February 25, 2013 Two big TV choices last night for sports and entertainment fans: The Oscars and the Daytona 500. One featuring a unique storyline of love, drama and competition, and the other, the Oscars. But if you weren't dealing with the cable outage affecting thousands across the region, you could have seen both the race and the awards show.
Jimmie Johnson won the Daytona 500 on Sunday, holding off Dale Earnhardt Jr., Mark Martin, Brad Keselowski and Ryan Newman to win the first points race of the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. Pole-sitter Danica Patrick finished eighth. Earlier in the race on lap 90, Patrick became the first woman to lead a lap at the Daytona 500.
With two laps left in the race, Johnson led Greg Biffle and Patrick, with Earnhardt in fourth, when the final charge began. Johnson, a five-time Cup Series champion, was able to dash away while Earnhardt made his m
Kyle Larson’s horrifying crash at Daytona International Speedway in the Nationwide Series race Saturday has stunned the nation. During the crash, parts of the car and the engine flew into the grandstands and a fan was able to catch it all on video.
Oscar Pistorius was awarded bail Friday in the case where he’s been accused of murdering his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp.
February 22, 2013 Danica Patrick will be starting on the pole for the 55th edition of the Daytona 500, making this year's race very unique. Women have raced in NASCAR and the Daytona 500 previously, but this is the first time where there has been a woman as popular and competitive as Danica in a race like this.
