Catchfence

Heading into Saturday’s DRIVE4COPD 300 Nationwide Series race at Daytona International Speedway, Sprint Cup regulars including Tony Stewart, Kevin Harvick, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. were most definitely considered favorites to win. After all the three had combined to claim the winner’s trophy in the last eight February Nationwide events at Daytona.

Stewart had been the most dominant in that string as of late, winning four of the last five season-opening races. He added to the string on Saturday to claim Nationwide February wins at Daytona for five of the last six years and making it nine straight for himself, Harvick, and Earnhardt Jr. by visiting victory lane at the conclusion of Saturday’s race. - Full Story by Amanda Vincent – Louisville NASCAR Examiner