i like keselowski's car. knew he would be strong. hamlin is doing a great jb keeping his stuff up front. you can really move. five of the top ten started outside the top 30 and raced their way to the front. >> anything you've seen over the first 38 laps going into the race that have affected how you think the outcome will be? >> i think what you have to keep up with right now is the track conditions overall. track was real warm. dropped the green flag early on. it's going to be cooler. we'll be able to go back and look at your notes, chris, from sprint unlimited as well as the duel on thursday to be able to use information from there and get our cars tuned in more, be more aggressive. right now we'll be worried more about speed than we will be about how the cars handle. that's one of the things the engineers of the teams who have to focus in on. and the crew chiefs have to keep their guys pumped up. it's easy to get lackadaisical. you have to think about, we have 400 miles to go racing. we have to get ready to go. >> let's bring in d

keselowski out wandering to check the track. 14th year of nascar on fox. let's look back at some of the fantastic finishes we've been able to broadcast for you. >> the 2011 daytona 500. trevor bayne becomes the youngest winner of the great american race. he takes the 500 on the second green/white checkered. >> they'll face the white flag when they come around to decide the 53rd daytona 500. rookie trevor bayne in his second sprint cup start will lead them to a white flag with bobby labonte. here comes kurt busch and juan man toy ya. edwards in fifth. we'll see the 22 knows how to win from that position. that's where he won the bud shootout. >> where did 34 come from? >> trying to spoil the party. he spoiled the party for montoya and busch. >> edwards has room underneath. now he pushes trevor bayne. >> it's over. >> cinderella is going to win at daytona 500! >> unbelievable! >> happy birthday, trevor bayne, 20 years old. >> are you kidding me! am i dreaming right now? >> the 2008 daytona 500 marked the 50th anniversary of nascar's crown jewel and it did not

you talk about keselowski, jeff gordon, logano. denny hamlin this week as overshadowed these other drivers. >> bobby labonte has something going on or he is trying to get out of there. >> kyle busch, kasey kahne, brian vickers,

. >>> and the outspoken nascar driver sprint cup driver, brad keselowski. all on the fox sportsdesk. let's get to it. >>> as i said, a very busy hour ahead, first from the fox newsdesk at 3:00, the monster winter storm has hammered the deep south knocking out power to more than 200,000 customers in the state of georgia alone. this is so far from over. the snow and ice have created an enormous mess in atlanta. this kind of storm is rare for folks in this part of the country. two weeks ago, another winter blast crippled the city of atlanta and others. looking at the ribbon up above, the new storm has shut down nearly every, in downtown atlanta. the public schools are all closed. roads and interstate appeared desolate this morning. plows and salt trucks some of the only vehicles in sight. video from our fox station shows how empty the roads were earlier, after local officials begged drivers, please stay home. all of this in huge contrast to when the last storm stranded thousands of drivers on snowy highways even overnight. this new storm also grounded thousand

the nationwide event with the photo finish smith battling it out with brad keselowski, smith takes the checkered flag by that much. a minor wreck after the finish. dale earnhardt, jr., part of it. he was okay, so is everyone else. danica patrick finished 19th. let's go to golf, quarterfinals in arizona, frenchman, chipping for birdie on nine, rolls it in to beat mcdowell. bit of a pull front to the green, the chip is short, lock at this, rolls right back to furyk. jason day and ernie els also saw victory today. brought to you by river rock casino. >>> and abc 7 news continues tomorrow morning at 5:00, i'm cornell barnard for colin rush, leyla gulen, thank you for joining us, all the mobile devices with our new abc 7 news app. hope you're having a great saturday. we'll see you soon. good night everybody. >> now, a paid presentation for the amazing new sheer cover studio mineral makeup, giving you radiant, flawless-looking skin in seconds. hosted by brooke burke-charvet, with special appearances by stars of "csi: miami," "scrubs" and "hall pass," "the young and the restless," and "the ba

the nationwide event with the photo finish smith battling it out with brad keselowski, smith takes the checkered flag by that much. a minor wreck after the finish. dale earnhardt, jr., part of it. he was okay, so is everyone else. danica patrick finished 19th. let's go to golf, quarterfinals in arizona, frenchman, chipping for birdie on nine, rolls it in to beat mcdowell. bit of a pull front to the green, the chip is short, lock at this, rolls right back to furyk. jason day and ernie els also saw victory today. brought to you by river rock casino. >>> and abc 7 news continues tomorrow morning at 5:00, i'm cornell barnard for colin rush, leyla gulen, thank you for joining us, all the mobile devices with our new abc 7 news app. hope you're having a great saturday. we'll see you soon. good night everybody. is more fun than ever. sees better than ever. ♪ charges faster. and will charge. cool. and heat. from your phone. fact: leaf never needs gas. ever. good for the world. built in america. now, leaf's an easier choice than ever. ♪ shop at choosenissan.com. ♪ shop at choosenissan.com.

. >>> the nationwide event was quite a finish, final lap of a restart, brad keselowski is on the inside and regan smith on the outside. smith gets a push from trevor bayne and wins by a hood. it's the first career win for smith at daytona, but it was messy behind the finish. joe nemechek is rammed from behind by ryan reed. debris made it into the stands were 30 second spectators were treated for injuries. >>> racecourse in sonoma for testing sessions one was held last week and it was practicalry a whose who of open- wheel drivers. it was a sanctioned indycar practice session, even note grand prix of sonoma isn't to august. >> any track time is good for us, just to get everyone working together. we do pit-stop practice. learning what i like from the racecar and what changes work well for me. >> will powers is the three- time winner at sonoma raceway. >> will power is the defending champion and actually won in sonoma three of the last four years buhe knows it's about maintaining that competitive edge. >> it has become to competitive that you can't pick a driver out that you can't say woul

plus, 2012 nascar champion brad keselowski. all next on "live." now, here are kelly ripa and michael strahan! [cheers and applause] ♪