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		<title>06/15/13 Indio Vs. Lopez Connection @ Lakeland</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 03:22:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luis Iturrino</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SATURDAY JUNE 15, 2013…….. INDIO VS LOPEZ CONNECTION/ IMPORT QUICK 8 TEST N’ TUNE. GATES OPEN@ 5PM
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		<title>Cosanostra RX-8 Wins Match Vs. Caneca 2 Racing June Sun 9</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jun 2013 04:22:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luis Iturrino</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ June 9, 2013; 8:30 am to 7:30 pm. ]    
The Mech-Tech sponsored match Rotor vs. Piston race of Cosanostra vs. Caneca 2 has was won by the Cosanostra Team after two consecutive win runs Sunday June 9. It run concurrently with the NDIMA event scheduled for that day. As an added bonus Pepe Loco had a few runs with his new car in [...]]]></description>
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The Mech-Tech sponsored match Rotor vs. Piston race of Cosanostra vs. Caneca 2 has was won by the Cosanostra Team after two consecutive win runs Sunday June 9. It run concurrently with the NDIMA event scheduled for that day. As an added bonus Pepe Loco had a few runs with his new car in the low 7 sec. What a deal, 2 shows for the price of one event. It was a hit!</p>
<p><a href="http://racingscenemag.com/races/orlandospeedworld/2013/060913/" target="_new"><img alt="June 9 NDIMA - Imports vs Domestics" src="http://racingscenemag.com//images/photo.png" width="200" height="80" border="0" /></a></p>
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		<title>June 9 NDIMA &#8211; Imports vs Domestics &#8211; Orlando Speed World</title>
		<link>http://racingscenemag.com/?p=4992</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jun 2013 04:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luis Iturrino</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ June 9, 2013; 10:00 am to 7:00 pm. ]      
NDIMA Imports Vs. Domestics fans came to Orlando Speed World regardless of the bad weather. The rain had postponed the track previously scheduled race match of Cosanostra vs. Caneca 2  so the track owner decided to run both events at the same time. What a treat, as a side show we [...]]]></description>
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NDIMA Imports Vs. Domestics fans came to Orlando Speed World regardless of the bad weather. The rain had postponed the track previously scheduled race match of Cosanostra vs. Caneca 2  so the track owner decided to run both events at the same time. What a treat, as a side show we also witnessed the first trial runs of Pepe Loco&#8217;s 200 mph new car. Bye the way Cosanostra won two of the three runs needed to win the match. Here <a href="http://racingscenemag.com/races/orlandospeedworld/2013/060913/" target="_blank">are the best 400 photos of the day</a>. Enjoy!</p>
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		<title>Dragmania Import VS Domestic &#8211; May 25th-26th @ Texas Motorplex</title>
		<link>http://racingscenemag.com/?p=4957</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 02:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luis Iturrino</dc:creator>
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New! Best of 450 photos of the event. Don Omar the famous reggeaton artist &#38; also a Fast and the Furious actor presented his Dragmania Event along with a reggeaton concert
with other reggeatton artist at Texas Motorplex in Ennis,TX May 25th, &#38; 26th
2013.
1st. set of Dragmania photos 05/26/13,
2nd. set of Dragmania photos 05/25/13


Domestic Outlaw VS [...]]]></description>
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New! Best of 450 photos of the event. Don Omar the famous reggeaton artist &amp; also a Fast and the Furious actor presented his Dragmania Event along with a reggeaton concert<br />
with other reggeatton artist at Texas Motorplex in Ennis,TX May 25th, &amp; 26th<br />
2013.<br />
<a href="http://racingscenemag.com/races/texas/2013/052613/" target="_blank">1st. set of Dragmania photos 05/26/13</a>,<br />
<a href="http://racingscenemag.com/races/texas/2013/052513/" target="_blank">2nd. set of Dragmania photos 05/25/13</a></span></p>
<p><a href="http://racingscenemag.com/races/texas/2013/052613/" target="_new"><img alt="1st. set of Dragmania photos 05/26/13" src="http://racingscenemag.com//images/photo.png" width="200" height="80" border="0" /></a></p>
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<p>Domestic Outlaw VS Import Extreme<br />
Top Street Import vs<br />
Domestic<br />
All Motor Import vs Domestic<br />
Bracket Racing (B1,B2,B3) for<br />
Imports &amp; Domestics</p>
<p><a href="http://youtu.be/IqfV3K5zItQ">
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqfV3K5zItQ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqfV3K5zItQ</a></p>
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		<title>Mr. President 6.98 Record pass @ Dragmania Texas</title>
		<link>http://racingscenemag.com/?p=4961</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2013 22:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luis Iturrino</dc:creator>
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Don Omar makes new record pass on his Mech-Tech sponsored Scion TC, 6.98 sec @ 198 mph at the Texas Motorplex Dragmania  event.
