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Internet newspaper's pick to win 2014 Daytona 500, Danica Patrick in the Go Daddy Chevrolet

Danica Patrick internet newspaper favorite to win Daytona 500 / Headline Surfer®Go Daddy Green Danica smiles / Headline Surfer® / Photos for Headline Surfer® /
Danica Patrick is as tough as nails when it comes to muscling her way around the high banks of Daytona International Speedway as she demonstrated last year in winning the pole for the 'Great American Race' and finishing in eighth. She's the 24/7 internet newspaper's choice to win today's Daytona 500, followed by Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards rounding out the Top 5.

DAYTONA BEACH -- NASCAR legend Richard Petty may be eating his words today when all is said and done in disparaging Danica Patrick. She's the Headline Surfer® pre-race favorite to win the 56th running of the Daytona 500.

Greatest NASCAR Race Ever: Dale Earnhardt takes checkered flag in 1998 Daytona 500

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Dale Earnhardt all smiles after winning the 1998 Daytona 500 / Headline Surfer®

DAYTONA BEACH -- It can easily be argued to a jury of 12 NASCAR fans that the single greatest race in the history of stock car racing beyond a reasonable doubt has to be the 1998 Daytona 500.

Regan Smith edges out Brad Kezelowski by .013 seconds for green-white-checkered win in 2014 Nationwide 300 race at Daytona

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Regan Smith got “redemption,” today by edging out last year's winner Brad Keselowski by .013 seconds for the green-white-checkered win in Saturday’s DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona International Speedway.

First Person: Oops! Nationwide winner not in Daytona 500

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Regan Smith not in the Daytona 500 / Headline Surfer®David Ragaan is the 43rd entrant in the Daytona 500 / Headline Surfer®

Headline Surfer® video / The intrepid reporter mixed up Regan Smith, (shown in the white and orange uniform), who is not in Sunday's Daytona 500 with David Ragan (brown and yellow uniform), who is the 43rd and final entrant in the Great American Race.

DAYTONA BEACH -- This certainly wasn't one of my finest moments in a long, distinguished journalism career, but it's better to be honest than to pretend otherwise: Fresh off his thrilling victory in the Nationwide race earlier today at Daytona International Speedway, I asked Regan Smith how he liked his chances for a repeat in Sunday's Daytona 500 as one of 43 drivers in the field.

Kissimmee cops: Man reported missing and endangered has safely returned home

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Kissimmee resident Ronaldo Roman, has safely returned home / Headline Surfer®Photo for Headline Surfer® / Rolando Roman has safely returned home after being missing for more than a week.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. – A 43-year-old man reported missing eight days and considered endangered has safety returned home, Kissimmee cops re[ported today.

Rolando Roman, who was last seen 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14, in the area of Boggy Creek Road and Buena Ventura Lakes Boulevard, returned home safely earlier today, Kissimmee police spokeswoman Stacie Miller told Headline Surfer at 11:45 a.m.  

Victor Oladipo dominant in Orlando Magic's double OT win at home over NY Knicks

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Victor Oladipo's near triple-double leads the Orlando Magic to 129-121 double OT win over the New York Knicks.

Victor Oladipo leads Orlando Magic over NY Knicks Friday night at Amway Arena / Headline Surfer®ORLANDO -- Victor Oladipo put on a dominating performance in leading the Orlando Magic to a double-overtime win over the New York Knicks at the Amway Arena Friday night.

Oladipo, Orlando's prized rookie small forward, poured in 30 points, a career-high 14 assists and nine rounds for the near-triple double in leading the Magic to a 129-121 win.

Video ReWind: Junior Johnson wins 1960 Daytona 500 race marred by 37-car pile-up

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SPECIAL FEATURE: Headline Surfer® brings you a snapshot of every Daytona 500 race, from 1959 to the present. This segment: 1960...
Junior Johnson wins 1960 Daytona 500 / Headline Surfer®

DAYTONA BEACH -- Fireball Roberts was the early leader of the 1960 Daytona 500 run on Feb. 14, but he would end up out of the race with engine problems and Junior Johnson took over and won the crash-marred affair.

He started ninth and was at home in North Carolina until a week earlier when he was convinced by Masoni to race. Masoni even supplied him with a car, a 1959 Chevrolet, sponsored by the Daytona Kennel.

DAYTONA 500 THROUGH THE YEARS: 1959, Lee Petty wins in photo finish

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Vintage photo shows Lee Petty (pictured here in the inset) squeaking by Johnny Beauchamp in the 1959 Daytona 500.
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SPECIAL FEATURE: Headline Surfer® brings you a snapshot of every Daytona 500 race,  from 1959 to the present. This segment: 1959...
 

DAYTONA BEACH -- Johnny Beauchamp won the inaugural Daytona 500 on the high banks of Daytona International Speedway on Feb. 22, 1959, or did he?

There was no Warner Wolfe back then with with "lets go to the videotape," or digital cameras measuring in milliseconds. But there was a photo and it was what NASCAR used to take the win away from Beauchamp and give it to Lee Petty, father of Richard Petty and grandfather of Kyle Petty, beginning a family racing tradition.