"People want to win at Daytona and we wanted drivers racing hard up front and racing hard for wins. "I'd say overall really pleased," O'Donnell said in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series garage at Daytona International Speedway. We saw drivers up on the wheel all day long, racing hard, and that's exactly what we expected from the format." "I think people wanted to win," O'Donnell said. In terms of good, hard racing, I think that's what you saw all three days."
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Daytona 500: NASCAR CEO Brian France warns drivers about blocking
In a curious address that had drivers laughing and shaking their heads in confusion afterward, NASCAR CEO and chairman Brian France issued a stern about blocking in the drivers meeting prior to Sunday's Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway. In the Xfinity race, separate 20- and 12-car accidents occurred within the first 30 laps, necessitating two red flag stoppages. "What I don't normally do, and I'm going to do this today, is bring up a competition issue," France said. No change."France's remarks may have been in reference to the numerous accidents that marred the preliminary Camping World Truck Series and Xfinity Series races on Friday and Saturday. "When you block somebody out there, and it's going to happen today, it causes almost all the big incidents.
Michael Waltrip Ends NASCAR Career With Daytona 500 Top-10 Finish
A career that started in 1985 and included two Daytona 500 wins, 2001 and '03 has officially come to an end. They'll still run two cars in 2017, likely putting Derrike Cope in Waltrip's ride for multiple races after Daytona. Not only did he earn the 133rd top-10 finish in his 784-race career, but he did so by coming out as the highest-finishing Toyota driver. It's going to be a good one to remember it by."Waltrip announced in January that this year's running of the Daytona 500 would be his final race. The 53-year-old has been moonlighting in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series since 2010, when he hung up his helmet from full-time competition.
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