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Don Omar makes new record pass on his Mech-Tech sponsored Scion TC, 6.98 sec @ 198 mph at the Texas Motorplex Dragmania  event.</p>
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		<title>5/19/13 King of the Imports@Orlando Speed World</title>
		<link>http://racingscenemag.com/?p=4946</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 07:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luis Iturrino</dc:creator>
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This was the first Import Drag Race for the Famous Florida track since the change of ownership. Fast cars all around with the maiden test run of Don Omar&#8217;s Mech-Tech sponsored &#8221; Mr. President&#8221;. We took over 2000 photos and videos, here are the best 500. Also here are some of the best of  kenny.siegler photography.
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This was the first Import Drag Race for the Famous Florida track since the change of ownership. Fast cars all around with the maiden test run of Don Omar&#8217;s Mech-Tech sponsored &#8221; Mr. President&#8221;. We took over 2000 photos and videos, <a href="http://racingscenemag.com/races/orlandospeedworld/2013/051913/" target="_blank">here are the best 500.</a> Also here are some of the best of  <a id="yui_3_7_3_4_1369535187893_514" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennysiegler/" data-rapid_p="1">kenny.siegler</a> photography.</p>
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		<title>CRASH~A~RAMA @ Orlando SpeedWorld Oval 05/04/13</title>
		<link>http://racingscenemag.com/?p=4928</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 15:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luis Iturrino</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most fun for your money, action pack, Mad Max USA style. Car, bus, trailer, boat, scooter wrecks, ramp jumps, car stunts and of course man blows up in a car. Mo will take care of you. Here are some of the best photos of the day. Click Here for: CRASH~A~RAMA @ Orlando Speed World Oval [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Most fun for your money, action pack, Mad Max USA style. Car, bus, trailer, boat, scooter wrecks, ramp jumps, car stunts and of course man blows up in a car. Mo will take care of you. Here are some of the best photos of the day. Click Here for: <a href="http://racingscenemag.com/races/orlandospeedworldoval/2013/050413/">CRASH~A~RAMA @ Orlando Speed World Oval 05/04/15 Photos.</a></p>
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		<title>DRAGMANIA 2013 @ PBIR March 1-3</title>
		<link>http://racingscenemag.com/?p=3822</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 05:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luis Iturrino</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow, the place was packed, 3 days of racing &#38; music. We specially like the bikes action what a great show. We capture over 1,500 photos on the weekend, here is the first group of 226 &#38; Bomby&#8217;s 354 photos taken at:
03/03/13 Dragmania @ PBIR.
03/03/13 Dragmania @ PIBR by Bomby.
More photos to come.
