SM Staff

The Daytona qualifying pole is finished, but both drivers and fans are distraught about a new rule that NASCAR debuted at the race.

With all of the qualifying complete, here is the starting line-up for the Daytona 500 on Sunday February 22nd.

After taking the lead after a round of pit stops on lap 26, Jimmie Johnson would hold off all challenges en route to scoring the victory in the second Budweiser Duel at Daytona.

After taking the lead with 17 laps to go, Dale Earnhardt Jr. would not look back as he scored the victory in the first Budweiser Duel at Daytona International Speedway.

Entering the garage as the defending Daytona 500 champion, there's certainly people who will remind you of the win by questions and comments they share. However, Dale Earnhardt Jr. says beyond that, this year doesn't feel any different as being last year's winner "doesn't really help you out there in the heat of the battle".

Scott Lagasse Jr. is not only doing double duty on the track at Daytona, running the Camping World Truck and the Xfinity Series, but he is also doing double duty off the track as cyclist and new father.

I assume you're a racing fan, so I won't bore you with the obligatory explaining of every minute detail when it comes to beating and banging and the competition and heartbeat of what makes motorsports so thrilling. Racing can be summed up in one word, competition.

As part of the Honda Indy Toronto display at the Canadian International Auto Show, the livery for James Hinchcliffe's Verizon IndyCar Series car was unveiled - well, sort of.

They were supposed to qualify for the Daytona 500 on Sunday, but what happened was really not qualifying. The tradition of the sport of auto racing is that the fastest car starts first and the slowest car starts last.

After taking the lead with 20 laps to go, Matt Kenseth never looked back as he held the field off in a late race restart, getting ahead of the field and keeping the gap till the very end, with a perfectly timed block on Martin Truex Jr.