the same for dale earnhardt, jr. dale earnhardt, jr. saying his car is handling very well. mike: a lot of gas and go stops here. tony stewart. matt kenseth coming into the first pit sal. >> darrell: oops. want go over the line right there. got to bo goldman sachs. see the inspector telling him -- got to go back. >> looks like a little overheating there on kenseth's car. ♪ ♪ [ buzz aldrin ] we landed on the surface of the moon. ♪ [ al michaels ] do you believe in miracles? yes! ♪ ♪ ♪ all your favorites all in one place. a medium one-topping pizza... freshly baked breadsticks... and cinnamon sticks. plus marinara and sweet icing for dipping. best of all, the 10 dollar dinner box is only 10 bucks. and only at your pizza hut. email, talk... directions, applications... my phone's dead, uh, my business is dead. my phone battery starts blinking... -beep, beep, beep... -no, no, don't run out... boom phone dies. really? really?? [ man ] so this phone lasts longer than any other phone? this is sweet. -it feels really sleek. it's super thin. the 4g is so fast. this is cool. if i could

there is always dale earnhardt, jr. i don't think he has shown his complete hand just yet. >> mike: a look at the leaderboard with dave blaney out front. looking at dale earnhardt, jr. landon cassill, tony raines, david gilliland. the drivers who did not pit under the last caution and then matt kenseth trying to break the 0 for 129 winless string. casey mears we spoke of. nice to see the mears gang up near the front. kevin harvick inching his way to the front. well, 40 laps to go. he may get there. jaime mcmurray a past winner of this race and greg biffle who has been fast all week long. joey logano has been in position to be out front. jeff burton led a bunch of laps. mark martin trying to win it for the first time. brad kezelowski he has won on restricter plate tracks. paul you menard. denny hamlin led the most laps. martin true you ex-is $200,000 richer. ryan newman has overcome trouble and we have not seen the last of regan smith. >> larry: they have shown that they can get to the front and run up front. >> mike: 29

there is always dale earnhardt, jr. i don't think he has shown his complete hand just yet. >> mike: a look at the leaderboard with dave blaney out front. looking at dale earnhardt, jr. landon cassill, tony raines, david gilliland. the drivers who did not pit under the last caution and then matt kenseth trying to break the 0 for 129 winless string. casey mears we spoke of. nice to see the mears gang up near the front. kevin harvick inching his way to the front. well, 40 laps to go. he may get there. jaime mcmurray a past winner of this race and greg biffle who has been fast all week long. joey logano has been in position to be out front. jeff burton led a bunch of laps. mark martin trying to win it for the first time. brad kezelowski he has won on restricter plate tracks. paul you menard. denny hamlin led the most laps. martin true you ex-is $200,000 richer. ryan newman has overcome trouble and we have not seen the last of regan smith. >> larry: they have shown that they can get to the front and run up front. >> mike: 29

earnhardt jr. and biffle rounding out the top three. that's your espn news update.'m chris cotter. enjoy the rest of your day. >>> an illinois man involved in a deadly hit and run accident came clean four years after the crash. he tracked down the family of the victim. he was arrested after the family took down his license plate and then called police. he said he wanted to clear his conscience. as you can imagine, that was little consolation to the victim's family. >> he sat down and came out and said, i was the one that struck and killed melissa. >> we cannot understand how can somebody kill somebody and leave them. >> mccarthy does have a dui on his record. his bail is set at $1 million. >>> for the second time this year, birth control pills are being recalled because of labeling errors. it involved more than 8 million pills made by glenmark. the pils were put in the wrong ord order. >>> a 19-year-old kirl whale has a new home. he was transer frommed in san diego to a plane. the 7,000-pound orca was lowered into the water in a sling. sea world says they rotate the

dale earnhardt jr. a close second. matt kenseth's second win in daytona 500.ook them two days but we have a winner. good news for sacramento king fans. johnson, the former cal star, former nba star and the mayor of sacramento, in orlando. they have been working 13 years to get a new arena built and they say we will put up 70 million. they are talking about maybe, maybe 2015. but all signs point to the kings staying put. the a's took a punch to the gut today. scot sizemore tore his acl. lost for the entire season. not one of these big name guys but he was good enough, somebody you could count on. oakland in need of a new third baseman. buster posey in arizona, performs well, the giants not making moves. they will be fine. look at buster posey here. this is fresh video from batting practice. it was supposed to be just coming in. he hit like -- good swing. you know, keep your -- [ talking at the same time ] >> keep your head down, eye on your ball. there you go. >> text book. >> when the video fails go -- you see, what they do -- [ talking at the same time ] >> d

