race that came down to the wire, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was mathematically removed from reaching the NASCAR Chase for the Championship with twenty laps remaining, as Kevin Harvick clinched the final and twelfth spot.

It's official. Dale Earnhardt Jr. has teamed up with Jeff Gordon and Rick Hendrick Motorsports, turning the world of NASCAR on its head.

Is this a new beginning for NASCAR driver, Ryan Newman?

It appears that Budweiser will not sponsor Dale Earnhardt, Jr. next season and are trying to find another driver to sponsor.

A look at fantasy auto racing, and the excitement the sport can generate for fantasy players everywhere.

With early roots, Auto Racing has branched out into many different styles of cars and kinds of tracks.

Just like Gordon, Johnson has excelled in NASCAR's most prestigious races throughout his career. He has already won the Daytona 500 and the Brickyard 400. And to top it all of, he is the defending NASCAR Nextel Cup champion.

Review of Sunday, April 29, NASCAR at Talladega Motor Speedway. Gordon wins beating Earnhardt's winning record.

Women are mysterios, cunning, clever, and aware that it is race day for the Daytona 500.

Daytona Beach is Florida is a vacationers paradise. There are a great variety of restaurants to enjoy after a day at the beach, or at the Daytona International Speedway. Following is some information about some of Daytona's most highly rated restaurants:

With the end of the year just around the corner, don't look now, but the countdown to the Daytona 500 has already begun.

The final lap of the Daytona 500 had a little bit of everything. A down-to-the-wire finish and a fiery crash

if you are in need of last minute tickets to the biggest race of the year, this article talks about how you should go about getting that ticket.

Computers have taken on a new role in the auto-racing industry. There have been car racing games around for years, but many of them have had a new twist added to them recently, as the progress of computer programming has increased.

Kurt Busch is taking over Rusty Wallace's legendary ride at Penske Racing in 2006 and cynics have had a field day projecting the disastrous future relationship between Busch and current Penske driver Ryan Newman.

Daytona's wide beach of smooth, compacted sand brought automobile and motorcycle races which started in 1902, as initiators in the industry tried out their inventions, the area was tagged "The Birthplace of Speed."

The beginning of each new NASCAR season always turns my thoughts not to the possibilities of who might win that year's points championship, but to a champion we lost. I remember exactly where I was when I heard that Dale Earnhardt Sr. had died at Daytona in 2001.