daytona 500

Danica Patrick beat all the boys at qualifying on Sunday for the Daytona 500, edging Jeff Gordon for the top starting position for next weekend's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series kickoff.

Richfield, MN (WIBX) - Not even a successful Daytona 500 sponsorship can help.  Citing losses of nearly $1.7 billion, Best Buy is firing nearly 400 employees and closing 50 stores nationwide.

Todd Warshaw, Getty Images (WIBX) - Matt Kenseth has won the 54th 2012 Daytona 500.

Rain has again pushed back the Daytona 500. NASCAR officials are now hoping to get the race in tonight.

It's called The Great American Race and marks the official start of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

Racing fans will have to wait another day for The Great American Race.

DAYTONA BEACH, FL - FEBRUARY 19   Tony Stewart, driver of the #4 Oreo/Ritz Chevrolet, leads Clint Bowyer, driver of the #33 Rheem Heating, Cooling & Water Heating Chevrolet, Landon Cassill, driver of the #1 Phoenix Construction Chevrolet, and Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the #5 Hellmann's Chevrolet, across the finish line to win the NASCAR Nationwide Series DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona Int

It has been 10 years since Dale Earnhardt Senior was killed in the final lap of the 2001 Daytona 500, and he will be remembered during this years 500.