&#160;
 Rafaelito 6.81 New World Record @Dragmania [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://racingscenemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/DRAGMANIA1.png"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3823" alt="DRAGMANIA1" src="http://racingscenemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/DRAGMANIA1-300x169.png" width="300" height="169" /></a><a href="http://racingscenemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/DSC1947.png"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-4163" alt="_DSC1947" src="http://racingscenemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/DSC1947-300x169.png" width="300" height="169" /></a><a href="http://racingscenemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/DSC4071.png"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-4182" alt="_DSC4071" src="http://racingscenemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/DSC4071-300x169.png" width="300" height="169" /></a>Wow, the place was packed, 3 days of racing &amp; music. We specially like the bikes action what a great show. We capture over 1,500 photos on the weekend, here is the first group of 226 &amp; Bomby&#8217;s 354 photos taken at:</p>
<p><a href="http://racingscenemag.com/races/pbir/2013/030313" target="_blank">03/03/13 Dragmania @ PBIR.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://racingscenemag.com/races/pbir/2013/030313b" target="_blank">03/03/13 Dragmania @ PIBR by Bomby.</a></p>
<p>More photos to come.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong> Rafaelito 6.81 New World Record @Dragmania 2013 PBIR</strong></span><br />
<a href="http://youtu.be/JrWnZ4HlTF8">
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrWnZ4HlTF8">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrWnZ4HlTF8</a></p>
<p></a></p>
<p><a href="http://youtu.be/s9xyD3KARDE">
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9xyD3KARDE">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9xyD3KARDE</a></p>
<p></a><br />
<a href="http://fanscompany.com/fc/?news=music-drag-racing-festival-dragmania-2013&amp;lang=en" target="_blank">Fans &amp; Co website</a></p>
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		<title>NDIMA Drift @ Orlando Speed World 03/03/13</title>
		<link>http://racingscenemag.com/?p=4154</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luis Iturrino</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Drift]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a bright cold day for racing, anyway in defiance of the weather many drift teams showed up, even some raced in tandem. Car show participants was abysmal but who cares, the attendance to drift show was great, they all drifted until the tires blew up. NDIMA officials mentioned that more events like this are coming [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://racingscenemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/NDIMA030313.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-4155" alt="NDIMA030313" src="http://racingscenemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/NDIMA030313-300x169.jpg" width="300" height="169" /></a>It was a bright cold day for racing, anyway in defiance of the weather many drift teams showed up, even some raced in tandem. Car show participants was abysmal but who cares, the attendance to drift show was great, they all drifted until the tires blew up. NDIMA officials mentioned that more events like this are coming soon. Good job.<br />
<a href="http://racingscenemag.com/races/orlandospeedworldoval/2013/030313/">Photos of the  03/03/13 NDIMA Drift event </a>here.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. &#8212; Jimmie Johnson sped away from the field after a restart with six laps left in Sunday&#8217;s Daytona 500 and held off a charging Dale Earnhardt Jr. to win the 55th running of the Great American Race at Daytona International Speedway.
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By Reid Spencer<br />
NASCAR Wire Service</p>
<p><a href="http://racingscenemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/jj500.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-4107" alt="jj500" src="http://racingscenemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/jj500-300x168.jpg" width="300" height="168" /></a>DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. &#8212; Jimmie Johnson sped away from the field after a restart with six laps left in Sunday&#8217;s Daytona 500 and held off a charging Dale Earnhardt Jr. to win the 55th running of the Great American Race at Daytona International Speedway.</p>
