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NASCAR went with a new points system in 2011 based on one point per finishing position. It's better than the old system, but it still results in way too big a penalty for a bad finish compared to a good one. For example, Joey Logano has one top-10 ...

You could race in, you could crash out. You could buy in or cash out. It was another fine day of qualifying Duels at Daytona.

There are 39 drivers for whom Thursday's Daytona qualifying Duel races hold no real drama. They are in Sunday's Daytona 500. For the 10 that remain, it's no holds barred.

Joe Nemechek won the pole with a lap at 187.386 mph in the No. 78 Chevrolet, robbing Tony Stewart of his first Sprint Cup pole of the season.

Following one of the most difficult days of his career, Michael Waltrip raced his way into the Daytona 500.