Kevin Harvick won the pole for the second race of the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup season at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Friday. Harvick turned a lap of 190.398 mph in the third round of qualifying, edging out Ryan Newman for the top spot.
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Danica Patrick’s failure in ‘clutch moments’ to blame for NASCAR losses, says Kurt Busch
Entering her fifth season as a NASCAR driver, Danica Patrick is still looking for her first win. Teammate Kurt Busch think he knows why: she struggles “in those clutch moments.”
Hamlin Could Become 4th Repeat Daytona 500 Champion
Denny Hamlin rode the escalator to a stadium concourse and spotted his Daytona 500 championship show car on display and wrapped to resemble its appearance moments after the race. Confetti stuck to the window.
Martin Truex Jr., Furniture Row Racing a marriage made for weekends
… based outside of the Carolinas. Denver-based Furniture Row Racing is considered one of Colorado’s major professional sports teams, and no other state is as singular in big-league auto racing. But Truex is a New Jersey native and former clam-boat …
Owen Wilson Named Grand Marshal For 59th Annual DAYTONA 500
Donate Now! Help PaddockTalk.com go ad-free in 2017! Actor Owen Wilson, the voice of the animated character Lightning McQueen in Disney*Pixar’s upcoming movie ‘Cars 3,’ will serve as Grand Marshal for the 59th annual DAYTONA 500 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race on Feb. 26 at Daytona International Speedway. The DAYTONA 500, the season-opening race for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, will begin at 2 p.m. following Wilson delivering the famous ‘Drivers, start your engines’ command to the 40-car field.
‘Cars 3’ star Wilson named Daytona 500 grand marshal
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