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DAYTONA NIGHT RACING!! Let's go Saturday night racing boys and girls....It's Daytona - home of the big one! Saturday July 4th at 8pm ET TV coverage starts at 6:30 ~ Fire up those engines and let the fireworks begin. ~ Daytona will be celebrating the 25th anniversary of King Richard Petty's 200th win. Three-time Daytona 500 champion Dale Jarrett has been named Grand Marshal for the Coke Zero 400 on Saturday night, July 4. *** Track Specs: Track/Race Length: 2.5 mile oval, 160 laps, 400 miles Tri-oval with 31-degree banking in the turns 18-degree banking in the tri-oval and...

Daytona Twist: Kenseth Wins Matt Kenseth can thank a monster wreck and rainstorm for winning the 51st Daytona 500 on Sunday 1 Matt Kenseth [+] 17 -- 2 Kevin Harvick [+] 29 0.762 sec 3 AJ Allmendinger [+] 44 1.382 sec 4 Clint Bowyer [+] 33 1.903 sec 5 Elliott Sadler [+] 19 2.575 sec 6 David Ragan [+] 6 3.801 sec 7 Michael Waltrip [+] 55 4.627 sec 8 Tony Stewart [+] 14 5.549 sec 9 Reed Sorenson [+] 43 6.793 sec 10 Kurt Busch [+] 2 7.253 sec 11 Martin Truex Jr. [+] 1 7.842 sec 12 David...

DAYTONA 500 LIVE THREAD Actor Tom Cruise will drive the Chevrolet Camaro pace car at the start of Sunday’s Daytona 500. Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has been named grand marshal for the 51st running of the Daytona 500. Keith Urban is set to perform a pre-race concert.Julianne Hough will perform the National Anthem Daytona International Speedway - Daytona Beach, FL. START YOUR ENGINES AT @3:40 pm On FOX Pre-race - 2 PM (ET)

LAST YEARS SHOOTOUT WINNER FOR THE NATIONAL GUARD WELCOME BACK RACEFANS FEBRUARY 7, 2009 ~ 8PM ET ON FOX The Budweiser Shootout, NASCAR's season-opening event, will return in 2009 as part of Budweiser's multi-year sponsorship renewal with Daytona International Speedway. Since its inception in 1979, the Budweiser Shootout has become one of the most anticipated events on the racing calendar for both drivers and fans. The race marks the start of a new NASCAR season and provides a benchmark for teams as they gear up for the annual Daytona 500. The race distance will be increased from 70 laps...

Despite mounting corruption complaints against the Daytona Beach City Commission, including a failing grade in a state audit that revealed multiple ethics violations and widespread misuse of taxpayers funds, Commissioner Dwayne Taylor is running for election to the Florida House of Representatives. Taylor's record at the City Commission is abysmal, he has approved every measure that raised the tax burden of Daytona Beach citizens while awarding millions of dollars to multi-millionaire campaign contributors and friends to fund various pet projects and personal hobbies. This waste is one of the main reasons for the current financial crisis the city is undergoing....

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A slumping economy is being blamed for keeping as many as 30 percent of NASCAR fans away from the Daytona International Speedway races this Fourth of July weekend. "Normally this place is packed and we know everybody but now I only see like 20 people I know," a NASCAR race fan said. The Daytona economy counts on the tourist dollars generated from the Fourth of July races. However, this year's big race -- the Coke Zero 400 -- is not a sell out and 20 to 30 percent of fans who normally come are staying home...

. The Coke Zero 400 Saturday 8:00 pm Eastern on TNT SPEED Pre-race at 4:30pm, TNT Pre-race 6:30pm Green flag 8:19 from Daytona International Speedway Please visit the FR Canteen - Supporting our troops, veterans, and their families: The FR Canteen This thread is dedicated to the memory of Darlene Brennan,also known around these parts as SheLion. Rest in peace, our FRiend.

Date/Time: 6/23/2008 1:28:20 PM Title: Daytona Beach News-Journal prepares to be sold Posted By: Jim Romenesko Statement to Daytona Beach News-Journal employees from Georgia M. Kaney As you know, the company is being prepared for sale. These preparations are occurring during a major downturn for the US newspaper business, a downturn we are feeling in our market. As part of the sales process, Cox Enterprises and News-Journal Corporation hired a sales broker and a consultant to help us prepare the company for sale. It is their recommendation that some major changes need to be made now to make the company...

