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Chris Fontaine - - Chris Fontaine Inc.-84-CWTS

Chris Fontaine will be making his 32nd NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start and second at Daytona International Speedway on Friday, February 24th.

In last year’s NCWTS race here he started 16th and finished 19th. He was running near the front when he got caught up in a late race accident that took him out of the race. The last NCWTS race Fontaine ran was at Talladega in October. Bullshades custom sunglasses are on the truck for this race.
Source: Chris Fontaine PR
Feb 21 - 9:24 PM
Jason Leffler - D - Kyle Busch Motorsports-18-CWTS

Jason Leffler makes his debut behind the wheel of the No. 18 Dollar General Tundra in Friday’s NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona.

The veteran driver came home second in last July’s Nationwide Series race at the 2.5-mile tri-oval, crossing the stripe .04 seconds behind race winner Joey Logano. While he’s yet to win on the high banks of Daytona, Leffler has shown a knack for being around at the finish of the race. In 22 career Daytona starts across NASCAR’s top three series, the California native has been running at the finish 18 times. Leffler has started first and he’s usually around for the finish. He’s hoping Friday will be his night to finish first.
Source: Kyle Busch Motorsports
Feb 21 - 9:17 PM
Clint Bowyer - D - Michael Waltrip Racing-15

Clint Bowyer will make his 13th career NSCS Daytona start on Sunday.

In 12 previous Daytona starts, he has two top-five and six top-10 finishes. He started a career-best 3rd in July 2011 where he also recorded his lone DNF. Bowyer has an average starting position of 18th and finish of 15th. He has raced in every Daytona 500 since 2006—all with Richard Childress Racing. In his previous six starts in The Great American Race he has a best finish of 4th, two top-five and three top-10 finishes. He started the 2011 Daytona 500 in 6th position - a career best for the season opener. His average starting position is 19th and finishing position is 12th.-Michael Waltrip Racing
Feb 21 - 9:04 PM
Sam Hornish Jr. - D - Penske Racing South-12-NNS

Sam Hornish Jr., driver of the No. 12 Alliance Truck Parts Dodge Challenger, will make his first start of the 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) season Saturday afternoon in the Drive4COPD 300 at Daytona International Speedway (DIS)

This will mark Hornish’s third NNS start at DIS. He has made six previous NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at DIS with his best result coming in 2008 when he finished 15th. This weekend’s race will mark Hornish’s return to full-time competition as we will race for the 2012 Nationwide Series title this season.-Penske Racing
Feb 21 - 8:58 PM
Michael Waltrip - D - Hillman Racing-40

Michael Waltrip expects to make his 26th consecutive appearance in Sunday’s Daytona 500.

As the seventh fastest qualifier of the go-or-go-homers last Sunday, he will likely have to race his way into the 500 field. That means he’ll need to finish in the top two of the go-or-go-homers in the first of Thursday’s two 150-mile qualifying races. In 74 point series starts at Daytona in NASCAR’s three top-series, he has captured three wins including two Daytona 500 victories. He has also scored 12 top-five and 22 top-10 finishes.-Michael Waltrip Racing
Feb 21 - 8:55 PM
Carl Edwards - D - Roush Fenway Racing-99

Carl Edwards returns to Daytona for his 8th Daytona 500, and his 15th overall Sprint Cup start at the 2.5-mile superspeedway.

He and teammate Greg Biffle swept the front row for the Daytona 500. It is Edwards’ first career pole at Daytona in the Sprint Cup Series. Edwards’ average start at Daytona is 17.6, his average finish is 17.9. His best finish at Daytona is 2nd place, captured in last year’s Daytona 500 (and in July 2008).-Roush Fenway Racing
Feb 21 - 8:47 PM
AJ Allmendinger - D - Penske Championship Racing-22

In five career Gatorade Duel 150’s AJ Allmendinger’s best results to date are the seventh-place finishes he has posted the last two consecutive years.

He finished 29th in 2007, 13th in 2008 and 10th in 2009. Allmendinger has started only seven total Cup races to date at Daytona, with three starts in the Daytona 500 and four in the July Coke Zero 400. He has recorded one top-five finish and two top-10s. His third-place finish in the 2009 Daytona 500 rates his best result entering this weekend. Dinger started 15th and finished 11th in last year’s Daytona 500. He started ninth and finished 10th in last July’s 400-miler.-Tom Roberts PR
Feb 21 - 8:43 PM
Regan Smith - D - Furniture Row Racing-78

When Regan Smith was repeatedly told after last year’s Daytona 500 that he and his Denver, Colo.-based Furniture Row Racing team were no longer running under the radar, it was taken as a reassuring compliment.

Smith finished 7th in the 2011 rendition of the Great American Race and was leading with five laps remaining. The result was not only his first career top-10 finish in a Sprint Cup points race, but also the first top-10 for Furniture Row Racing. Smith actually started to turn heads a few days before the 500, when he finished second in the Gatorade Duel qualifying race. Smith went on to score his first victory in 2011 in the historic Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.-DMF Communications
Feb 21 - 8:35 PM
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