DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – At least 28 fans sustained injuries, two critically, when parts of Kyle Larson's car flew into the stands at the conclusion of Saturday's Nationwide Series race at Daytona International Speedway. One of the critically injured fans suffered a "life-threatening" head injury and the other is a child according to a spokesman at Halifax Medical Center.

Daytona International Speedway President Joie Chitwood said that 14 people were transported to hospitals from the track and another 14 were treated at the track's onsite care center.

A track worker told Yahoo! Sports that one woman had a tourniquet on her leg, others suffered burns and a tire landed on one fan when a multiple-car accident unfolded as drivers raced for the finish line in the final lap of the Drive4COPD 300.

Tony Stewart missed the pileup and won the race as Larson's car was propelled into the catchfence separating the track from the grandstands on the Daytona International Speedway trioval.

[Also: Danica

Not sure we'll ever get tired of jet dryer jokes.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- At Daytona International Speedway, there are windows for fans to look into each driver's garage stall from the infield concourse. Not only are those windows a vehicle for those on the infield to catch an up-close glimpse of what teams are doing to their cars, but it's also become a way for fans to scribble messages to the teams and drivers on the windows.

Mostly, the messages are words of encouragement for the 500 and express a fan's love for his or her favorite driver. Sometimes they're funny. Sometimes they're incompetent. Or sometimes, drivers don't have any messages at all.

The scribbles on the window are a mishmash of proper grammar and slang. Some people have realized that writing backwards makes it easier for teams to read them.

On Friday, Danica Patrick said she was pretty sure there were some cool messages on her window and said she was going to have to take a look at all the writing. It's certainly the most cluttered window -- it's only rivaled by Tony

The No. 26 driven by Michael Waltrip (Getty)

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – When Michael Waltrip takes the green flag in the 55th running of the Daytona 500, he'll be in a used car no longer wanted by Earnhardt Ganassi Racing, one that has used parts purchased at auction or castoffs from Roush Yates.

But that's not only what makes it so unique.

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The future No. 30 is sporting the number 26 this weekend in honor of the 26 victims of the December 14 tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. It will also adorn the number 80888, the number to which people can text donations to the Sandy Hook School Support Fund.

Before a preseason meeting in January, car owner Brandon Davis and driver David Stremme were approached by NASCAR president Mike Helton. Davis, who purchased Inception Motorsports last year and renamed it Swan Racing, laughs when he tells the story now, but he recalls the possible reasons that Helton would want to talk to an owner who just entered the

You know how we feel about ESPN's NASCAR ad campaigns, and they've done it again with their new Nationwide Series ad about Austin Dillon and the No. 3. We think that Earnhardt fans will love the ad that features Dillon talking about the pressure of driving a car with the famed "3" on the side of it.

Kyle Busch will start fourth in Sunday's Daytona 500. (Getty)

Kyle Busch capitalized on a Jeff Gordon pit road speeding penalty to capture the second Budweiser Duel qualifying race for Sunday's Daytona 500.

Gordon started on the pole for the race by virtue of qualifying second during last weekend's pole qualifying session and kept Busch, Kasey Kahne, Matt Kenseth and others at bay until the race's first set of pit stops.

As Gordon led the field onto pit road, he was penalized for speeding entering pit road in sections four and five of the race. It was a penalty that puzzled Gordon, who said he was under his prescribed tachometer reading while he drove to his pit at the far end of pit lane.

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"We've got a major problem with the tach then, I was way under," Gordon radioed to his team after he was informed of the penalty, which put him a half a lap behind.

That handed the lead to Busch, whose team had audibled as he entered his pit stall. Instead of taking two tires as they had planned, crew

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Kyle Busch. Your (predicted) 2013 champion. (Getty)

As we count down to the 2013 Daytona 500, we're also counting down how we think the Chase will play out this season as predicted by Nick Bromberg, Jay Busbee, Jay Hart and Geoffrey Miller. So sit back, relax, and watch the 2013 Chase unfold before your very eyes. Though you should be warned, we picked Carl Edwards to win last year.

2012 Finish: 13th. One win (Richmond

2013 Predictions:
Bromberg: 1st
Busbee: 4th
Hart: 1st
Miller: 4th

Crew Chief: Dave Rogers

When we last saw Busch: He was having the best Chase performance of his career... only he wasn't in it. After winning at Richmond in the spring, Busch just needed to perform well again there in the fall to make the Chase. He finished 16th. Jeff Gordon made it in. To Busch and team's credit, his season didn't freefall after finishing 28th at New Hampshire the following week. Over the next nine races, Busch finished in the top seven eight times.

Big Question for 2013: Is this the year for Kyle Busch? At 28 years old this May, it seems

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As we count down to the 2013 Daytona 500, we're also counting down how we think the Chase will play out this season as predicted by Nick Bromberg, Jay Busbee, Jay Hart and Geoffrey Miller. So sit back, relax, and watch the 2013 Chase unfold before your very eyes. Though you should be warned, we picked Carl Edwards to win last year.

2012 Finish: 3rd. 5 wins (Darlington, Dover, Indianapolis, Martinsville, Texas)

2013 Predictions:
Bromberg: 2nd
Busbee: 3rd
Hart: 2nd
Miller: 2nd

Crew Chief: Chad Knaus

When we last saw Johnson: He was going from title contender to a distant third in the span of the final two races. Right front tire, how you failed Johnson so at Phoenix, and rear-end gear, how you failed him so at Homestead. For a while, Phoenix was shaping up to be another great chapter in the battle between Keselowski and Johnson, but as soon as Johnson's tire exploded and his car hit the wall, his chances went kaput.

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