Former 500 champ Foyt hospitalized for infection
Nascar.com
A.J. Foyt has been hospitalized in Houston for complications from knee surgery and will skip the 50th anniversary of the Rolex 24 at Daytona.
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Sadler excited to go for Daytona retribution
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You can’t blame Elliott Sadler for thinking that the Daytona 500 might owe him one.
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Ganassi teams figure to be up front at Daytona (AP)
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Chip Ganassi hopes to improve on last year’s 24-hour race at Daytona International Speedway. It hardly seems possible. Ganassi’s two-car team finished first and second in the twice-around-the-clock event, sweeping the prestigious endurance race at the hallowed track. Two-time defending Grand-Am Series champions Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas, along with Joey Hand and Graham Rahal, ended up in…
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Justin Wilson back in a car after back injury (AP)
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Justin Wilson’s wife had quite enough of the driver being home all the time during the six months he was sidelined with a broken bone in his back. As Wilson readied for his return to the race car this week at Daytona International Speedway, wife Julia couldn’t get him back to the track fast enough.
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A.J. Foyt hospitalized for infection
Fox Sports
A.J. Foyt has been hospitalized in Houston for complications
from knee surgery and will skip the 50th anniversary of the Rolex
24 at Daytona.
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Jamie McMurray, Juan Pablo Montoya among host of NASCAR drivers competing in Rolex 24 At Daytona
Scenedaily.com
Jamie McMurray, Juan Pablo Montoya and AJ Allmendinger are among the NASCAR drivers day-to-night racing this weekend as they will compete in the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway. The 24-hour race on the 3.56-mile road course begins at 3:30 p.m. ET Saturday and will feature 59 cars – 14 in the Daytona Prototype class and 45 in the Grand Touring class.
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Former diversity driver Paulie Harraka to run 2012 truck series schedule
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Paulie Harraka, the first driver of NASCAR’s diversity program to win a track championship, will compete for Camping World Truck Series rookie honors driving for former Billy Ballew Motorsports crew chief Richie Wauters. Scheduled to graduate from Duke University in May, the 22-year-old Harraka won the 2008 track championship at All-American Speedway in California and also has three victories in the K&N Pro Series West.
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Ward Burton to run truck race at Daytona for new team
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Former Daytona 500 winner Ward Burton will compete in the season-opening Camping World Truck Series race in a truck owned by former Germain Racing general manager Mike Hillman Sr. Hillman bought equipment from Germain and has started Hillman Racing, which will field the No. 27 Chevrolet in the truck series this year. Burton’s truck will have sponsorship from State Water Heaters.
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Warning: NASCAR to continue to fine competitors who ‘challenge the integrity of the sport’
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CHARLOTTE – NASCAR fines may no longer be secret, but the potential for penalties for disparaging comments or behavior remains unchanged.
Though NASCAR now plans to publicize all fines, NASCAR officials said Thursday that they would continue to penalize competitors who they determine have damaged “the integrity of the sport.”
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