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Daytona State College signs first two runners for new cross country team

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Daytona State Women's Cross Country has signed the first two women to compete in the inaugural season in the fall of 2018: Moriya Patsch, a 2017 graduate from Seabreeze High School, and Janie Davidson, a 2017 Spruce Creek High School graduate, have committed to run for the Falcons in what will be a historic season for the school.  

Austin Dillon wins Daytona 500 in last-lap bump and wreck of race leader Aric Almirola

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Twenty years had passed since Dale Earnhardt ended a career-long drought by winning the Daytona 500 in the famed No. 3 Chevrolet of car owner Richard Childress.

REWIND: Rolex 24 at Daytona qualifying: Wayne Taylor Racing captures pole for weekend race

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Wayne Taylor Racing’s Renger van der Zande captured the Rolex 24 At Daytona Motul Pole Award over Acura Team Penske and Helio Castroneves on the final lap of the 15-minute qualifying session Thursday at Daytona International Speedway.

Martin Truex Jr wins NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series Championship

By HENRY FREDERICK
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HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Martin Truex Jr. held off Kyle Busch to win the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series Championship on Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

It was the eighth win of the season for Truex.

It was the first Monster Energy Series title for the Denver-based Furniture Row Racing as well. It was the second Championship 4 appearance for Truex and the No. 78 team — he finished fourth in 2015.