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 Ron Hornaday Jr.- Kevin Harvick Inc.-33-CWTS Feb. 8 - 10:44 pm et

Kevin Harvick Inc. announced today Procter and Gamble along with retail partner Kroger Food Stores will feature their family of brands across the sheet metal of four-time Truck Series champion Ron Hornaday’s No. 33 Chevrolet at Bristol.
The familiar yellow, blue, and orange circle will adorn the hood and quarter panels along with Kroger Food Stores and Procter and Gambles other featured brands, Bounce, Iams, Pringles, Charmin, Bounty and Downy. Tide has a storied history in NASCAR as a sponsor going all the way back to their days with Darrell Waltrip. KHI co-owner Kevin Harvick will also have the opportunity to climb behind the wheel of the Tide ride in 2010 at both Martinsville (Va.) Speedway Truck Series events. -SpeedwayMedia.com
 Carl Edwards- Roush Fenway Racing-99 Feb. 8 - 10:19 pm et

Carl Edwards returns to Daytona International Speedway for his sixth Daytona 500, and his 11th overall start at the 2.5- mile superspeedway.
Edwards’ average start at Daytona is 17.2, his average finish is 19.7. His best finish at Daytona is second place, captured in July 2008. His best finish in the Daytona 500 is 12th in his first start in 2005. Edwards started the 2009 Daytona 500 16th and ran as high as second place. On lap 125 Edwards was caught up in a multi-car accident and the No. 99 Aflac Ford suffered damage to the splitter. Shortly after his Ford was mended the race was red flagged and ultimately called due to rain. He finished the race in 18th place.
 Colin Braun- Roush Fenway Racing-16-NNS Feb. 8 - 10:12 pm et

Coming off a solid year in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series where he scored one win (Michigan) and Rookie-of-the-Year honors on the season, Colin Braun is gearing up for his first full year in the NASCAR Nationwide Series driving the No. 16 Con-way Freight Ford for Roush Fenway Racing.
The Ovala, Texas native will be led by veteran crew chief Eddie Pardue in the 2010 campaign and will be in the hunt for the Raybestos Rookie-of-the-Year Championship in the Nationwide Series.
 Greg Biffle- Roush Fenway Racing-16 Feb. 8 - 10:09 pm et

The first race of the season was shaping up to be a successful one for Greg Biffle and the 3M team until Biffle spun on the first lap of a green-white-checker finish while challenging Kevin Harvick for the lead.
Biffle had been a top-10 contender for most of the night after drawing a fifth-place starting position at the draw party. Following the spin, Biffle was credited with a 15th-place finish.
 Bobby Labonte- TRG Motorsports-71 Feb. 8 - 9:57 pm et

Bobby Labonte and the No.71 TRG team got the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Season got off to an eventful start in TRG’s first ever Budweiser Shootout at Daytona.
After being caught up in a wreck on the final lap of the race, The TaxSlayer.com/Adobe Road Winery Chevrolet finished in 18th position. Labonte battled tight conditions most of the evening, and prior to the final lap carnage, was running in the 12th position. -TRG Motorsports
 Danica Patrick- JR Motorsports-7-NNS Feb. 8 - 9:54 pm et

Danica Patrick will make her NASCAR Nationwide Series debut in the No. 7 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet this Saturday at Daytona International Speedway, JR Motorsports general manager Kelley Earnhardt announced today.
Patrick, Earnhardt, and team officials convened Sunday following the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) event at Daytona, in which Patrick raced to a sixth-place finish in her stock-car debut. Patrick’s entry in the Drive4COPD 300 puts her in a JR Motorsports tandem with Dale Earnhardt Jr., who will drive the No. 88 Hellmann’s Chevrolet. -JR Motorsports
 Robert Richardson Jr.- Front Row Motorsports-38 Feb. 7 - 11:18 pm et

