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2018 NASCAR Champ Joey Logano & team owner Roger Penske honored by President Trump at the White House

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla -- Defending NASCAR champion Joey Logano gave President Donald Trump a racing helmet and a miniature trophy during a brief ceremony honoring the Penske team driver Tuesday outside the White House and president responded by giving him and his team a walk-through of the Lincoln Bedroom. 

Denny Hamlin avoids carnage to win his 2nd Daytona 500 in the longest race in nearly a decade

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla -- With 12 cautions for 47 laps, the Daytona 500 dragged on for 3 and 3/4 hours before Denny Hamlin took the checkered flag to win his second Daytona 500 in a crash-marred race, that took two overtimes and 207 total laps to complete.

Daytona's ISC enters into agreement to acquire assets of Concord, NC-based Racing Electronics

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- International Speedway Corporation has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of Racing Electronics based in Concord, NC., both companies stated in a joint written statement.

NASCAR'S championship comes down to Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick, Martin Truex Jr and Joey Logano at Homestead-Miami Speedway

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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick, Martin Truex Jr. and Joey Logano race for all the marbles Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

NASCAR announces intention to buy shares of International Speedway Corp not already owned by the France Family; a prospective deal worth a reported $1.9 billion

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- NASCAR announced Friday that it had made a non-binding offer to acquire outstanding shares of International Speedway Corp. not already owned by the billionaire France Family.

REWIND of NASCAR's Coke Zero Sugar 400: Erik Jones, first-time winner of July race under the lights at Daytona International Speedway

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A year ago, it was Ricky Stenhouse who won the war of attrition and NASCAR's signature July race under the lights at Daytona International Speedway.

It was Stenhouse who be the cause of attrition Saturday night with the "Big One" that claimed half the field. But it was a little-known driver, Erik Jones, who passed the reigning series champion, Martin Truex Jr by .125 of a second at the finish line to win the Coke Zero Sugar 400.

Former Daytona International Speedway President Jim Foster dead at 91 after decade-long battle with Alzheimer's disease

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Jim Foster, who was the fourth president of Daytona International Speedway, has died after a 10-year battle with alzheimer's disease. He was 91.

Austin Dillon wins Daytona 500 in last-lap bump and wreck of race leader Aric Almirola

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Twenty years had passed since Dale Earnhardt ended a career-long drought by winning the Daytona 500 in the famed No. 3 Chevrolet of car owner Richard Childress.