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By Ken WillisDaytona Beach News-Journal
On the eve of NASCAR’s 69th year as the nation’s premier stock-car racing sanc-tioning body, here’s what we know for sure.
The season will open in Daytona and close in Homestead.
Oh, and this.It will be Tony Stewart’s last year and Chase
Elliott’s first in the Sprint Cup Series.What is it that we don’t know? Only everything else.How can it be, you might ask, that we’re so certain
of this? How do we know there’s so much we don’t know? Maybe because, through the past 68 seasons of NASCAR racing, the sport is roughly 68-for-68 when it comes to not only delivering the unpredicted, but
the unpredictable.Who had the 2015 champion missing the first 11
races and eventually winning the title with his left foot and right leg held together by Aisle 12 from Ace Hardware? Who suspected such an event would be the catalyst for another update in the ongoing safety revolution?
The demise of Michael Waltrip Racing? The two-race suspension of Mild Matt Kenseth, whose Feuding
Fenders saga with Joey Logano delivered the type of fireworks that long ago turned NASCAR into real-life, real-time, really dangerous reality television on a weekly basis? Who had Stewart tripping his right-side blinker and veering toward the exit ramp?
Away from the racing groove, and maybe most importantly, who had NASCAR coming to terms, however grudgingly, with something called the Race Team Alliance? That one will continue into this year and, you know, quite likely change the entire busi-ness model of a sport that’s basically run the same way it was designed in the top-floor lounge of Daytona Beach’s Streamline Hotel in December 1947.
With that in mind, a final toast to 2015 and a pop-ping of the cork for 2016, which brings a handful of certainties worth noting.
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Gibbs fielded last year’s champi-onship team (Kyle Busch’s No. 18) while Penske’s No. 22, piloted by Joey Logano, had perhaps the best all-around year, which included the season-opening Daytona 500 victory.
Other longtime team owners, as they did last year, are hoping for an uptick. Jack Roush is looking for answers, Richard Childress is looking for Victory Lane.
Both know what it’s like to field a champion. Nowadays, they’re just trying to get back in the lead pack on a weekly basis.
Can Jimmie Johnson win that seventh championship? Can Tony Stewart go out with a (positive) bang? Can Danica Patrick slide over into the passing lane?It’ll all start at Daytona with the type of dramatics guaranteed with a restrictor-plate rule that packs all cars together, in tight formation, at about 200 mph. The winner will be both lucky and good.
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“We’ll go to Daytona and do all we can to win the Daytona 500. I don’t know how awe-some it would be to win that race, but I’ve seen what it’s done to other people and what it means to their career. It’s a race you want to win.”
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There is a new and expensive wrinkle to this season’s racing program over the 2.5-mile tri-oval at Daytona. Race fans can expect a totally new experience.
Unique spectator experienceSpectators will be greeted by
a nearly mile-long motorsports stadium, the first of its kind in the world, which cost $400 million and took more than 2½ years to construct.
Contractor Barton Malow broke ground on the project on July 8, 2013, and the stadium received its certificate of occu-pancy on Jan. 12, 2016.
The 150-foot tall structure features five primary entrances dubbed “fan injectors” and loads of “vertical transportation,” such as escalators and elevators, which will whisk fans to one of three concourse levels.
Each level has open areas in the concourses called “neigh-borhoods,” where race fans will
find a variety of food and drink choices plus a courtyard with tables and chairs.
The concourse areas will offer free Wi-Fi, so fans can keep up with family friends on social media platforms, or just surf the web.
The Speedway will have more than 1,600 flat screen televisions posted in the stadium so fans will never miss one minute of action happening on the track.
And unlike the old grandstand, if there is rain, spectators can take cover in any concourse, which all have cover.
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International Speedway, owned by International Speedway Corp. and the family of NASCAR founder William H.G. France, has been transformed.
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“I’d like to go up there into the breezeway and check it out. I’ve heard it’s spectacular. Once I get on the other side, I’ll see all the changes and how cool they are.”
‘The finest experience in the world’
Jim France, 71, who is chairman of International Speedway Corp., finished the installation of the final seat (of 101,500) in the new stadium on Jan. 19.
“This is one of the most spec-tacular motorsports facilities that I’ve ever seen in my life,” France said. “I’ve been to many places around the world and nothing compares to this.”
Jim France is the son of Bill France Sr., who founded NASCAR in 1948, built the mammoth
Daytona track in 1958. It opened for business in February, 1959 with the running of the inaugural Daytona 500 and several other support races.
“I think this is something my father would have been proud of,” France said. “This is the kind of thing he would have brought about.
“The process we’ve gone through over several years, such as improve the garage area and fan experience and repaving the track. We spent $400 million for the fan part of this venue. This is all for the fans.”
Daytona Rising stretches almost a mile along International Speedway Boulevard, which is the primary, gateway highway into Daytona Beach, Florida.
“The fans coming here are in for a real treat,” France said. “Any-body coming to Daytona Beach for a motorsports event will find this the finest experience in the world.”