matt kenseth held off dale earnhardt, jr.heckered flag for his second daytona win. >> tucker barnes is training for a marathon. >> kind of. >> he is here with a few helpful hints. >> you've got some tips for us. >> here is the deal. i have no previous running experience. i have avenue lived here most of my life. i have never run in the marine corps marathon. i have no previous running experience. i mean i've played basketball and soccer when i was a kid and done some running associated with that but no official training here. so around new year's, i go to the gym every day and basically doing the flexing thing in front. the mirror and feeling pretty good about myself. >> got your shirt sleep rolled up and doing one of these. >> extra small, yeah. >> make your muscles look bigger. >> wisdom knows what i'm talking about. somebody challenged me and i made the mistake of saying oh, yeah, i can run a marathon. the truth is i can't run a marathon. i never have before. i agreed that i would run in what is call rock and roll marathon

see into the crowd to see who it was, it was probably petty. >> reporter: here is a pepsive dale earnhardt, jr just taking a personal moment trying to survey what is going on with his car and trying to get back into victory lane somehow. there were just funny moments in the book and here this is guy in the mangled-up car and he is hanging out the window. >> reporter: there is this gem from pit road. >> a difference between a 12- second pit stop and a 14-second pit stop is night and day. >> reporter: like many of you, robinson says he's big fan of nascar. >> i grew up in kentucky. >> daryl walter, one of the newest hall of famer. >> it show sew happens that the waltrips are from owensville. they are driving around a track at 109 miles per hour closer than the car are where you park your car in a parking lot. >> reporter: this fan it is from ellicott city. >> he gets there early and stays late. he is checking the spark plugs i believe there. >> reporter: here is jeff gordon. >> if you watch them long enough, you get a sense of the intensity that they bring to the -- to doing what they do. >> rep

>> steve: dale earnhardt, jr. just out of the car. great way to start the 2012 season. tell us about the end of the race? >> i would have liked to won. i told greg that i would push him on the last restart and i pushed him and i thought he was waiting. looked like he might have been trying to make a move on the back straightaway but nothing materialized and then we came and and and waited for the last minute and was happening so i pulled out and went around him. matt had a strong car. the roush guys were really quick all week. i was proud of the horsepower we had in our hendrick car. it was great and we had great speed all week down here. o our car performed well all week. the guys did a great job on the body. thank everybody in the shop and the guys that painted this car. looks good every time it comes down here. craftsmanship is amaze. steve did a good job calling a good race. unfortunate with happened in turn three and i'm glad everything is okay. the fans stuck around and that is why nascar fans are best and hopefully they enjoyed it. >> steve: see you in phoenix. g

the race began again, matt edged out dale earnhardt jr. so we want to know what the drivers did during that two- hour delay. here's earnhardt, they are tweeting. they all congregated around. he tweeted these pictures from his car. a few of the cars parked on there. so, i guess you get bored after two hours. >> that's it for us. the cbs evening news is next. >> and derek is back at 7:00. [ male announcer ] this was how my day began. a little bird told me about a band... ♪ an old man shared some fish stories... ♪ oooh, my turn. ♪ she was in paris, but we talked for hours... everyone else buzzed about the band. there's a wireless mind inside all of us. so, where to next? ♪

matt kenseth held off dale earnhardt jr., and it took about six hours, but in the end matt kenseth winshe daytona 500. >>> no nba games last night. the kings will be kept in sacramento for the long term. that arena expected to be ready in 2015. >>> georgetown made quick work of notre dame. whitington run to perfection. joyas up ten at the half. he is a terrific threat from beyond the arc. the freshman had a game high 15 and georgetown won easley, 59-41. that is your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >> announcer: early today sports is brought to you by touch of gray. get rid of some gray, never all. >>> justin bieber is not happy with joustin bieber. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> the length kids will go to get in their college of choice. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." we are watching a big winter storm coming through areas of california. today it's near arizona. tomorrow it will be out here into the plains. we're going to watch the storm developing during the day. the worst of it will be late t

