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[today 2013-02-23]
1187, 2013-02-23-ARTICLE-NASCAR Nationwide Series Race-1
RACE RECAP - ] Starting line up, ] race summary and ] finishing results for the NATIONWIDE Series Race 1 @ Daytona won by Tony Stewart 2) Sam Hornish Jr 3) Alex Bowman 4)Parker Kligerman 5) Brian Scott
] Stewart Ties Daytona Nationwide series record - capturing his 7th victory at Daytona in the nationwide series tieing him with Dale Earnhardt Sr for the most victories in the series at Daytona.
] in an earlier crash Driver Michael Annet was injured and was taken to hospital complaining of chest pains
] QUOTE @ReedSorenson7
Went and saw my buddy @MichaelAnnett earlier he is doing fine I hope all the fans will be ok as well
] The race was marred by a last lap crash that sent debris from the car of rookie Kyle Larson into the grandstands. (see below for story links) The incident captured the mainstream media spotlight, as a number of fans were injured(28) with (2) sustaining critical injuries.
] VIDEO [00:17] fan video(news013) of last lap wreck
] from another angle(infeild)
] VIDEO [01:00] a NASCAR fan(tyler4dx) uploaded a video taken from in the stands, where the most serious injuries happened,
The video taken by a fan in the stands was sitting very close to where the tire from Larsons car ended up. NASCAR subsequently BLOCKED this video from youtube http://youtu.be/wVW65Tyji_s WARNING GRAPHIC
This resulted in somewhat of an OUTCRY from several tech blogs (ex theVerge.com, )
] NASCAR's offical statement re: Removing the video.
] “The fan video of the wreck on the final lap of today’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race was blocked on YouTube out of respect for those injured in today’s accident. Information on the status of those fans was unclear and the decision was made to err on the side of caution with this very serious incident.” -Steve Phelps, NASCAR SVP/CMO
] disclaimer printed on the back of the Event ticket
] http://ow.ly/i/1zBO3 image of ticket, spells out that NASCAR owns copyright of all images/video/audio of the event
after a USA today interview where Brad voiced some of his thoughts on the state of NASCAR and its problem, Brad gets "invited" to meet with the Frances (Brian, Lesa)
ARTICLE: How Brad Keselowski would change NASCAR BY:@NateRyan @USAtoday.com
reigning series champion Brad Keselowski shared his vision for NASCAR in an interview with USA Today. This led to ...
ARTICLE: Brad Keselowski "meeting" with the Frances (Brian, Lesa)
] this story is saying that "the FRANCES" are saying that Brad needs to be "more informed" about what he is talking about and speculates on what BRAD said about NASCAR that LIKELY generated "the meeting" -
KESELOWSKI "sponsors, teams, tracks and organization need to work together, "Those three other pieces are segregated. Those three pieces need to get together. And until all three of those can unite, we're a house divided, and we're making bad decisions that are affecting how to generate revenue for the sport."
KESELOWSKI: also later tweeted this comment in re: the meeting
"Spent some time with the Lesa and Brian from the NASCAR team after yesterday's article, the passion we all share for our sport is amazing!"
DESCRIPTION: whats NEW ... ] NNS RACE 1 RECAP ] starting, ] final results, ] analysis ] Brad Keselowski MEETS with the Frances after "sharing" his opinions ] Stefanik makes it to prime time on Tonight Show w/Leno