Robert Richardson, Jr. will be competing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series races at the 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway.
The largest task at hand is the running of his first Daytona 500. He will qualify 15th, of 54 drivers, during Saturday’s session to determine his starting spot in Thursday’s Gatorade Duel 150s. In a guaranteed starting spot driving the No. 38 Mahindra Tractors USA Ford for Front Row Motorsports with Doug Yates, Richardson is coming in to the event wide-eyed with anticipation and excitement. He got his first taste of Sprint Cup competition in last November’s event at Talladega Superspeedway. Driving the No. 36 for Tommy Baldwin Racing, Richardson finished a commendable 18th place in his Sprint Cup debut.
 Tony Stewart- Stewart Haas Racing-14 Feb. 7 - 11:08 pm et

Tony Stewart took full advantage of his time in Saturday night’s Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International Speedway.
The driver of the No. 14 Old Spice/Office Depot Chevrolet came from his 13th-place starting spot in the non-points race to lead twice for six laps, and he made other drivers who tried their hand at the lead work hard to hold onto it. Stewart ended up ninth, but the result was not indicative of the overall performance. "I wouldn’t say we had a very strong car, but we did get good track position," said Stewart after logging his 10th top-10 finish in 11 career Budweiser Shootout starts.
 Marcos Ambrose- JTG Daugherty Racing-47 Feb. 7 - 10:56 pm et

Marcos Ambrose’s fastest lap in the No. 47 Kroger Toyota Camry fielded by JTG Daugherty Racing was the 14th quickest time (47.429 sec. - 189.757 mph) out of 54 cars that attempted to qualify for the Daytona 500.
He will start seventh in the second Gatorade Duel, which is a 150-mile qualifying race. "That was way better than what we practiced (Friday)," Ambrose said. "We really had a good pick-up overnight -- the car was a lot better to drive. It’s like wrestling a bear in there for a couple laps. These suspension packages to qualify here are very aggressive and I’m just pleased that I kept it on the straight and narrow."
 Joey Logano- Joe Gibbs Racing-20 Feb. 7 - 10:50 pm et

Joey Logano earned his first top-10 finish at Daytona International Speedway when he took the checkered flag for the Shootout at Daytona in the seventh position.
It was Logano's second start in the non-points race that kicked off the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Logano started from the 21st spot after crew chief Greg Zipadelli drew the position at the Shootout party. (With one lap to go), a six-car wreck broke out and the race ended under caution. Logano had avoided the incident and took the checkered flag in the seventh position.
 Jeff Gordon- Hendrick Motorsports-24 Feb. 7 - 5:59 pm et

Jeff Gordon earned the only top-10 finish for Hendrick Motorsports during Saturday's Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International Speedway.
Gordon, driver of the No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet, finished sixth in the exhibition event, while Dale Earnhardt Jr. posted the next best result. The driver of the No. 88 National Guard/AMP Energy Chevrolet crossed the finish line in 11th. Jimmie Johnson, driver of the No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet, ran as high as third and finished 13th. Mark Martin, driver of the No. 5 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet, finished 20th after being involved in two incidents during the race. Eight cars, including Martin, were involved in the final accident that happened on the last lap of the exhibition event.
 Regan Smith- Furniture Row Racing-78 Feb. 7 - 5:54 pm et

Regan Smith, who is automatically qualified for next Sunday's (Feb. 14) Daytona 500, posted the 34th fastest speed in Saturday's Pole Day qualifying at Daytona International Speedway.
Under NASCAR's qualifying format for the opener, Pole Day locks in the front row for the 500 and establishes the starting positions for Thursday's 150-mile qualifying races. The results from the two 150 milers will determine the starting field (positions 3-43) for the Daytona 500. Smith, driver of the No. 78 Furniture Row Chevrolet, is slated to participate in the first Gatorade 150-mile race and will start 17th.
 Jamie McMurray- Earnhardt Ganassi Racing-1 Feb. 7 - 5:50 pm et

Jamie McMurray drew the ninth starting position and looked to be the class of the field as the green flag dropped on the 2010 Edition of the Budweiser Shootout.
He quickly raced his way inside the top five during the opening 25 lap session. Following the ten minute break after lap 25, continuing to run inside the top five, McMurray would eventually fall victim to "picking the wrong lane" on the superspeedway, falling as far as 19th. As the race closed to an end he would find himself in position to win as he raced in the second position. The caution flew for the final time on lap 69. He took he green flag on lap 73 in the third position. Kasey Kahne (second) and eventual race winner Kevin Harvick would prove to be too much.
 Danica Patrick- JR Motorsports-7-NNS Feb. 6 - 11:25 pm et