matt kenseth held off dale earnhardt jr.took about six hours but in the end matt kenseth wins the daytona 500. >>> no nba games last night. the kings will be kept in sacramento for the long term. that arena expected to be ready in 2015. >>> georgetown made quick work of notre dame. whitington run to perfection. he is a terrific threat from beyond the arc. the freshman a game high 15 and georgetown won easily, 59-41. that's your first look at sports. >>> and for another look at the weather, here's bill karins. good to see you again. >> interesting finally predicting snow. i was talking to you about skiing. a lot of people were saying that this will past weekend in northern new england was some of the best skiing that they've had all winwinter. they'll get another big storm tomorrow. so here's how we're looking right now. we've had light snow overnight throughout northern portions of new england. up around burlington, some of the mountains getting some additional light snow. that will blow through this morning and clear it out

second dale earnhardt jr.. the orioles are getting ready for their first exhibition game.e is hitting in the prime of his career. starts spring training with a ton of questions. can the pitching staff holdup? adam believes he can be that leader. >> i want to lead by example. i have your back. i will be with you. let's come on here and play the game every single day a respect of this game and be able to sleep at night knowing we played the game as hard as we could. >> that sounds like ray lewis. ray rice will probably get the franchise tax on him. >> a push to raise the bottle tax. how it could affect your pocketbook. >> some tips to try to stay healthy. >> participants lineup for a very unusual race. we'll tell you the even stranger top prize. >> weather-wise, things are quiet but we do have some rain in the seven-day forecast. >> most of the major roads are pretty quiet with the exception of route 70. we have captain roy flying above the roads all morning long. >> the plan to raise the city's bottle tax is meeting with opposition again. >> republican voters head to the po

logano finished as would dale earnhardt, jr.. busch save s it again.eff gordon was shaken, but not injured. kurt busch and jammy mcmurray also finished as the results of this crash. kyle bursch's ability to avoid trouble paid off at the end. he is right on the tail of stewart. and then slingshots past him at the finish. the time by busch was perfect as he crosses the line just a fraction of a second before stewart. a whole week of racing lies ahead at daytona before the00 a week from tomorrow. >>> high drama at the finish of the el camino real derby at golden gate. on the outside, it turns into a two-horse race. lucky chappy on the outside and right next to him is daddy nose best, ridden by julianne le paroux. daddy nose best because that is the margin by which he won. you can't really tell for sure until you see the still photo at the end. daddy nose best wins the el camino real derby by a nose. >>> after his incrediblefiablef final round performance at pebble beach, phil mickelson is trying to stay hot in los angeles making it two in a row. bradley s

martin truex, dale earnhardt, jr. and matt kenseth. the restart comes this time by with 14 laps to go a good time for our first nascar on fox crank it up of the new year. >> darrell: whoopee! [cars revving] >> mike: off turn four, 12 laps to go. they come to the line. four time leading five time. those are the number of championships for jeff gordon and jimmie johnson running one, two. three time right with them, tony stewart. >> darrell: three time sitting with them and that is a h hendrick parade right now and i thought that we might start to see teammates are going to help teammates now is the time to do it. >> mike: dick berggren? >> dick: such a wild ride. did you not know you were on fire? >> i figured it would go out. want to thank everybody on the budweiser chevy team. did a good job. we will have a different strategy next i can tell you that. >> dick: harvick, you smell like smoke. mike? >> mike: 7 car break away. three wide behind them and brad kezelowski in the midst of the second pack had a little discussion. >> [radio]: ar

of the race and in a dash to the checkered flag, matt kenseth will hold off a charge from dale earnhardt, jr. so after a day and a half, fire and rain. daytona 500 winner is kenseth, his second in the big race. >> well, it always feels good to win. your performance at daytona doesn't mean a lot for your performance coming up at phoenix and vegas and those kind of tracks because it's so different. but it's always great to get a win. and winning the daytona 500 is always a good thing. >> i know -- i don't feel it right now. but i know later tonight and tomorrow and the rest of the week, it's going to eat at me what i could have done to win the race. and no arrest for the racers, they're heading across country for this weekend's event in phoenix. >>> finally, a blast from the canadian football past. they made it to the gray cup championship. and won one. led by this guy, tracy ham. this week, he was honored in his home state of georgia. ham played at georgia southern. he joins fellow inductees that include former atlanta braves pitcher, john smulz. >> remember those brief glory years. >> i ha,,