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everything for this year, so if anybody has any questions about how dedicated we are to having the best year we possibly could have, that’s the answer. I’m more excited about this year than I have been in a long
cards. We’re going to give 100 percent, but the main focus will be to have fun this last year. If we can go out and win races and have an opportunity, trust me, I’ll be ready.”
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cards. We’re going to give 100 percent, but the main focus will be to have fun this last year. If we can go out and win races and have an opportunity, trust me, I’ll be ready.”
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cards. We’re going to give 100 percent, but the main focus will be to have fun this last year. If we can go out and win races and have an opportunity, trust me, I’ll be
In his dream scenario, Stewart said, he would win the Daytona 500, the Southern
TSprint Cup Series champion has declared this to be his final Sprint Cup season as a driver, and he’s doing everything in his power to make it memorable.
“I’m eating better, drinking better, working out, doing stuff I swore I would never do – and I’m doing it in my last year,” said Stewart during January’s Charlotte Motor Speedway Media Tour.
“I’ve changed my diet. I’ve changed
Sprint Cup Series champion has declared this to be his final Sprint Cup season as a driver, and he’s doing every-thing in his power to make it memorable.
“I’m eating better, drinking better, working out, doing stuff I swore I would never do – and I’m doing it in my last year,” said Stewart during January’s Charlotte Motor Speedway Media Tour.
“I’ve changed my diet. I’ve changed
Season goalsStewart would love to emulate the fare
well season enjoyed by Jeff Gordon, who went into the final race of the 2015 season with a shot at his fifth Sprint Cup title.
“That was 99 percent of a perfect (final) season,” Stewart said. “I don’t have any grand illusions that I’m going to have that kind of year. It may or may not be in our
Stewart would love to emulate the fare-well season enjoyed by Jeff Gordon, who went into the final race of the 2015 season with a shot at his fifth Sprint Cup title.
“That was 99 percent of a perfect (final) season,” Stewart said. “I don’t have any grand illusions that I’m going to have that kind of year. It may or may not be in our
would win the Daytona 500, the Southern 500 at Darlington and a Sprint Cup race at Kentucky Speedway to give him checkered flags at every track on the circuit.
Kurt Busch said he wouldn’t put anything past Stewart, who is both his teammate and boss.
“Jeff Gordon had a fantastic final season. I don’t see why Tony Stewart can’t do the same thing,” he said. “He’s a
would win the Daytona 500, the Southern 500 at Darlington and a Sprint Cup race at Kentucky Speedway to give him checkered flags at every track on the circuit.
Kurt Busch said he wouldn’t put anything past Stewart, who is both his teammate and boss.
“Jeff Gordon had a fantastic final season. I don’t see why Tony Stewart can’t do the same thing,” he said. “He’s a
would win the Daytona 500, the Southern 500 at Darlington and a Sprint Cup race at Kentucky Speedway to give him checkered flags at every track on the circuit.
Kurt Busch said he wouldn’t put any-thing past Stewart, who is both his
“Jeff Gordon had a fantastic final season. I don’t see why Tony Stewart can’t do the same thing,” he said. “He’s a
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Looking back
On Danica
three-time champion in stock cars, he’s a champion from open-wheel ... he’s won in everything. Having a teammate and a car owner going through a retirement tour, there will be times when I’ll be giving that extra 5 percent on a given day to help
three-time champion in stock cars, he’s a champion from open-wheel ... he’s won in everything. Having a teammate and a car owner going through a retirement tour, there will be times when I’ll be giving that extra 5 percent on a given day to help that extra 5 percent on a given day to help him out.”
Stewart knows that two more victories would get him to 50, but even one victory would be enough to get him to the Chase with a shot at one last title. No matter what, he insists this will be his Sprint Cup swan song.
“Even if we went out there and won 15 races and won the championship, we’re done,” he said. “When Homestead happens, no matter how the year went, we’re
that extra 5 percent on a given day to help
Stewart knows that two more victories would get him to 50, but even one victory would be enough to get him to the Chase with a shot at one last title. No matter what, he insists this will be his Sprint Cup
“Even if we went out there and won 15 races and won the championship, we’re done,” he said. “When Homestead hap-pens, no matter how the year went, we’re done. If it’s a terrible year, I’m not going to sit there and go, ‘Wow, that defined my career,’ because the stats will define how we did over 18 years.”
Looking backStewart’s past two seasons
have not been indicative of his 48 career wins and 300 top-10 finishes in 590 Sprint Cup starts. He has not won a race
done. If it’s a terrible year, I’m not going to sit there and go, ‘Wow, that defined my career,’ because the stats will define how
Stewart’s past two seasons
He has not won a race since June 2, 2013, at Dover and failed to notch a top-five finish last season.