Daytona 500 - Sunday, February 17, 2008 FOX 2:00pm/et *** Truck Race: 2008 Chevy Silverado 250 - Friday, February 15, 2008 TV: SPEED NCTS Setup begins at 7:30pm; race set to start at 8:00pm/et *** Nationwide Camping World 300 - Saturday Feb 16th ESPN2 12pm ET DRIVEN TO WIN! JUST DRIVEN! Dedicated to the men and women of our armed services.

Freeper fantasy nascar league on nascar.com needs one more participant. this will be a LIVE DRIVER DRAFT scheduled for 2/10/08 at 1 p.m. eastern time. pick your own drivers. You have to open an account on nascar.com (free) and join the private league (free).. if interested, please freepmail me; I'll give you instructions on how to join. it's time to GO RACIN...

Freeper fantasy nascar league on nascar.com needs two more participants. this will be a LIVE DRIVER DRAFT scheduled for 2/10/08 at 1 p.m. eastern time. pick your own drivers. You have to open an account on nascar.com (free) and join the private league (free).. if interested, please freepmail me; I'll give you instructions on how to join. it's time to GO RACIN...

Freeper fantasy nascar on nascar.com needs two more participants. this will be a LIVE DRIVER DRAFT scheduled for 2/10/08 at 1 p.m. eastern time. pick your own drivers. You have to open an account on nascar.com (free) and join the private league (free).. if interested, please freepmail me; I'll give you instructions on how to join. it's time to GO RACIN...

WELCOME BACK RACEFANSDAYTONA SPEEDWEEKS: SCHEDULE Broadcast Schedule SPRINT CUP SERIES Feb 7 8:00P-9:00 - SPEED NASCAR Bud Shootout Selection Show Feb 8 4:00P-5:00 - SPEED NASCAR Sprint Cup PRACTICE #1, Budweiser Shootout 6:30P-7:30 - SPEED NASCAR Sprint Cup PRACTICE #2, Budweiser Shootout, Budweiser Shootout - FOX 8 p.m. ET Saturday Feb 9th Cup Series Qualifying - FOX 1 p.m. ET Sunday Feb 10th Gatorade Duel - SPEED 2 p.m. ET Thursday, Feb. 14

I'm running a fantasy nascar keeper league on nascar.com and have 2 abandoned teams. It's free. If you'd like to join, let me know what team you want to take over. There are only 6 teams total so there will be a lot of good drivers available for draft. First come, first serve. When the 2 are taken, we'll begin the draft. (NOTE: You'll need to open an account with Fantasy Nascar. Again, it's free. I'll provide that to you once I open up the league). Team 1 (1st/7th pick in the driver draft. Pick one to keep for next...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A 60-year-old tourist died after he crashed while driving a Richard Petty Driving Experience NASCAR vehicle at the Daytona International Speedway. Track officials said Robert Boswell was driving around the speedway Sunday night when he somehow lost control of the race car and crashed into a wall. Boswell was transported to Halifax Health Medical Center, where he was declared dead at about 7 p.m., officials said. Cars can reach speeds of 120 mph in the simulated stock car racing attraction at the Daytona Beach International Speedway. An autopsy is being conducted to determine if any health...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Rudy Giuliani sped across the finish line in Florida on Monday. He didn't get the checkered flag he really wanted — victory in the Jan. 29 Republican primary — but had a great time all the same. Giuliani's campaign bus took a detour from its two-day, eight-stop tour of Florida for a visit to the Daytona International Speedway. Aides assembled the press traveling with him in the grassy infield, setting up the camera shot they wanted — pictures of his giant "Florida is Rudy Country" bus tearing around the track and across the black-and-white finish line....

. The Pepsi 400 Saturday 8:00 pm Eastern Speed Pre-race at 5pm, TNT Pre-race 7:30pm Green flag 8:10 from Daytona International Speedway Please visit the FR Canteen - Supporting our troops, veterans, and their families: The FR Canteen This thread is dedicated to our service men and women.

In 1954 Daytona had the only "hill" in this part of Florida, probably still does, LOL! Hey, I won a Burgess vibrating spray gun! All body panels formed from Masonite, soaked under the lawn sprinkler, and blended with Durhams Rock Hard Water Putty. The exhaust system came from a piece of bamboo I found on the beach. This baby was royal blue and cream, my first car.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A 10-year-old boy was found guilty Thursday in the beating of a homeless Army veteran that left the man so severely injured he had to undergo reconstructive surgery Circuit Judge John Watson found the boy guilty of aggravated battery in the March 27 attack in which John D'Amico, 58, was beaten and stoned with a concrete block. The child's mother left the courtroom noticeably upset and refused to comment. Before the hearing began, she was hopeful: "If he gets to come home today, I'm going to bust out crying."