this is the final lap, matt kenseth out front he holds off dale earnhardt, jr. and greg biffle. he wins the 500. most people are going to remember the fire and maybe even the tweeting. kenseth will remember his second daytona 500 victory. >> had a lot of adversity to overcome. we were able to figure it out and had a great pit stop that put us in position. and feels great, i wasn't expecting to win when i woke up this morning. it feels good to be sitting here. >> as we've been saying all along, or as jim vance has been saying all along, the redskins will not be involved in the peyton manning sweepstakes. >> good. >> they are very interested in trading up to draft robert griffin, iii. the redskins will have to pay a kings ransom to the rams. the skins would have to give up this years first round draft pick, next year and probably three other high round draft picks. after rg3's impressive showing at the combine where he ran a 4 4.40. mike shanahan has a great relationship with jeff fisher, he calls him one of his best friends in the business. he also knows what he wants in his new

martin truex, dale earnhardt, jr. and matt kenseth. the restart comes this time by with 14 laps to go a good time for our first nascar on fox crank it up of the new year. >> darrell: whoopee! [cars revving] >> mike: off turn four, 12 laps to go. they come to the line. four time leading five time. those are the number of championships for jeff gordon and jimmie johnson running one, two. three time right with them, tony stewart. >> darrell: three time sitting with them and that is a h hendrick parade right now and i thought that we might start to see teammates are going to help teammates now is the time to do it. >> mike: dick berggren? >> dick: such a wild ride. did you not know you were on fire? >> i figured it would go out. want to thank everybody on the budweiser chevy team. did a good job. we will have a different strategy next i can tell you that. >> dick: harvick, you smell like smoke. mike? >> mike: 7 car break away. three wide behind them and brad kezelowski in the midst of the second pack had a little discussion. >> [radio]: ar

matt kenseth held off dale earnhardt, jr.nd greg biffle for his second career daytona 500 victory. >>> baseball opening day just weeks away. >> you have been down there before? >> not arizona. the red sox were in florida so i was usually in fort myers but arizona sounds good. >> san francisco giants have a lot to prove. we sent dennis o'donnell down to scottdale to tell us about concerns about the team's star closer. >>> frank, grace, good morning from scottdale, arizona. if the giants are going to get back to the world series, they are going to have to have a healthy brian wilson and he was very impressed yesterday. >> i know that i started the season on the dl and i ended the season on the dl and there's going to be much concern. i understand that. i'm just letting you know that there won't be any concern once the season starts. >> i saw his bullpen. i saw him throw. i saw him lift. that's what you want. >> i will be ready. i know there's speculation that i won't be, but that's not going to happen. it's the same opportunity

matt kenseth held off dale earnhardt jr. for the final lap. he took the race for the second time in four years. this is the first time in the 54-year history of the race was pushed to monday. jimmie johnson and danica patrick crashed early on in the race. >>> it's a critical day in the race for the white house. romney versus santorum in michigan. this could be the tipping point for the republican nomination. we begin with david muir in detroit. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning, george. from the crucial battleground of michigan. mitt romney and rick santorum neck and neck. this is romney's home state. if he loses here, there's a lot of talk about whether that would trigger a republican reset. with so much riding on how mitt romney performs here, overnight, he turned to another kid from michigan. >> i'm happy to introduce another kid from michigan, kid rock. ♪ i was born free >> reporter: mitt romney introducing kid rock. many believed mitt romney had a home field advantage here. >> we have an opportunity here tomorrow in michigan.

edging out the hard charging dale earnhardt jr.ere a happier man in america right now than you? >> there might be but i don't know where he is. >> two time daytona 500 winner matt kenseth joins us live from daytona at 8:30 eastern today on "fox & friends." he won last year, too, didn't he? >> no, the young guy who was here last year. >> justin bieber? >> very good. >> meanwhile. >> voters heading to the polls in michigan and arizona today. look at the delegates up for grabs. 30 in michigan and arizona, the winner takes all at 29. someone who would like to win both of those dates is mitt romney. good morning, governor. >> good morning, you guys. >> a couple of days ago, you predicted that you would win in michigan and arizona. still going to win in michigan? >> sure plan on it. it's obviously an uphill battle. i was 15 points down 10 days ago, we're making a lot of progress. last debate helped a lot. hoping to pick up a lot of delegates today. >> governor, as you know, yesterday, robo call, it was found out that robo calls were bein

