Courtesy photo. Richard Petty will drive the pace car for the Daytona 500.
DAYTONA BEACH -- Seven-time Daytona 500 winner Richard Petty is scheduled to lead the 43-car field to the green flag on Sunday as pace car driver for "The Great American Race."
ORLANDO -- The federal judge overseeing the possible sale of the Daytona Beach News-Journal held off Friday on a deal for the newsspaper to be sold for $20 million because he wants at least two independent appraisals done, according to a story published in today's News-Journal.
RACE LINEUP
Daytona 500 | Daytona International Speedway
February 14, 2010 | Race 1 of 36
POS CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR SPEED TIME BEHIND
1 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet GoDaddy.com 191.188 47.074 Leader
2 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Amp Energy / National Guard 190.913 47.142 -0.068
3 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's - - -
4 9 Kasey Kahne Ford Budweiser - - -
5 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Shell / Pennzoil - - -
6 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Office Depot / Old Spice - - -
7 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's - - -
8 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target - - -
I was excited when I saw the e-mail alert from the National Weather Service this morning that the wind-chill advisory had expired. And what a beautiful day it has become as I filed this blog just after 2 p.m. on a sunny Saturday afternoon here in our beloved New Smyrna Beach. Sera and I got out for a little while with a trip to Wal-Mart, the bank and and back home.
This has been the absolute worst winter I can remember in my 15 years here from New York and New England, where, of course, winter is much, much worse. It felt good to wear shorts again outside today.
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NSBNEWS.net photos by Henry Frederick. Cloudy morning skies, as shown in the photo on the North Causeway with the bridge up for a passing boat, gave way to midday sunshine and slightly warmer temperatures in the upper 50s, which allowed Troop 995 Girl Scouts Shinirah Simon, 9, of New Smyrna Beach, and Ashley Clark, 10, of Edgewater, to sell their organization's spcial brand of cookies to a packed crowd across from Wal-Mart in the NSB Regional Shopping Center on State Road 44 in New Smyrna Beach.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla -- Tony Stewart continued his dominance in the prestigious NASCAR Nationwide Series' season opener at Daytona International Speedway leading the final 25 laps on his way to winning Saturday's 52nd annual DRIVE4COPD 300.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Marking the Wood Brothers' 60th year in NASCAR competition, Glen Wood, one of the founders of Wood Brothers Racing, will wave the green flag for the 52nd running of 'The Great American Race" - the Daytona 500.Joining Glen Wood in the flagstand for the start of the Daytona 500 will be his brother Leonard as well as Glen's sons Len and Eddie Wood, who currently lead Wood Brothers Racing efforts in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series today.
Courtesy photo/DIS. Timothy Peters waited for the right moment and on the last lap he made his move, passing Todd Bodine and holding on for the Truck Series victory at Daytona.
DAYTONA BEACH -- The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series once again provided fans ith a thrilling finish as the first 10 trucks to take the checkered flag in the NextEra Energy Resources 250 did so within .500 seconds of each other.
Leading the pack was the No. 17 Toyota of Timothy Peters, who captured his first win at historic Daytona International Speedway and the second NASCAR Truck Series win of his career.
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Courtesy photo. Grammy-winning county singer Tim McGraw will sing the National Anthem for today's 52nd running of the Daytona 500.
DAYTONA BEACH -- After listening to race fans and delivering a new rules package and the earliest start time for the Daytona 500 since 2003 -- all in an effort to make NASCAR racing even more exciting - the 52nd annual Daytona 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Sunday will again be played out in front of a capacity crowd and millions more around the world on FOX Sports and MRN Radio.
When Mayor Adam Barringer addressed the Republican Club of Southeast Volusia on Thursday, he raised an interesting point when he said he read a news report that the nation's municipalities collectively are $2 trillion deep in unfunded pension commitments.
In the middle of a recession it is natural for people in a retirement community such as New Smyrna Beach to give some thought to their own retirement systems. Fortunately, for many New Smyrna residents, the State of Florida retirement system is in good shape.