WELCOME TO THE DAYTONA 500 ******** DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY HERE'S THE FRONT ROW! FEBRUARY 18, 2007 ~ 3:15PM ET ON FOX PLEASE REMEMBER OUR TROOPS IN HARMS WAY. PRAY FOR THEIR SAFETY & GIVE STRENGTH TO THE COMBAT MEDICS WHO TREAT THEM. EXTRA PRAYERS ARE ALWAYS NEEDED FOR THOSE AT WALTER REED, BETHESDA, BAMC AND THE NEW INTREPID PHYSICAL REHABILITATION CENTER WHICH IS PART OF BAMC.

Waltrip sorry Embarrassed driver apologizes for cheating scandal February 15, 2007 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Michael Waltrip humbly apologized Thursday for his team's role in NASCAR's biggest cheating scandal, saying he was so embarrassed he almost pulled out of Daytona 500 preparations. Waltrip, who lost two key crew members Wednesday when NASCAR penalized his team for using a fuel additive, said he had to be talked into racing by his wife and Toyota officials who are seething that Waltrip tainted their Nextel Cup debut. "I didn't want to damage the integrity of the sport further by going out there...

Michael Waltrip's crew chief and team director were thrown out of the Daytona 500 and suspended indefinitely Wednesday because an illegal substance was found during inspection for the season-opening race. Waltrip, docked 100 points, will be allowed to participate in Thursday's races that determine the field for NASCAR's biggest event of the year. David Hyder, his crew chief, was thrown out of the garage and fined $100,000. Team director Bobby Kennedy also was kicked out. NASCAR officials would not reveal what they found in Waltrip's intake manifold, but a person with knowledge of the investigation told The Associated Press it...

WELCOME BACK RACEFANS FEBRUARY 10, 2007 ~ 8PM ET ON FOX PLEASE REMEMBER OUR TROOPS IN HARMS WAY. PRAY FOR THEIR SAFETY & GIVE STRENGTH TO THE COMBAT MEDICS WHO TREAT THEM. EXTRA PRAYERS ARE ALWAYS NEEDED FOR THOSE AT WALTER REED, BETHESDA NMC, BAMC AND THE NEW INTREPID PHYSICAL REHABILITATION CENTER WHICH IS PART OF BAMC.

A property developer in Daytona Beach, Florida, plans to solve the area's vagrancy problem by sending the homeless to a rural village that critics have described as a "gulag". Michael Arth's proposal is a neat reversal of the gated communities into which the rich retreat. He would insulate the wealthy residents of Volusia County by tucking away the 2,700 homeless people on a 125-acre, £50 million site near the local jail. Tiger Bay Village would be a 5,600-bed village for the down at heel, complete with bungalows, dining halls, communal gardens and a lagoon for swimming. Counsellors would provide psychiatric...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- One of the teenagers responsible for beating a Holly Hill homeless man to death asked a judge to reduce his 22-year prison sentence Monday. Warren Messner and three other teens pled guilty to killing the man because they were bored, but Messner said prison is too hard. Messner is a big boy. He was 15 at the time he was brought into the woods to see the homeless man his friends had been beating. Even at that young age, he outweighed the victim, Michael Roberts, by 200 pounds when he jumped on his chest, crushing his...

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15, 2006 -- U.S. military servicemembers will receive free admission at Daytona USA throughout November to celebrate Armed Forces Month. Replica cars and trucks of the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series cars, led by the No. 20 Home Depot Chevrolet driven by Tony Stewart, and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series simulate racing on the 31-degree banking of Daytona International Speedway at Daytona USA. Throughout November, U.S. military servicemembers will be admitted free to NASCAR’s premier attraction in Daytona Beach, Fla., to celebrate Armed Forces Month and Daytona USA’s 10th anniversary. Courtesy photo  '(Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available....

The President and First Lady spent the weekend at Camp David returning to the White House on Sunday. Today the President signed H.R. 5403, the Safe and Timely Interstate Placement of Foster Children Act of 2006 The Vice President had a busy Saturday. First he had a sucessful annual physical, then he and his wife Lynne along with their 3 grandaughters went to Kennedy Space Center for the launch of Discovery which unfortunately due to bad weather did not take-off. They then went to Daytona Beach for the Pepsi 400. Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: After an eventful week capped by their visit to Graceland, the President and First Lady spend a quiet Saturday at Camp David. They returned to the White House earlier today. During her press preview last Thursday of the Official Dinner for the Japanese Prime Minister, Mrs. Bush had some interesting and fun things to say. Here's an excerpt. Go here to read the entire transcript. Q Mrs. Bush, could talk about the decision to have a state dinner tonight? This has become rare in this administration. MRS. BUSH: Well, I wouldn't say it's really rare....