. >> reporter: he held off dale earnhardt, jr. roush racing teammate greg biffle during everytime finish. certainly exciting to the end. patti ann: absolutely. this was not the first mishap even at the race, was it? >> reporter: certainly was not. from start to finish drama. the event will not be remembered for actual racing or all the fluke things that plagued it. day long race was scheduled to begin sunday afternoon. look at that. rain. doesn't make for good racing conditions t ended in the early morning hours tuesday. rain delays would force nascar to push the race from sunday to monday afternoon. making it first-ever sunday into monday delay in the race's history. then monday night for the first-ever daytona 500 in prime time television. so a lot of people were watching. i guess that is the good news in all of this. patti ann: all right. julie banderas live for us, thank you. >> reporter: sure. bill: think about a rainout on sunday and a rainout on monday. patti ann: i know. bill: i turned it off at 140 laps left out of a 200

cleared, it was kenseth's race to lose, and he won it with a considerable lead holding off dale earnhardt jrng teammate greg bissell during a two-lap overtime finish. >> it's been a great week. saturday the shootout was a tough one for us, to be able to come down here and first weekend with the best bye and be able to win the gatorade duel and back it up and win the 500 especially with all the little problems we had and had a lot going on yesterday, so it feels pretty cool to be able to win them races. >> the event will be remembered for all the flukes that plagued it from start to finish. the dayslong race was scheduled to begin saturday afternoon, rain delays would force nascar to push the race from sunday to monday afternoon. those fans seem real thrilled there, don't they? makes it the first sunday into monday delay in the race's history then monday for the first-ever daytona 500 in prime time investigation. jon: were you and the baby up? >> absolutely was not, did not even know about the ending until i got an e-mail this morning. jon: julie, thanks. [laughter] jenna: shocking revelation

he slipped across the finish line just ahead of dale earnhardt, jr. and won the season opener.after rain sunday. then the start was delayed until evening time after more storms. it was also a two-hour delay after a wild crash. a car slammed into a safety truck and caused damage to the track. that had to be repaired just so the race could be held. >> interview: all right. it is 8:20. is there a connection between nascar trackers between how you drive and what you drive? the new findings from a uc berkeley study. >> dave: also looking out the at the weather. chilly outside this morning, even though the picture is pretty steve says find your umbrella. steve will tell you when the rain will get here. >> sal: good morning, golden gait bridge traffic looking good heading south. we'll tell you more about the commute and the weather. [ ♪ ♪ ] >> tori: 8:24. uc berkeley researchers have found that rude drivers are more likely to drive expensive cars. after a study, observers hid near a 4-way stop intersection and they noted the makes, years, and conditions of cars and whether the drivers

dale earnhardt, jr., race car driver rides the national guard car for nascar.itched in to help the kids who you see in the pictures make something of their lives. >> something we all believe in. the numbers don't lie. think about it, and 75% of the people who graduate from this program end up getting back into high school, getting their high school diploma or their ged. it is amazing. on top of that, i think when the numbers are all said and done makes financial sense too. 166% return of --. jon: right on investment. >> return on investment. jon: invest, brings you back 2.66. >> makes financial sense too. it's a great program and wwe and myself are just very proud to be a part of it. jon: i know you kicked in 10 grand last night. that was very generous. >> we try to do our part. jon: got to say good-bye. >> thank you. jon: we'll be right back this mio energy is completely crushing my game. i take the stuff everywhere. exactly. everyone's more energized, more alert. i've lost their respect. oh who's laughing now!? gazelle!! [ male announcer ] personal, portable

that was a bittersweet moment because we would later found out that your close friend dale earnhardt jroday is the author of the new book called "sundays will never be the same". nascar legend and outstanding broadcaster darrell waltrip. darrell, why write a book about something that's so painful? >> first of all, that's not all that the book is about. it's certainly a big part of the book but i think for me and millions of fans, that's a day that we'll never forget. and i think it's a way of showing out of something bad, a lot of good has taken place. >> good, for example, safety. >> safety is so -- i mean, as soon as that happened, nascar, the whole crowd said we've got to do something. and they didn't just say we got to, you know, we got to fix the car which they did. they didn't just say we got to make the driver compartment safer which they did. they didn't say the tracks are ok. they put safer barriers around every race track. they now have the hans device. no one has been killed in a stock car since dale's death and that's an incredible statement for nascar to be able to make. >>