At the end of an adventuresome 80-lap (ARCA) race at the 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway, Danica Patrick found her way to the garage.
Between the green flag and the checkered flag, Patrick had slid through the grass and spun after contact from Nelson Piquet Jr. on Lap 54, restarted 24th and ultimately recovered to run as high as fifth before the finish. With an adroit save after the contact from Piquet and her charge through the field in the final 17 laps, Patrick earned high praise from her JR Motorsports team.
Source: NASCAR.com
 Kevin Harvick- Richard Childress Racing-29 Feb. 6 - 11:18 pm et

Kevin Harvick has won the Budweiser Shootout for the second consecutive season, blowing past Greg Biffle in the exhibition race.
Harvick was in fourth when the racing resumed with two laps to go at Daytona International Speedway. He quickly pulled out of line to dive underneath Biffle and claim the lead. Jeff Gordon rammed into the back of Biffle moments later to trigger a huge accident behind the leader. NASCAR waited several moments before calling caution, presumably to see if the wreckage cleared and the race could end under green. Instead, Harvick passed under the yellow flag and won under caution. Kasey Kahne was second and followed by Jamie McMurray, Kyle Busch and Denny Hamlin. -NASCAR.com
 Scott Speed- Red Bull Racing-82 Feb. 6 - 6:55 pm et

After qualifying on Saturday for next Sunday's Daytona 500, Scott Speed's lap was fast enough that even if he doesn't run well Thursday in his quailfying race, he can rely on his time-trial speed for a spot in the 500.
Speed, who qualified 13th out of 54 drivers, said that knowing he is in the race will allow him to be less conservative on Thursday than he would be if he had to try to race his way into the Daytona 500 field. -SceneDaily.com
 Joe Nemechek- NEMCO Motosports-87 Feb. 6 - 6:51 pm et

After qualifying on Saturday for next Sunday's Daytona 500, Joe Nemechek, was fast enough that even if he doesn't run well Thursday in his quailfying race, he can rely on his time-trial speed for a spot in the 500.
Nemechek, who qualified 16th, was nervous, in part, because he owns his car. He is trying to run both the Nationwide and Cup series this year in his own equipment. "It’s definitely huge," Nemechek said. "To come down here and be so close and to miss it by a few thousandths [from time trials last year] was really disheartening. To come back and make it and be locked in the week before the 500 means a lot. -SceneDaily.com
 Bill Elliott- Wood Brothers Racing-21 Feb. 6 - 6:48 pm et

After qualifying on Saturday for next Sunday's Daytona 500, Bill Elliott, was fast enough that even if he doesn't run well Thursday in his quailfying race, he can rely on his time-trial speed for a spot in the 500.
Elliott, who was fourth-fastest at 190.573 mph, wasn’t much of a surprise. He did the same thing a year ago. -Scene Daily
 Dale Earnhardt Jr.- Hendrick Motorsports-88 Feb. 6 - 5:53 pm et

Dale Earnhardt Jr. will make his second Daytona 500 front row appearance after running the second fastest qualifying run (teammate Mark Martin is on pole) on February 6th.
Earnhardt ran a fast lap of 190.913 mph in the No.88 AMP Energy / National Guard Chevrolet. His last time on the front row was in 2003 when he started second and finished 36th.
 Mark Martin- Hendrick Motorsports-5 Feb. 6 - 5:47 pm et

Mark Martin wins the Coors Light Pole Award for the Daytona 500 with a lap of 47.074 seconds, 191.188 mph.
This is his 49th pole in 759 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. He is now tied with Bobby Isaac for eighth on the all-time poles list. Mark Martin, at 51 years, 27 days, is the oldest Daytona 500 pole winner. The previous oldest was Dale Jarrett, who was 48 years, 2 months, 17 days when he won the Daytona 500 pole in 2005. -NASCAR PR
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