DAYTONA BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - Four months before crucial congressional elections, Vice President Dick Cheney saw his first stock-car race on Saturday and hoped to fire up traditionally conservative " NASCAR dads" to turn out and vote. After Air Force Two buzzed the crowd, sweeping as low as 1,000 feet over the racetrack, Cheney's black SUV took a lap around the Daytona speedway at a sedate 65 mph (105 kph). Infield spectators perched atop behemoth recreational vehicles waved American flags and banners proclaiming devotion to their favorite drivers and the beer companies that sponsor them. "On Independence Day, we're reminded...

Cheney makes grand entrance at NASCAR race By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer Published: Saturday, July 1, 2006 Updated: Saturday, July 1, 2006 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - The stock cars weren't the only things buzzing the track at Daytona Saturday - Vice President Dick Cheney made his grand entrance when Air Force II flew in low over the crowd gathering for the start of the NASCAR race. Cheney's appearance at the Pepsi 400 was another chance this year for Americans to get a glimpse of the extraordinarily powerful vice president who normally operates behind the scenes. From the baseball...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - From the baseball diamond to the speedway oval, Vice President Dick Cheney is turning up at lots of high-profile venues, increasing his visibility ahead of the fall election. Saturday offered a double-dip in the all-important political state of Florida: seeing the space shuttle Discovery blast off and then catching a NASCAR race, complete with a visit with the drivers and their crews. Cheney often does most of his work behind the scenes, but has taken on more public appearances this year. It's part of an all-hands-on-deck effort at the White House to improve the GOP's standing...

. The Pepsi 400 Saturday 7:30 pm Eastern Speed Pre-race at 6pm, FOX Pre-race 7:30pm Green flag 7:55 from Daytona International Speedway Please visit the FR Canteen - Supporting our troops, veterans, and their families: The FR Canteen This thread is dedicated to our service men and women. God Bless Our Troops

The local NAACP president was arrested Saturday afternoon on misdemeanor charges after an altercation with deputies after she attempted to hand a flier to the driver of a car involved in a Black College Reunion traffic stop. Cynthia Slater, president of the Volusia County-Daytona Beach Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People for the past six years, was charged with two counts of resisting an officer without violence, disorderly conduct and obstruction of a street. But Slater and the Volusia County Sheriff's Office have very different views on what occurred on North Atlantic Avenue during the...

Bike Week Deaths Worst In Event's History 18 Deaths Most in 65 years (CBS4 News) DAYTONA BEACH Bike Week in Daytona beach ends today, and this year’s event will go down in history as the deadliest gathering of motorcycle enthusiasts in the event’s 65 year history. 18 motorcyclists have died in the past nine days, three more than the previous deadliest Bike Week in 2000. The Florida Highway Patrol says three bikers died in separate accidents Saturday, and four died on Friday. Tens of thousands of bikers flock to Daytona each spring for the event, which celebrates motorcycles and bike...

Thousands Roar Into Daytona Beach for Bike Week 3/4/2006 9am report By First Coast News Staff DAYTONA BEACH, FL -- The annual pilgrimage to "motorcycle mecca" is underway. Thousands of bikers are roaring into Daytona Beach for Bike Week. The city is geared up and vendors are set up along Main Street. More than 300,000 motorcycle riders are expected to roll through town.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Here's how the deal works. NASCAR wants establishment money and establishment credibility. NASCAR wants to look like a professional major league, not a motorized division of fake wrestling occasionally rocked by genuine tragedy. When those goals collided during the bumper-rattling, bump-drafting Budweiser Shootout eight days ago, superstar Tony Stewart sounded the alarm. He predicted possible death before the tour left Daytona unless NASCAR got a grip on rogue driving. NASCAR approach backfired The graphic public comments hit the NASCAR trailer like a tax audit. The bosses issued directives, policies, hints and outright threats. In effect, they...

**Welcome**Well here we are again, another year of racing, gone by in a flash! Is it Daytona yet? Are we there yet? This forum is to help us get through the offseason by posting news, silly season rumors and anything else devoted to Nascar.

Today, Richard Paey sits in a wheelchair behind high walls and razor wire in a high-security prison near Daytona Beach. Paey is a 46-year-old father of three, and a paraplegic. His condition is the result of a car accident, a botched back surgery, and a case of multiple sclerosis — three setbacks that have left him in a chronic, debilitating state of pain. After moving to Florida from New Jersey, Paey found it increasingly difficult to get prescriptions for the pain medication he needed to function normally — to support his family, and to be a parent to his children....

