If the first practice is any indication, Speedweeks could be filled
with aggressive driving, big wrecks and backup cars.
Late in the running of the first practice of the season, Denny
Hamlin got into the back of Mark Martin’s No. 5 Chevorlet and
created a multi-car accident that damaged four other cars —
Jamie McMurray, Greg Biffle and Clint Bowyer, who was subbing for
an ill Kevin Harvick in the session, all picked up significant
damage while Joey Logano was able to get past with only minimal
damage.
Lynda Petty, the wife of seven-time NASCAR champion Richard Petty,
has been diagnosed with central nervous system lymphoma.
NASCAR driver Kevin Harvick could miss the first Budweiser Shootout
practice because of flulike symptoms.
It’s NASCAR Media Day and we hear from the champ and Danica; Prism is all in for 2010; Keselowski takes the blame for the Denny dynamic; plus Kelley Earnhardt and Michael Waltrip.