Richard Petty before the start of the inaugural 1959 Daytona 500 with his No. 43 Oldsmobile. Petty was only able to complete eight laps and finished 57th. He would later win a record seven Daytona 500s.Smoke wins Nationwide race; Kyle Busch extremely displeased
By Jay Busbee
Tony Stewart can’t help but stay in the spotlight in Daytona. He won Saturday’s Nationwide race by holding off ex-teammate Kyle Busch, a move that ticked off The D00D so much that he left his car on the grass and stormed off to his hauler. (You can see it there in the background, right behind second-place finisher Carl Edwards.) For the second night in a row, Busch ended up on the outside looking in at a race he could have won.
“I knew Kyle was going to try to do something,” Edwards said in the press conference after the race. “I really thought he’d try to change it up from what he did last night that didn’t work. But he did the same thing, and it didn’t work again.” Edwards also coined a great term — “smoke and walls” — for the race-ending wreck that everybody just barely avoided.
So far, folks, I gotta say that this Daytona has lived up to all the hype; on Friday night, we had a wreck-and-fire-filled truck race, and on Saturday we had a Nationwide race in doubt until the final turn. Through it all, we’ve got Stewart, spreading around more drama than three middle school girls fighting over a boyfriend. Here’s hoping the rest of the weekend caps everything off on an even higher note.
Richard Petty before the start of the inaugural 1959 Daytona 500 with his No. 43 Oldsmobile. Petty was only able to complete eight laps and finished 57th. He would later win a record seven Daytona 500s.Pick top 12 finishers in current weeks race.....possibility of winning same purse as driver plus other good prizes.
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What? Displeased he didn't spin Tony out? He came close to it.