Edwards to start 16th in Daytona 500

Missouri natives Jamie McMurray and Carl Edwards fared well in the Daytona duels yesterday.  The starting field is set with Martin Truex and Mark Martin on the front row.  Edwards will start 16 th and McMurray 21 st .  The Daytona 500 goes green at 2:30...

Kyle Busch wins second race

Kyle Busch wins the second 150 mile race at Daytona with Mark Martin finishing second after leading 36 of the 60 laps.  Brian Vickers finished third.  Columbia native Carl Edwards started 14th and finished 11th. Check back for the starting lineup for...

Gordon wins first of two duels

Jeff Gordon finished first, followed by Tony Stewart and Jimmie Johnson.  Joplin native Jamie McMurray who started the first race in the 12th position finished 10th after leading late in the race. McMurray was leading with less than 10 laps to go, but lost the...

Trying to make sense of Daytona’s 150 duels

The start of NASCAR’s season begins with what I think is the most popular and exciting auto race in America, yes even surpassing the Indy 500, and that is the Daytona 500.  I was thumbing through a car magazine the other night while my wife was getting her...

Edwards picked by media to win NASCAR title

In a NASCARMedia.com poll, members of the media picked 2009’s final top 12, and Columbia native Carl Edwards received almost twice the first place votes as Johnson. Edwards finished with 70 first-place votes, compared to...
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