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Daytona 500 Headlines

A list of the most recent stories about Daytona 500.

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Jimmie Johnson drives through Turn 3 during the NASCAR Pocono 400 auto race on Sunday, June 9, 2013, in Long Pond, Pa. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Johnson dominates in win at Pocono Raceway

Jimmie Johnson walked into the media center holding his daughter's hand, his pregnant wife right behind them. Their second child is due in September, right around the time of the final race before the Chase field is set. With an automatic berth in NASCAR's playoffs secured, Johnson has permission to ...

Fox Sports has not determined why rope snapped

Fox Sports said on Monday it still had not determined why an overhead TV camera cable snapped during the Coca-Cola 600. The network says a full investigation is under way and use of the camera is suspended indefinitely. Earlier, NASCAR said it would wait for Fox Sports to conclude its ...

A cable rig on a television camera hangs broken over the track at the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 auto race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., Sunday, May 26, 2013. The race was red flagged as a result. Several cars ran over the cable, damaging the race cars. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

10 fans injured when TV cable falls on race track

Charlotte Motor Speedway said 10 fans were injured Sunday at the Coca-Cola 600 and three of them were taken to the hospital after a nylon rope supporting a Fox Sports overhead television camera fell from the grandstands and landed on the track surface. CMS vice president of communications Scott Cooper ...

Finally! Tony Kanaan gets elusive Indy 500 victory

Tony Kanaan had the car. He had the nerves. And he finally had the luck. Now he has the trophy, too. Kanaan won his first Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, ending 12 years of frustration with a crowd-pleasing victory for the popular Brazilian driver. After coming so close so many times, ...

The field for the 97th running of the  Indianapolis 500 auto race poses on the start/finish line before the start of the race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Tony Kanaan ends heartbreak with Indy 500 victory

Tony Kanaan had one more lap, one anticlimactic last lap under the yellow caution flag, to end 12 years of frustration in the Indianapolis 500. He flipped up his visor to wipe away tears as the crowd roared its approval, and then in Victory Lane gave his bride of two ...

Danica Patrick prepares to climb into her car during practice for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup series Coca-Cola 600 auto race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., Thursday, May 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)

Patrick: Another Indy 500 'less and less likely'

Danica Patrick still follows the Indianapolis 500 closely, even pre-organizing her race day schedule this Sunday so she can watch most of the event. As for participating in the race again, that's a different story. Patrick, who first earned her popularity in open-wheel racing, said her focus is on the ...

FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2009, file photo, NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick talks to the media during a news conferenceat the Homestead-Miami International Speedway in Homestead, Fla.  The late NASCAR matriarch Anne B. France and car owners Richard Childress and Hendrick are among the nominees for the next class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame, which will be announced Wednesday night, May 22, 2013.  (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Family Ties: Jarrett, Petty enter NASCAR hall

NASCAR honored a pair of its most famous and successful families with inductions into the Hall of Fame on Wednesday. Past champion Dale Jarrett joined father Ned in the hall and master mechanic Maurice "Chief" Petty became the fourth member of one of NASCAR's most royal families to be selected ...

James Hylton has appeared in 602 NASCAR races since 1964. (AP Photo)

Hylton makes final Daytona race — at 78

Lost in the excitement last weekend over Danica Patrick winning the pole position for the Daytona 500 was another bit of stock car racing history. Veteran driver James Hylton made his final appearance in a Daytona International Speedway race Saturday in the Lucas Oil 200, an ARCA race. That might ...

Lots of action going on in week leading up to the Daytona 500

The Daytona 500 is still a week away, but it's already getting a lot of hype, especially since Danica Patrick won the pole. And for the first time, the Speedweeks event that leads up to the 500 is actually a full week of events, which adds two more days for Volusia ...

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