There have been extenuating circum-stances – a broken leg that halted his 2013 season and the tragic incident in August 2014, when Stewart struck and
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Kurt Busch had two victories and
“She understands how the cars work,” said Haas, noting that Patrick has been teamed with a new crew chief in Billy Scott. “She understands all the ins and outs of racing a Cup car. Now, it’s time for her to concentrate on going faster. We realize she’s a unique talent out there and we’re just trying to find a more accurate combination that will provide better results.
“She understands how the cars work,” said Haas, noting that Patrick has been teamed with a new crew chief in Billy Scott. “She understands all the ins and outs of racing a Cup car. Now, it’s time for her to concentrate on going faster. We realize she’s a unique talent out there and we’re just trying to find a more accurate combination that will provide better
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killed a fellow competitor while running a caution lap during a sprint car race in upstate New York.
Although it will be Stewart’s final season as a Cup driver, he’ll remain active as a co-owner of Stewart-Haas Racing with Gene Haas, participating in the day-to-day operations of a high-profile team with championship expectations.
“I think we have two guys who definitely have a great opportunity to race for
while running a caution lap during a sprint car race in upstate New York.
Although it will be Stewart’s final season as a Cup driver, he’ll remain active as a co-owner of Stewart-Haas Racing with Gene Haas, participating in the day-to-day operations of a high-profile team with championship expectations.
“I think we have two guys who defi-nitely have a great opportunity to race for
Busch finished eighth in points. “We need to bump it up another spot,”
he said. “We know we did good things (but) we need more top fives.”
On DanicaThat leaves Danica Patrick, now 34, who
has yet to register a top-five finish in 118
two victories and three poles in 2015.
Matching a career high with 21 top-10 finishes (in 33 starts),
Busch finished eighth in points. “We need to bump it up another spot,”
he said. “We know we did good things (but) we need more top fives.”
On DanicaThat leaves Danica Patrick, now 34, who
has yet to register a top-five finish in 118
two victories and three poles in 2015.
Matching a career high with 21 top-10 finishes (in 33 starts),
“We need to bump it up another spot,” he said. “We know we did good things
That leaves Danica Patrick, now 34, who has yet to register a top-five finish in 118
results.Stewart, for his part, continues to be
publicly supportive on NASCAR’s most prominent female competitor.
“I don’t know what it’s going to take. I still stand behind the fact that she hasn’t spent a ton of time in these cars,” Stewart said. “You can say she’s been in the Cup Series for four years, but most guys by the time they’ve got to the Cup Series have had a lot of time in a stock car. She did not have that.
Stewart, for his part, continues to be publicly supportive on NASCAR’s most prominent female competitor.
“I don’t know what it’s going to take. I still stand behind the fact that she hasn’t spent a ton of time in these cars,” Stewart said. “You can say she’s been in the Cup Series for four years, but most guys by the time they’ve got to the Cup Series have had a lot of time in a stock car. She did not
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Only Kyle Busch stood between Harvick and a second consecutive Sprint Cup title. Harvick, who turned 40 in December, has eight victories in his two seasons with Stewart-Haas. He registered career highs
nitely have a great opportunity to race for a championship” this year, said Stewart, referring to 2014 Sprint Cup champion Kevin Harvick and Busch, a former champ who finished eighth in points last season.
Only Kyle Busch stood between Harvick and a second consecutive Sprint Cup title. Harvick, who turned 40 in December, has eight victories in his two seasons with Stewart-Haas. He registered career highs
has yet to register a top-five finish in 118 Sprint Cup starts. She managed a pair of top 10s last season – a seventh at Martinsville and a ninth at Bristol – but finished no better than 15th in any of her final 28 races.
“Clearly, I need to be able to finish better to be able to make the Chase,” said Patrick, who has replaced Go Daddy with Nature’s Bakery as her primary sponsor.
has yet to register a top-five finish in 118 Sprint Cup starts. She managed a pair of top 10s last season – a seventh at Martinsville and a ninth at Bristol – but finished no better than 15th in any of her final 28
“Clearly, I need to be able to finish better to be able to make the Chase,” said Patrick, who has replaced Go Daddy with Nature’s Bakery as her primary sponsor.
has yet to register a top-five finish in 118 Sprint Cup starts. She managed a pair of top 10s last season – a seventh at Martins-ville and a ninth at Bristol – but finished no better than 15th in any of her final 28
“Clearly, I need to be able to finish better to be able to make the Chase,” said Patrick, who has replaced Go Daddy with Nature’s Bakery as her primary sponsor.
have that.“So, I would say if she just keeps making
forward progress, that that’s going to be a good year. It’s so hard to pinpoint and say ‘this is what the goal is. This is what we expect.’ If her stats get better than what they were last year, that’s what we look at as improvement. As long as we’re moving the needle forward and not backward, that’s what we want to do.”
“So, I would say if she just keeps making forward progress, that that’s going to be a good year. It’s so hard to pinpoint and say ‘this is what the goal is. This is what we expect.’ If her stats get better than what they were last year, that’s what we look at as improvement. As long as we’re moving the needle forward and not backward, that’s what we want to do.”
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