FanHouse Warmup: Coke Zero 400

Int'l Speedway Time: Saturday 8:00pm/EDT TV/Radio: TNT, MRN Radio Twitter: Updates at FanHouseRacing Forecast: 74 degrees, Partly Cloudy Distance: 160 laps (400 miles) Pole Winner: Tony Stewart 2008 Winner: Kyle Busch Harking back to the DEI days of old, it's not hard to assume why Dale Earnhardt Jr. is finally coming to a track in 2009 where he'll have a legitimate shot to win. Not only does Daytona afford Earnhardt a chance to get away from the tracks that his No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports machine has so mightily struggled at, but it also puts him back at a track he's won at twice. Additionally, for current drivers who have raced at Daytona more than 15 times, Earnhardt holds the best average finish overall. The first trip to Daytona in 2009 for Earnhardt didn't end well with pit road miscues and a bad move on the backstretch... [read full story]                    

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