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Mayfield misses Daytona entry deadline

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) Jeremy Mayfield missed the deadline to enter this weekend's race after successfully fighting NASCAR to get back behind the wheel following a failed random drug test.

His only hope for participating in Saturday night's race at Daytona International Speedway is as a relief driver, a change NASCAR must approve.

With that looking like a long shot and Mayfield yet to arrive at Daytona, NASCAR questioned the need for the injunction.

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Double-file restarts debut in Nationwide at Daytona

(Sporting News) - Kyle Busch endorses the Nationwide Series using double-file restarts for the first time Friday in the Subway Jalapeno 250 at Daytona International Speedway.

"Daytona is a good place to do it since there is less chance of having trouble on the starts since it takes a little bit for us to get up to speed there and there are multiple grooves," Busch said. "It was good for NASCAR to wait until Cup and Nationwide were together on the same weekend again. (MORE)

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NASCAR Schedule
Sprint Cup SeriesCoke Zero 400 Powered By Coca-ColaJul. 45:19 PM PT6:19 PM MT7:19 PM CT8:19 PM ET TV: TNT
Nationwide SeriesSubway Jalapeno 250 Powered By Coca-ColaJul. 35:19 PM PT6:19 PM MT7:19 PM CT8:19 PM ET TV: ESPN
Camping World Truck SeriesBuilt Ford Tough 225Jul. 184:18 PM PT5:18 PM MT6:18 PM CT7:18 PM ET TV: SPEED

NASCAR Leaders: Points
RankDriverPointsWins
1 Tony Stewart 2524 1
2 Jeff Gordon 2455 1
3 Jimmie Johnson 2355 2
4 Kurt Busch 2254 1
5 Carl Edwards 2157 0
6 Denny Hamlin 2132 0
7 Ryan Newman 2127 0
8 Kyle Busch 2108 3
9 Greg Biffle 2106 0
10 Matt Kenseth 2054 2
11 Mark Martin 2052 3
12 Juan Pablo Montoya 2049 0
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