It couldn’t have been a nicer day in San Francisco. The early morning fog gave way to a warm, windy, sunny day. The plan was to meet Jamie McMurray at Vista Point, on the Marin side of the Golden Gate Bridge. But first, those of us on the two motorized cable cars gathered on the Willie Mays Plaza at AT&T Park. I went by myself, but you know how NASCAR fans are, I was most definitely not alone!
We drove across the Golden Gate Bridge and pulled into Vista Point, hopped off the trolley and waited. We didn’t wait long — there was Jamie in front of the first cable car, taking pictures and signing autographs for the CHP officers who were to be our escorts … Details
Bobby Gerhart’s record sixth victory at Daytona International Speedway was overshadowed by the successful stock car debut of IndyCar star Danica Patrick, who finished sixth Saturday in the crash-filled ARCA race.
Patrick spent much of the race among the top 10 in her widely anticipated stock car racing debut, but she bumped fenders with Nelson Piquet Jr. and spun out through the infield grass on lap 54, costing her any hopes of a victory.
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James Buescher and Mikey Kile–among the fastest in both ARCA Series practice sessions at Daytona International Speedway–qualified 1-2 on Friday afternoon for Saturday’s season-opening ARCA 200. The 80-lap, 200-mile race will start at 4:30 p.m. Eastern; Speed TV will broadcast the race live.
Buescher’s pole-winning lap was 181.548 mph, slightly better than Kile’s second-best 181.258 mph. The rest of the top 10 are …Â Details
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — For a few minutes, at least, Danica Patrick had the fastest qualifying time for her Daytona debut.
It didn’t last very long.
Patrick briefly held pole position early in Friday’s ARCA qualifying session, eventually falling to 12th as other drivers posted faster speeds. The IndyCar star will make her widely anticipated stock car debut Saturday — and, as her crew chief noted, at least she’s starting close enough to the front to see the pace car … Details