you can see brad keselowski on the inside getting smaller and smaller in that two car. >> yeah.t you would like to have happen, biffle and patrick. clear the inside guys to give them options. >> how about dale earnhardt jr.? you're riding with him, pushing danica patrick down the back straightaway. >> and pushing is okay on the straightaway. troublesome in these corners at these speeds. keselowski and hamlin in the 11 on the inside with logano. trying but unable to close up on the outside lane. >> we were talking about teammates all day long and here is jimmie johnson and right behind him is biffle but then comes two more teammates in the danica patrick and dale earnhardt jr. that could be a big gain. >> four laps to go. >> there is no telling how much greg biffle in that 16 car wants to win the daytona 500. he's come close. he's had a great speed week and here he is in second place behind jimmie johnson. >> but, larry, with this car -- we haven't seen conventional wisdom pay off. i think that greg biffle right now is trying to think about what do i need to do to get by jimmie j

michael, you thought brad keselowski had a quick ford? >> he does. so does logano, his teammate. ricky stenhouse, they both driven inside the top ten. dillon there fell back to tenth. >> i've been impressed about hats off to dillon doing a great job. how about kurt busch. he showed his muscle early on. still hanging around. >> alex bowman, the youngest driver in the field at age 20. dale earnhardt jr. right behind him and cole whitt, another rookie rounding out to current 20. labonte the veteran. biffle had problems. >> early on, he had a strong ford until he had the bumpup with danica patrick on pit road. >> parker kligerman in the 29th position. look for him to take chances and try to charge to the front in this event. >> there were big names to start in the back of the pack. carl edwards, tony stewart, bowyer, johnson. >> some guy named michael waltrip. >> i will follow jimmie johnson. he's done pretty well in nascar. i think i'll see where he goes all night long. >> he only has two daytona 500s. that's all you have. what's the big the deal? he dhuz does have the championships

brad keselowski, jeff gor ton has been to victory lane before. then joey logan know, ricky stenhouse, and austin dillon. they're the top ten of 41 cars on the lead lap. aj allmendinger is in 15. >> one thing that jumbled this up is when the caution came out at lap 31, that was for the engine failier. we had two drivers that stayed out. that jumbled things up there, and then the rains moved in. >> yeah, look, there is still a lot of good guys. danica, tony, clint, jimmiy johnson, ryan newman. i think there is a mess of cars that were just messing around. now, the season resumes next week in phoenix. mart martin truex is out of the race. they are already in nashville where they test tomorrow. >> it never stops for these teams. >> just waiting for the command to refire engines and put cars back on track, you hear the jet driers in in the background, and hats off to all of the safety and track drying crews. the jet driers, and getting ready to go. clash of the titans now made the left turn off of the speed way. sop once the equipment is away we will

. >>> and the outspoken nascar driver sprint cup driver, brad keselowski. all on the fox sportsdesk. let's get to it. >>> as i said, a very busy hour ahead, first from the fox newsdesk at 3:00, the monster winter storm has hammered the deep south knocking out power to more than 200,000 customers in the state of georgia alone. this is so far from over. the snow and ice have created an enormous mess in atlanta. this kind of storm is rare for folks in this part of the country. two weeks ago, another winter blast crippled the city of atlanta and others. looking at the ribbon up above, the new storm has shut down nearly every, in downtown atlanta. the public schools are all closed. roads and interstate appeared desolate this morning. plows and salt trucks some of the only vehicles in sight. video from our fox station shows how empty the roads were earlier, after local officials begged drivers, please stay home. all of this in huge contrast to when the last storm stranded thousands of drivers on snowy highways even overnight. this new storm also grounded thousand

the nationwide event with the photo finish smith battling it out with brad keselowski, smith takes the checkered flag by that much. a minor wreck after the finish. dale earnhardt, jr., part of it. he was okay, so is everyone else. danica patrick finished 19th. let's go to golf, quarterfinals in arizona, frenchman, chipping for birdie on nine, rolls it in to beat mcdowell. bit of a pull front to the green, the chip is short, lock at this, rolls right back to furyk. jason day and ernie els also saw victory today. brought to you by river rock casino. >>> and abc 7 news continues tomorrow morning at 5:00, i'm cornell barnard for colin rush, leyla gulen, thank you for joining us, all the mobile devices with our new abc 7 news app. hope you're having a great saturday. we'll see you soon. good night everybody. >> now, a paid presentation for the amazing new sheer cover studio mineral makeup, giving you radiant, flawless-looking skin in seconds. hosted by brooke burke-charvet, with special appearances by stars of "csi: miami," "scrubs" and "hall pass," "the young and the restless," and "the ba

. >>> the nationwide event was quite a finish, final lap of a restart, brad keselowski is on the insided. it's the first career win for smith at daytona, but it was messy behind the finish. joe nemechek is rammed from behind by ryan reed. debris made it into the stands were 30 second spectators were treated for injuries. >>> racecourse in sonoma for testing sessions one was held last week and it was practicalry a whose who of open- wheel drivers. it was a sanctioned indycar practice session, even note grand prix of sonoma isn't to august. >> any track time is good for us, just to get everyone working together. we do pit-stop practice. learning what i like from the racecar and what changes work well for me. >> will powers is the three- time winner at sonoma raceway. >> will power is the defending champion and actually won in sonoma three of the last four years buhe knows it's about maintaining that competitive edge. >> it has become to competitive that you can't pick a driver out that you can't say wouldn't win the race. >> it's been more than five years since the merger of the irl and c

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