DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- When pre-teen Scott Johnson went to the barber for a haircut, he took his father's advice to heart of striking up a conversation: In doing so, he learned that the barber was a stockbroker for 12 years, or so he was told, thinking to himself, "And he cuts hair, too."
Benjie Molina, shown here from his time with the Texas Rangers, is the oldest of the trio of Molina brothers, a trio of catchers. The brothers are principals in Molina Impact Training.PORT ORANGE -- The Daytona Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Port Orange Chamber will co-host a 2 p.m. Friday ribbon cutting for Molina Impact Training.
This new business, a direct result of the Daytona Regional Chamber of Commerce Brawl at the Beach Softball Tournament, has hired three employees to run an 8,000 square foot training facility. Initially for baseball, the facility will also offer individualized instruction, and eventually softball and other sports. At the very least, Former San Francisco Giant and Texas Ranger Bengie Molina will be present for autographs and interviews.
Photos for Headline Surfer / Chip Ganassi's 01 team won the 2013 Rolex 24 at Daytona in a thrilling race with Audi taking the top two spots in the GT class. You can ewatch a video of the final seven minutes of the race inside with the story.
DAYTONA BEACH -- Juan Pablo Montoya took the lead with an hour to go in the Rolex 24 at Daytona Internatiuonal Speedway and didn't look back as he took the checkered flag in the 01 Chip Ganassi Racing BMW/Riley.
With the win in the 51st running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona, teammate Scott Pruett became a 5-time winner. Memo Rojas and Charlie Kimball also were part of the winning team of drivers.
DAYTONA BEACH -- Juan Pablo Montoya wheeleed the 01 Chip Ganassi Racing BMW/Riley past AJ. Almendinger in the No. 60 Michael Shank Racing Ford/Riley to take over the top overall spot in the 51st running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway with one hour to go.
The two battled back and forth following an early yellow flag near the end of the hour. At the time of the yellow, the top four cars were within four seconds.
Headline Surfer® photos and videos / DAYTONA BEACH -- Fresh off his his re-election on the County Council dais in November with his big win over challenger Nancy Epps, Joshua Wagner has a new private career challenge: He's partnering up with Daytona Beach attorney Ted Doran.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The entire population of the city of Daytona Beach is barely over 61,000. So how does the Daytona Beach News-Journal make such a bold claim that last year's attendance at the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway was at a minimum 60,000 and as high as 80,000?
Photos for Headline Surfer / Ida Duncan Wright, shown here from a photo on her Facebook page, along with voter totals from Tuesday's special runoff election for the zone 2 seat on the Volusia County School Board, won easily and pledged to represent the voters with a 'high degree of integrity.'
DAYTONA BEACH -- The online site for the Daytona Beach News-Journal was down at 5 p.m.
Headline Surfer got an error mesage in calling up news-journalonline.com. The site was back online 10 minutes later.
Award-winning journalist Henry Frederick, shown here, is the editor/publisher and owner of Headline Surfer (HeadlineSurfer.com), the 24/7 Internet newspaper launched Apri
DAYTONA BEACH -- With the big crash sandwiched in between on day 2, the three-day Preseason Thunder Test at Daytona International Speedway that ended this afternoon provided an exciting glimpse into what NASCAR fans can expect from the "Gen 6" race cars at Budweiser Speedweeks culminating with the Feb. 24 running of the Daytona 500: Speed, baby! Pure unadulterated speed!
