Tony Stewart winning at Daytona wasn’t all that stunning. The last-lap wreck he triggered to claim victory, that’s another matter.

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Tony Stewart has won at Daytona International Speedway after contact with Kyle Busch sent Busch hard into the wall right before the finish line.

Busch passed Stewart for the lead right before they began the final lap Saturday night, but the Sprint Cup Series points leader chased Busch down and closed in on his bumper. Slight contact sent Busch drifting up the track, but he slid back down to maintain as his lead.

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“The Big One” changed the complexion of the Daytona Cup race. Can Tony Stewart capitalize and win? Follow the action LIVE.

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Jeff Gordon just missed out on a trip to Victory Lane last week. Can he seal the deal in Daytona? Follow the action LIVE.

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Twenty-five years after his final victory, Richard Petty has forgotten much about the race.

He remembers the important stuff, though.

The last few laps. The post-race celebration. The presidential visit. The impromptu picnic.

The King has relived all of those memories this week as part of the milestone anniversary of his 200th and final NASCAR win. It came July, 4, 1984, in the Firecracker 400 at Daytona International Speedway.

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Jeremy Mayfield says he stayed away from Saturday night’s race at Daytona to avoid being a distraction on Independence Day.

Mayfield had planned to attend the race after a federal judge lifted his indefinite suspension Wednesday for failing a random drug test.

But in a statement e-mailed at the start of the pre-race driver meeting, he says his presence would have been a distraction. He says he based that on the media attention he’s seen since his reinstatement.

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An overheated Kyle Busch received intravenous fluids Saturday following his driving stint in the Grand-Am race, then retreated to his motorhome to rest before NASCAR’s 400-mile Sprint Cup event.

Busch, the defending race winner of NASCAR’s Coke Zero 400, drove 70 minutes in his sports car series debut. He split the Chip Ganassi-owned ride with fellow NASCAR driver Scott Speed.

“Very, very, hot in those cars,” Busch said.

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Dale Earnhardt Jr. knows from experience that the February and July races at Daytona are different animals, Lee Spencer says.

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Sure, the drivers are at the same Daytona track they raced in February, but Larry McReynolds says the conditions have changed.

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