Consider the fast start Stewart-Haas Racing has made. We’ll start with the standings. Tony Stewart sits in second place. Ryan Newman isn’t far behind in fifth.
Much has already been made about how the Busch brothers are the first family members to sit atop the standings since the Daytona 500 in 1988.
Phoenix will begin a repaving process this week, which includes changes to the banking and the dogleg on the backstretch. But are these changes necessary?
After winning the Daytona 500 last weekend, Trevor Bayne raced in the Nationwide and Sprint Cup series races at Phoenix and didn’t finish either one of them.
Did You Notice? The man making all the wrong moves down the stretch at Daytona was Tony Stewart?
Michael Waltrip pulled into Daytona with three rides and a new NAPA commercial starring himself more than Martin Truex Jr., who actually wheels their car.
Ironically, given the disaster that befell Denny Hamlin at the end of the 2010 season at Phoenix, he’ll probably be pleased to exit the high banks of Daytona.
Trevor Bayne didn’t win this race because he was the last car left standing when the dust settled. Bayne won the Daytona 500 beating NASCAR’s best.
The victory was Stewart’s 10th career Nationwide Series victory, sixth Nationwide win at Daytona and fourth in a row.
Did You Notice? That there hasn’t been much out there previewing the Duels? It’s still a battle to make NASCAR’s most prestigious race.