It’s Race Day at Daytona! Host Dan Lucas is joined by special guest driver Parker Kligerman just hours before the Daytona 500.
Hear from Joey Logano, Denny Hamlin, and other NASCAR stars on what it takes to win the Great American Race on this episode of ‘Countdown to Daytona.’
Plus, Monster Energy Cup Series Assistant Director Kip Childress weighs in on the field for the Daytona 500 and picks a couple of drivers that NASCAR fans should watch out for on Sunday.
The episode also remembers the late J.D. Gibbs with an emotional press conference by his father, Joe Gibbs.
In this episode of ‘Countdown to Daytona,’ Duel winners Kevin Harvick and Joey Logano preview the Daytona 500.
Kevin Harvick and Joey Logano, previous Daytona 500 winners, lead the Ford charge.
Jimmie Johnson ended a 19-month losing streak with a victory in a Speedweeks exhibition race, but he triggered a 16-car accident while making his race-winning pass. Then contact with Kyle Busch in a qualifying race increased the scrutiny around Johnson, who has a new sponsor Ally Financial and a new crew chief for the first time since his 2001 debut.
The Toyota bunch has yet to stand out from the crowd, which doesn’t bother Martin Truex Jr. His 0-for-14 skid in the in the Daytona 500 is longest among active drivers, but he knows he’s got a chance Sunday.
“Out of the 40 cars, how many have a legit shot at winning? Probably 25,” he said.
NASCAR writer Holly Cain joins Dan Lucas on ‘Countdown to Daytona’ to discuss driver reaction to NASCAR’s upcoming rule changes after the Daytona 500 is in the rear view mirror.
They compete in completely different sports, but even NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson sees a parallel between himself and Tom Brady.
Johnson was asked about the similarities between his career in NASCAR and Brady’s in the NFL at the Media Day live broadcast of ‘Countdown to Daytona’ with Dan Lucas and J.B. Biunno.
“We kinda started around the same time,” said Johnson. “We have a similar path and been doing it around the same time.”
Johnson raced in his first Daytona 500 in 2002, exactly two weeks after Brady won his first Super Bowl with the New England Patriots in just his second year in the NFL.
Johnson and Brady would each go on storied championship runs in the years to come. Johnson has won seven Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Championships, while Brady most recently won his sixth Super Bowl earlier this month.
Both athletes have developed a reputation for competing at a high-level into their forties, doing so way past their primes.
“We’ve kind of been on a similar journey,” said Johnson.
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It seems driver Brad Keselowski got a tad bored of doing interviews at Media Day for the Daytona 500, so he spun the table and started conducting interviews himself.
Keselowski, who was among the final drivers to be interviewed on the live Media Day special for ‘Countdown to Daytona,’ thought it would be more fun to ask questions to show hosts Dan Lucas and J.B. Biunno than spend time talking about the race.
“You guys are dressed nice, by the way,” Keselowski said to Lucas and Biunno as he amusingly dodged questions. “I drive for Roger Penske, and he really appreciates people who dress nice, so he’d like you guys.”
“I’m doing a hell of a job hijacking your interview, too. [It’s been three minutes] and you haven’t asked a single question yet.”
Among Keselowski’s questions, he asked Biunno which college he attended.
When Biunno responded with the Univeristy at Albany, whose athletic teams are the Great Danes, Keselowski continued the fun by barking like dog.
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In this action-packed episode of ‘Countdown to Daytona,’ NASCAR’s brightest stars including Jimmie Johnson, Martin Truex Jr, and Kevin Harvick join Dan Lucas and J.B. Biunno to preview the Great American Race.
Johnson is asked about the parallel to Tom Brady of the New England Patriots, with both athletes still competing at a high level in their respective sports.
Truex Jr. discusses what the 2019 NASCAR season might have in store for him and his team.
Harvick looks back on a 2018 season that nearly brought him a championship, and what adjustments are needed to win it all this year.
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Austin Dillon’s fairy tale final lap to win last year’s Daytona 500 could just be a sign of things to come for the grandson of Richard Childress.
Dillon sat down with Countdown to Daytona’s Dan Lucas to reminisce about the moment he realized he claimed the checkered flag.
“Going down the backstretch, when [Bubba Wallace] gave me that shove, I knew we had the momentum we needed to complete the pass [of Aric Almirola],” said Dillon. “I had all the momentum I needed.”
“That’s such a surreal position to be in, it’s like a dream come true,” said Dillon of crossing the finish line.
Dillon won the Big Race twenty years after Earnhardt did, following his family’s legacy of not just winning in Daytona, but doing so in the storied number-3 car.
“To bring home another one for [Richard Childress Racing], it felt great,” said Dillon.