<p>The victory was the 61st of Johnson&#8217;s career in his 400th start in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and his second win in NASCAR&#8217;s most prestigious race.</p>
<p>Earnhardt finished second for the third time in the last four Daytona 500s. Mark Martin ran third, followed by defending series champion Brad Keselowski and Ryan Newman. Greg Biffle ran sixth and Regan Smith seventh.</p>
<p><a href="http://racingscenemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Jimmie-Johnson-Danica-Patrick-Daytona-500-2013-nascar.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-4112" alt="Jimmie-Johnson-Danica-Patrick-Daytona-500-2013-nascar" src="http://racingscenemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Jimmie-Johnson-Danica-Patrick-Daytona-500-2013-nascar-300x195.jpg" width="300" height="195" /></a>Polesitter Danica Patrick came home eighth, the best-ever finish by a woman in the Daytona 500.</p>
<p>With tandem racing all but absent in the points race for the new Gen-6 race cars, passing was difficult and track position paramount.</p>
<p>&#8220;You can&#8217;t ride and wait for things to happen,&#8221; Johnson said. &#8220;You have to race all day long and fight for track position. This race car, this Lowe&#8217;s Chevrolet was so good. (Crew chief) Chad Knaus and all of Hendrick Motorsports had me a fast car, and I could really stay up front all day long. I had a lot of confidence in the final few laps leading the train, (because) I knew just how fast the car was.&#8221;</p>
<p><iframe src="http://hub.video.msn.com/embed/9b0d126b-0b78-8a2c-b8e4-af304284fab0/?vars=Y29uZmlnQ3NpZD1NU05WaWRlbyZta3Q9ZW4tdXMmYnJhbmQ9Zm94c3BvcnRzJmxpbmtvdmVycmlkZTI9aHR0cCUzQSUyRiUyRm1zbi5mb3hzcG9ydHMuY29tJTJGdmlkZW8lM0Z2aWRlb2lkJTNEJTdCMCU3RCZmcj1zaGFyZWVtYmVkLXN5bmRpY2F0aW9uJnN5bmRpY2F0aW9uPXRhZyZjb25maWdOYW1lPXN5bmRpY2F0aW9ucGxheWVyJmxpbmtiYWNrPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cuYmluZy5jb20lMkZ2aWRlb3M%3D" height="270" width="480" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no"></iframe></p>
<p>Earnhardt got a strong push from Martin on the last lap, but couldn&#8217;t catch Johnson off the final corner.</p>
<p>&#8220;I couldn&#8217;t have done much without Mark helping me here at the end,&#8221; said Earnhardt, who was fourth at the white flag. &#8220;I was hoping he was thinking what I was thinking as we come off of Turn 2 on that last lap. I felt like we needed to make the move a little earlier than off (Turn) 4.</p>
<p><a href="http://racingscenemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/48.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-4108" alt="48" src="http://racingscenemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/48-300x190.jpg" width="300" height="190" /></a>&#8220;I kept backing up, backing up, trying not to let guys get racing behind us too much. If somebody ducked out of line a couple rows behind Mark, I was going to have a gap, (and) me and Mark could take off, not get hung up with those guys. Once we come off of 2, mashed the gas, got a run on Danica, side-drafted her a little bit.</p>
<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know why them guys didn&#8217;t pull down in front of me besides Jimmie, but we got through 3 and 4 with a pretty good run. Once we come to Turn 4, we kind of run out of steam, didn&#8217;t have enough to get a run on Jimmie.&#8221;</p>
<p>After a restart on Lap 182, following the fifth caution of the race for Jeff Burton&#8217;s hard contact with the outside wall at the entrance to the tri-oval, Keselowski and Johnson ran side-by-side at the front of the pack, trading the lead as their respective lanes gained momentum.</p>
<p><a href="http://racingscenemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Cars-Kevin-Harvick-crash-Daytona-500-2013-nascar.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-4114" alt="Cars-Kevin-Harvick-crash-Daytona-500-2013-nascar" src="http://racingscenemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Cars-Kevin-Harvick-crash-Daytona-500-2013-nascar-300x199.jpg" width="300" height="199" /></a>A caution for debris on Lap 192 set up the six-lap dash to the finish with Johnson in the lead in the outside lane.</p>
