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Dale Earnhardt, Jr. stands in his garage bay at Daytona International Speedway after engine troubles forced him off the track during practice Wednesday. Danica Patrick, who won the pole for Sunday's Daytona 500, is shown with her helmet in her car.

DAYTONA BEACH -- Danica Patrick is grabbing the headlines from coast to coast by virtue of being the first female drive to grab a pole in a NASCAR race -- Sunday's Daytona 500, no less.

But make no mistake about it: When the green flag drops on the Great American Race, the fans will be roaring the loudest for none other than Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

Headline Surfer photo by Henry Frederick / The 100 block of the North Causeway in New Smyrna Beach is proposed for a 202-unit development that includes workforce housing, something nearby neighbors in the upscale Venezia neighborhood want no part of.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- It's known as NIMBY or "not in my backyard."

That was the message of some 250 New Smyrna Beach residents in September to a development on the North Causeway that includes workforce units or affordable housing for families making between $20,000 to $40,000 annually. 

Residents attending a special meeting at the Brannon Center called for by the project's developers want no part of the 239-unit apartment complex Causeway Landings.

Danica holds on to preserve pole for Daytona 500; Jeff Gordon on front row, too

DAYTONA BEACH -- Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch won their respective Budweiser Duels Thursday afternoon at Daytona International Speedway and will roll off the starting grid from the second row for the Daytona 500.

They fall in line behind pole sitter Danica Patrick and Jeff Gordon in the Great American Race on Sunday.

By Horace Anderson

DAYTONA BEACH -- It’s Black History Month, the time when we African-Americans recall our many important contributions to the development of the United States and remember the history of our progress from slaves to free people, to a state of equality so nearly complete that we just re-elected a black president.

We rejoice in the support we enjoy from the Democratic Party and most of us think that things were always this way. But that isn’t true.

Everyone knows that the man who led the Civil War to free the slaves and who issued the Emancipation Proclamation was Abraham Lincoln - a Republican.

The proposed future of Daytona International Speedway is unveiled at a Friday morning press conference, 48 hours before the Daytona 500.

DAYTONA BEACH -- Daytona International Speedway President Joie Chitwood this morning conducted the first in-depth, virtual “walk through” of what the World Center of Racing would look like as part of a proposed $250 million massive redevelopment project.

DAYTONA BEACH -- Coming off of turn 4 and the final stretch to the checkered flag was a major crash in the Nationwide race that sent a tire and other debris into the stands at Daytona International Speedway, injuring 28 people -- two of them critically.
Daytona International Speedway President Joie Chitwood provided the following statement Saturday evening: "First and foremost, our thoughts and prayers are with our race fans.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- "Holy (expletive)! Oh my God," a fan yells as a fellow fan is struck by a tire in the grandstands at Daytona International Speedway on the final lap of the Nationwide Race on Saturday.