SM Staff

NASCAR officially opened its 2012 racing season by presenting their annual Speedweeks. From the annual Budweiser Shootout to the Daytona 500, NASCAR presented its fans six races featuring its three national touring division

The 54th running of the Daytona 500 was supposed to start on a Sunday afternoon and conclude sometime later that same evening.

Coming into Speedweeks 2012, things were looking up for Danica Patrick as it was supposed to be a weekend of learning and a weekend...

Often called the Great American Race, this year’s 2012 Daytona 500 was most certainly one of the most memorable ones, including buckets of rain, a major conflagration, and even texting direct from the track.

For as fast as Matt Kenseth’s No. 17 Best Buy Ford Fusion was winning his second Daytona 500 in four seasons wasn’t an easy Monday night drive.

There was something in the air on Sunday that you just kind of knew that NASCAR had once again been beaten by its arch nemesis Mother Nature.

Since he won the big race back in 2006 Jimmie Johnson hasn’t had very fond memories of the Daytona 500.

30 hours after the race was supposed to start, the drivers strapped into their cars and got ready to run the first Daytona 500 run at night. The rain delayed Daytona 500 also marked the first 500 that rescheduled for a day other than Sunday.

NASCAR fans have seen strange things happen before – animals on the track, a rolling plastic inflated orange – but after this weekend at Daytona International Speedway, it certainly takes the cake.

Storms are in the forecast all afternoon at Daytona, NASCAR has announced that they will wave the green flag on the 54th Daytona 500...