Jeff Gordon Wins at Phoenix, Denies Kyle Busch the Weekend Sweep
Jeff Gordon, despite an early-race incident with Carl Edwards, broke a 66-race winless streak by passing Kyle Busch with eight laps remaining to win at Phoenix.
Jeff Gordon, despite an early-race incident with Carl Edwards, broke a 66-race winless streak by passing Kyle Busch with eight laps remaining to win at Phoenix.
Carl Edwards won at Phoenix in the fall and was gunning to do it again, setting a track record in the process of winning the pole.
Over 30 million people tuned in to watch the Daytona 500 Sunday and it’s fair to say not too many would have been disappointed with what they witnessed.
Thanks to efforts from crew back in Michigan, Brian Keselowski’s second car is prepared, meaning the Rookie of the Year candidate will attempt Phoenix.
“Did that really just happen?” Those were my words (though I’m pretty sure I’m not alone on that) after Sunday’s Daytona 500.
You couldn’t help but feel bad for David Ragan. The Roush Fenway Racing driver was laps away from winning his first race – the Daytona 500 – and he blew it.
If there’s anyone who really needed Trevor Bayne to win the Daytona 500 as much as a drowning man needs another bucket of water, it’s David Ragan.
After 10 long days, extensive preseason testing, and preparations for the Daytona 500 that began back before last season, Speedweeks is finally over.
When young Trevor Bayne shocked the world by winning the Daytona 500, he did it with a Ford FR9 engine under the hood.
The ONLY reason we saw this new type of racing was due to the new surface. Had it not been done we would have seen the same old pack racing at Daytona.