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Earnhardt center of attention after winning Daytona 500

Dale Earnhardt Jr. has been on a media tour since winning Sunday’s Daytona 500. Now he must refocus with races in Phoenix and Las Vegas coming up.

Defiant Kyle Busch says he’ll keep on truckin’

That Kyle Busch won a truck series race was hardly unusual. It was his 36th victory in those pick-’em-up trucks. Busch the Younger also has thanked his sponsors 63 times after winning Nationwide series races.

Danica lets Petty slide on disparaging remarks

Danica Patrick takes the high road after NASCAR legend Richard Petty says she was capable of winning a Sprint Cup race only “if everybody else stayed home.”

Singing for stock cars

Before the gentlemen start their engines for the Boyd Gaming 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, before the announcers tell TV viewers to “crank it up” after coming back from a Chevy commercial — even before Kyle Busch makes another driver mad by passing in a place where one is not supposed to pass — somebody must first sing the national anthem.

18-year-old Las Vegan will drive in Nationwide Series

Dylan Kwasniewski will compete in the Nationwide Series this season, becoming one of four Las Vegans to drive in one of NASCAR’s top two tiers. Kwasniewski, 18, will drive the No. 31 Chevrolet for Turner Scott Motorsports.