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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The big boys brought their little girls to see NASCAR's shining star. Jeff Gordon, Carl Edwards and Jimmie Johnson all took their daughters to meet Danica Patrick this week at Daytona International Speedway. It was the...

Writers from around the Tribune Co. discuss who is the favorite to win the Daytona 500 on Sunday. Feel free to join the discussion with a comment of your own. Jim Peltz, Los Angeles Times Look for Kevin Harvick to win NASCAR’s crown-jewel race a...

There's not a chance George Diaz Orlando Sentinel Stop dreaming. Not going to happen. Winning the pole for the Daytona 500 is a nice bump for Danica Patrick on the NASCAR radar screen, but let's not get carried away with giddy expectations. Anybody...

Danica Patrick became the first woman to win the Daytona 500 pole position Sunday when she covered the 2½-mile speedway in 45.817 seconds. Patrick, who has not had much success in either the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series or the second-tier Nationwide Series,...

Once again, Danica Patrick made history. In winning the pole for the Feb. 24 Daytona 500 during Sunday's time trials at Daytona International Speedway, Patrick set a new standard for female drivers at the highest levels of the speed sports. Patrick is...

Leading every lap but one in the final segment of The Sprint Unlimited, Kevin Harvick held off Greg Biffle and Tony Stewart to win Saturday night's season-opening exhibition race at Daytona International Speedway for the third time. On the last lap, in...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Danica Patrick's personal life is no longer a secret — she's dating a fellow driver. Patrick revealed to The Associated Press she and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. are a couple, ending widespread speculation about the...

Yes, Danica Patrick will run her first full season in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series this year. No, Patrick won't compete in the Indianapolis 500 in 2013, as she reiterated for the umpteenth time during Monday's Stewart-Haas Racing stop on the NASCAR Sprint...

Kevin Harvick’s departure from Richard Childress Racing could open up the return of an iconic car. Richard Childress alluded to bringing back the No. 3 car Monday night to the Sprint Cup Series during a stop on the NASCAR Media Tour on Monday...

DAYTONA BEACH -- Race fans generally feel two ways about Danica Patrick. She is a cool, sexy alternative on the NASCAR circuit, a talented driver who has the potential to set herself apart from the good-old boy network of stars. Or, she is an over-...

If image is everything, NASCAR has a problem. Or maybe not. I'm as conflicted as anyone else trying to connect the dots to logic in the post-race aftermath of those shenanigans at Phoenix. Why is Jeff Gordon still in the starting grid for the series...

Danica Patrick has decided not to race in the Indianapolis 500 next season.     Multiple people familiar with her plans tell The Associated Press that Patrick has decided running the Indy 500 would be a distraction to her NASCAR efforts. The people spoke...