<p>Patrick made history when she led the field to green from the pole position. On Lap 90, she reached another milestone. Surging to the lead after a restart, she paced the field on Laps 90 and 91, and, in doing so, became the first female driver to lead a lap in the Daytona 500 and the first female to lead a green-flag Lap in the Cup series.</p>
<p>(Janet Guthrie led Laps 43 through 47 under caution in the Nov. 20, 1977, Los Angeles Times 500 at Ontario Motor Speedway, the only five laps she led in 33 career Cup starts.)</p>
<p><iframe src="http://hub.video.msn.com/embed/61c3966a-6af1-4ae9-a3c3-6405c10af643/?vars=Y29uZmlnQ3NpZD1NU05WaWRlbyZicmFuZD1mb3hzcG9ydHMmbGlua2JhY2s9aHR0cCUzQSUyRiUyRnd3dy5nb29nbGUuY29tJTJGJmxpbmtvdmVycmlkZTI9aHR0cCUzQSUyRiUyRm1zbi5mb3hzcG9ydHMuY29tJTJGdmlkZW8lM0Z2aWRlb2lkJTNEJTdCMCU3RCZmcj1zaGFyZWVtYmVkLXN5bmRpY2F0aW9uJm1rdD1lbi11cyZzeW5kaWNhdGlvbj10YWcmY29uZmlnTmFtZT1zeW5kaWNhdGlvbnBsYXllcg%3D%3D" height="270" width="480" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>Later in the race, Patrick led three more laps, for a total of five, to tie Guthrie&#8217;s five.</p>
<p>Despite the success, Patrick was reluctant to reset expectations for her rookie season in the Cup series.</p>
<p>&#8220;I think that would be unwise to sort of start telling myself that top 10 is where we need to be every week,&#8221; said Patrick, who was third with one lap left but fell to eighth in the last-lap scramble. &#8220;I think that&#8217;s setting up for failure. The list of drivers in the Cup series is deep. This is a unique track. These (restrictor-plate) tracks are different and unique. (It&#8217;s) a lot about the car.</p>
<p>&#8220;I mean, you have to be smart enough to do the right thing at the right time, but it&#8217;s very much about the car. I feel like I&#8217;m still sticking to &#8216;Let&#8217;s see how these first five races go,&#8217; where we go to a bunch of different kinds of tracks, see where we settle in, start to establish goals from there on out.&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://racingscenemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Jimmie-Johnson-checkered-flag-Daytona-500-2013-nascar.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-4110" alt="Jimmie-Johnson-checkered-flag-Daytona-500-2013-nascar" src="http://racingscenemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Jimmie-Johnson-checkered-flag-Daytona-500-2013-nascar-300x199.jpg" width="300" height="199" /></a>The Toyota Camrys of Joe Gibbs Racing were running 1-2-3 as the race neared the three-quarter mark, with Matt Kenseth pacing Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch. On Lap 150, however, Kenseth, who led four times for a race-high 86 laps, brought his car to pit road, having felt a vibration in the drive train. Busch parked his car two laps later, with a blown engine.</p>
<p>That left Hamlin at the point as the field ran single-file behind him, in a lull before the late-race pyrotechnics.</p>
<p>A nine-car accident on Lap 138, thinned an already depleted field. With most cars running single-file around the top of the track, Keselowski tapped David Reutimann and dropped abruptly to the apron in Turn 1.</p>
<p>That triggered a melee as cars checked up behind Keselowski. Carl Edwards was a victim of the accident, as ill fortune at Daytona continued to haunt the driver who already had wrecked four cars at Daytona this year.</p>
<p>Other casualties included 2011 Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne and Ricky Stenhouse Jr., making his first start as a full-time Cup driver in the No. 17 Roush Fenway Racing Ford Fusion.</p>
<p>The first major wreck of the race &#8212; on Lap 33 as the double-file lead pack of cars exited the tri-oval &#8212; dashed the hopes of former Daytona 500 winners Kevin Harvick and Jamie McMurray, as well as those of pre-race favorites Tony Stewart and Kasey Kahne.</p>
<p>As the field stacked up toward Turn 1, Kyle Busch tagged the back of Kahne&#8217;s car, turning Kahne into Juan Pablo Montoya&#8217;s Chevrolet SS and igniting a nine-car incident that also damaged the cars of Keselowski, Kurt Busch and Casey Mears.</p>
<p>Keselowski suffered damage to the both sides of his Ford, pinballing off both Montoya and Harvick, but was able to continue. Kurt Busch lost a lap on pit road with the nose of his Chevy caved in from contact during the wreck. Casey Mears, who had qualified 17th, also sustained significant damage.</p>
<p>Note: Other drivers who have won their 400th Cup starts include Lee Petty, Richard Petty, David Pearson, Dave Marci’s and Dale Earnhardt.</p>
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