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Last year, David Ragan won his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race during the Coke Zero 400. |
He is now ready to come back and repeat the feat. It was an emotional win for Ragan, a fan favorite, who won his first race in one of the most high-profile races on the Sprint Cup schedule and at the sports most hallowed track. He returns to Daytona with the up-and-coming Front Row Motorsports, an organization that has proved to be as strong as anyone on a plate track.-Breaking Limits |
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So far in 2012, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has three wins, seven top-five, and ten top-tens. |
He is currently third in the NASCAR Nationwide point standings; 21 points behind leader Elliott Sadler. At Daytona, Stenhouse will pilot the No. 6 NOS Ford Mustang. He has completed 509 of 562(90.6%) laps at Daytona. Stenhouse has an average starting position of 9.6 and an average finishing position of 18.6 at Daytona.-Roush Fenway Racing |
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Turner Motorsports, which fields three teams in the Nationwide Series and three teams in the Camping World Truck Series will make its debut in the NSCS with veteran and legend, Bill Elliott. |
Elliott, who has accumulated 44 series wins over the course of his career, will drive the No. 50 Walmart Chevrolet in conjunction with the company's 50th birthday celebration. Elliott has made 59 career NSCS starts at DIS, accumulating four wins, 15 top-fives, 24 top-10s and five poles. He has an average starting position of 17.4, coupled with an average finishing position of 15.6. His last win at Daytona came in 2001 after starting fifth while driving for Ray Evernham.-Turner Motorsports |
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In 19 starts at Daytona, Greg Biffle has one win, one pole, three top-fives and five top-ten finishes. |
His first Sprint Cup victory came at Daytona in July in 2003. Biffle earned his first career Sprint Cup pole position in 2004 for the Daytona 500. Biffle is currently fourth in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver point standings.-Roush Fenway Racing |
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Carl Edwards enters the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway 11th in the NASCAR Sprint Cup point standings, 34 points out of 10th. |
In 15 NSCS starts at DIS, Edwards has achieved four top-five and seven top-10 finishes. His best finish at Daytona is second place, captured in last year's Daytona 500 and in July of 2008. He has completed (93.8%) of the laps he has attempted at Daytona and has led only four laps. He has an average start of 16.5 and an average finish of 17.3.-Roush Fenway Racing |
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In 21 starts at Daytona, Jimmie Johnson has one win, one pole, six top-five finishes (28.6 percent) and nine top-10s (42.9 percent). |
He has an average start of 9.3, an average finish of 18.2, four DNFs (did not finish). In 42 restrictor-plate races, has three wins, 11 top-five finishes (26.2 percent) 18 top-10s (42.9 percent), 27 lead-lap finishes (64.2 percent) and an average finish of 18.0. Johnson moved up one spot to third in the driver standings after his sixth-place finish last weekend at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta.-True Speed Communication |
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Michael Waltrip will make his 49th NSCS start at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday night. |
In his previous six starts Waltrip has three wins, six top-five and 13 top-10 finishes. The Kentucky native has led 251 laps in his 48 starts, averages a 17th place starting position and finish of 21st.-Michael Waltrip Racing |
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With only two restrictor-plate races to his credit this season, Cole Whitt has top-five finishes in both events. |
He finished fourth at both Daytona and Talladega earlier this year.-JR Motorsports |
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Danica Patrick worked well in the tandem draft at Daytona last summer, with both the 7 and the 88 Chevrolets clear-cut contenders throughout the evening. |
Patrick took the lead with two laps to go with a push from the 88 car, but her chance for victory was ruined by a multi-car accident within sight of the checkered flag. As a result, the 88 and 7 machines finished ninth and 10th, respectively.Of Patrick's laps led in Nationwide Series competition, 73% (16 of 22) have come at Daytona. It was also the site of her first NASCAR pole last spring.-JR Motorsports |
Player News - Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012
