JEFF GORDON, DRIVER OF THE NO. 24 DUPONT MONTE CARLO SS TALKED WITH MEDIA ABOUT HIS POST-INSPECTION GATORADE DUEL PENALTY AND WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO WIN THE DAYTONA 500 FROM A 42ND PLACE START:
ON THE CHALLENGES OF STARTING THE DAYTONA 500 AT THE REAR OF THE FIELD AND HOW HE WILL PRACTICE TO PREPARE [...]

General Motors Corp. is in talks to buy the Chrysler Group in its entirety, Automotive News reported Friday, citing unnamed sources in Germany and the United States.
The automotive trade publication reported on its Web site that high-level talks were talking place between GM and Chrysler Group parent DaimlerChrysler AG.

Pos, #, Driver, Sponsor, Car
1 18 Aric Almirola Banquet Chevrolet
2 38 Jason Leffler Great Clips Toyota
3 47 Jon Wood Clorox/American Red Cross Ford
4 11 Martin Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet
5 10 John Andretti Camping World Toyota

Evernham Motorsports driver Elliott Sadler said Friday at Daytona International Speedway that Jeff Gordon should have been stripped of his victory in the second Gatorade Duel qualifying race after Gordon’s No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet failed postrace inspection.
Gordon’s car was about an inch below minimum height requirements, but NASCAR officials said the car was too [...]

Pos, #, Driver, Sponsor, Car
1 38 David Gilliland M&M’s Ford
2 88 Ricky Rudd Snickers Ford
3 20 Tony Stewart The Home Depot Chevrolet
4 2 Kurt Busch Miller Lite Dodge
5 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet

Pos, Car #, Driver, Manu, Time secs, Speed mph, Fast Lap, Laps Run
1 88 Ricky Rudd Ford 47.315 190.215 2 24
2 16 Greg Biffle Ford 47.325 190.174 2 27
3 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevy 47.325 190.174 2 35
4 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 47.365 190.014 2 33
5 22 Dave Blaney Toyota 47.375 189.974 2 37

James Hylton’s dream of competing in the Daytona 500 at the age of 72 came up nine laps short during Thursday’s Duels at Daytona. The combination of a faulty clutch and a late-race restart foiled Hylton’s effort to earn a starting berth in Sunday’s Daytona 500.

Tony Stewart’s win in Thursday’s Gatorade Duel non-point qualifying race at Daytona International Speedway marked the 100th professional victory for Joe Gibbs Racing. The 16-year-old company founded by Joe Gibbs, the three-time Super Bowl winning coach of the NFL’s Washington Redskins, earned its milestone victory by way of 54 point-paying Nextel Cup Series wins, seven [...]

UPS announced it had signed a new five-year agreement with NASCAR to continue as the official express delivery company of the sport through the 2011 racing season. The exclusive “Official Delivery Company” partnership extends a highly successful union dating back to UPS’s initial entry into the sport in 2000.