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Fans monitor weather, traffic before Daytona 500; Speedway president pitches overhaul plans
The Daytona 500 is set for Sunday, and the big race has some fans worried about two things this weekend: weather and traffic. The excitement has been building all week, but most fans told Channel 9 they're keeping a close eye on the weather as storms are expected to hit at ...
NASCAR moves ahead with concussion awareness
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Jeff Gordon can admit it now. Even with the sweeping changes in how sports treats head injuries, Gordon had never heard of the standard test that offers a tangible measure of what's going on in the brain after a concussion. Dale Earnhardt Jr. made Gordon ...
Harvick Sits Out 2 Daytona 500 Practices
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Kevin Harvick sat out both Daytona 500 practice sessions on Friday and he wasn't alone. Joining Harvick on the sidelines were 11 other drivers, including Richard Childress Racing teammates Austin Dillon and Paul Menard. Dillon is scheduled to make his Daytona 500 debut. Other notables ...
Security in place, already making rounds for Daytona 500
In less than three days, the Daytona International Speedway will host the Daytona 500, and there will be heavy security with everything on-hand from bomb-sniffing dogs to police on motorcycles. In the crowd with tens of thousands of fans who come to watch the race, it’ll be hard to spot ...
Opening Practice at Daytona Includes 5-Car Wreck
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- It took about 10 minutes to wreck several cars at Daytona International Speedway on Friday. Matt Kenseth triggered a five-car accident in the opening practice for the Sprint Unlimited, the non-points race that kicks off the season. Kurt Busch, Carl Edwards, Mark Martin and Juan ...
Photos: Daytona Speedway grandstand renderings
Renderings of proposed upgrades to the Daytona International Speedway grandstands.
Kurt Busch Wins Wild Race At Daytona
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Kurt Busch didn't want to talk about his future. All he wanted to do was celebrate his victory with underfunded Phoenix Racing. Busch won a wild Nationwide race at Daytona International Speedway on Friday night, holding off several challengers over the final hundred ...
Joe Kepner
I added my name to the WFTV Sports team roster in July of 2008 after spending the last two years in Redding, California as the weekend sports anchor at KRCR. While in Northern California I nearly froze covering bass fishing tournaments, got thrown to the mat while rough-housing with mixed ...
Christian Bruey
I joined the WFTV Sports lineup in 2009 after spending the previous two years behind the play-by-play microphone for the Daytona Cubs, Advanced-A Affiliate of the Chicago Cubs. Prior to that, I spent a season in Maryland with the Hagerstown Suns, Single-A Affiliate of the Washington Nationals. I am a ...
Orlando fire apartment complex units catch on fire
Nearly three dozen people at the Governor’s Manor apartment complex on L.B. McLeod Road are homeless Saturday after a fire caused a gaping hole in the roof. “You can see what the damage has done. Flames shooting out the black hole. It was so hot we had to stand over ...
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