My wife was going through some of her fathers papers and found an old business card for a Brutcel E. Williams Operator International Temple To Speed P.O Box 26, Daytona Beach, Florida Phone 586-J. The physical address is listed at 334 Fairview Avenue, Daytona Beach. On the back is a building which looks like it's about 13-15 stories high. It's rectangular. In a way it looks almost like a trophy or a small Empire State Building. On top it looks like there is a 1 to 2 story staute holding up a laurel wreath. It's faded and small. The card...

DAYTONA BEACH -- City leaders can finally realize a decades-long dream of replacing the beachside Boardwalk's aging arcades, restaurants and gift shops with a new retail complex to lure more upscale tourism. A court ruling Friday allows Daytona Beach to force the sale of three Boardwalk businesses to make way for a $120 million redevelopment project that would be the last major piece in the city's remake of its historic oceanside. Circuit Judge John W. Watson III gave the city approval to seize the three businesses in a ruling that echoes a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that gave cities...

. The Pepsi 400 Saturday 8:00 pm Eastern Pre-race at 7pm, Green flag 8:10 from Daytona International Speedway Please give your support to the FR Canteen - Dedicated to our troops, veterans, and their families: The FR Canteen God Bless Our Troops

Missing woman's bones found; police call death 'suspicious' STAFF REPORTDAYTONA BEACH -- The bones of a Daytona Beach woman who was reported missing in November were found in a shallow grave over the weekend and police say the death is "suspicious." The bones of Patti Mae Paulk, 23, were found in a wooded area near the intersection of Dunn and Williamson boulevards by a man and his two sons, who were out walking with their dog, police said. The man went home and contacted police after using the Internet to do research on the bones and determining they probably were...

Alachua, FL - Victims of 'Mommy Madness,' the self-esteem crisis that has devastated women on both coasts and parts of Chicago, are finally getting much-needed help thanks to the spontaneous relief efforts of thousands of volunteers across the country. "It's hard to look at the plight of these women and not want to chip in and 'git 'er done,'" says Tammi Jo Pearsall, 28. Pearsall, herself a mother of four and part-time convenience store clerk in Alachua, is widely credited with creating the grassroots relief network that has generated over $4,600 in donations for Upper Westside supermoms desperately seeking meaningful...

I went to the Daytona International Speedway today and met Sean Hannity face to face, a friend took me all the way back into the studio that he was airing from today, (Small as a closet) He's a real nice guy and does like the Freepers and Freeping. He basically said the same thing to me that He said on air about that, doesn't like His friends being slammed here. He took this picture (from my camera phone) with a sign that says I LOVE FREEPERS with sweet baby james, He also signed my book and a photo. He is...

Welcome to: 2005 NASCAR DAYTONA 500 (and the Hershey's TAKE 5 300 BUSCH Race) Daytona 500, Sunday 02/20/05 @ 1PM EST on FOX, TAKE 5 300, Saturday 02/19/05 @ 1PM EST on FOX This Thread is Dedicated to: Our Military all around the World (Click the pic) The Members of the Hendrick Racing Team that we lost in the plane crash (Click the pic) O.K. Race Fans I think most of us survived the Off Season Withdrawl (Thanks WCG for hosting that) Now it's time to: BOOGITTY, BOOGITTY, BOOGITTY!!!!!for the 2005 NASCAR Season. Track Facts: Banking/Turns: 31 Distance: 2.5 miles...

As announced on Sean's radio show he will be broadcasting from the Daytona International Speedway LIVE!!! on Friday Feb. 18th from 3pm to 6pm ET. Tune in on your local radio station or on-line at: http://www.hannity.com/story.php?content=/live_stream

Welcome to the 2005 For The: This Thread is Dedicated to: Our Troops All Around the World, We thank You and Pray for Your Saftey and Speedy return home to Your Loved Ones EverydayAnd to:Team Hendrick

Paul Newman Uninjured in Daytona Car Fire Sat Jan 8, 6:00 PM ET Top Stories - AP DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Academy Award-winning actor Paul Newman escaped injury Saturday when the race car he was testing caught fire following a spin at Daytona International Speedway. Newman was driving a Daytona Prototype sports car for next month's Rolex 24 when he spun on the road course, said Adam Saal, Grand American Series spokesman. The car didn't hit anything, but when Newman tried to restart the engine it caught fire. The fire was contained to the engine compartment, and Newman escaped without...

Hoping to add news and DAILY rule changes by Nascar to this thread as they come along. Awards banquet information and any other silly off season rumors etc.

President Bush visited Daytona Beach Saturday, Oct. 17th. This is the report from a few FR members who attended. Feel free to add any info/pictures.