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NASCAR Notebook

Wednesday, February 17, 2010 12:00 AM | Printer friendly version | E-mail to a friend |

Associated Press

The NASCAR notebook ...

NEW YORK— Jamie McMurray says he didn't even know about the pothole that caused the first delay at the Daytona 500 and required a pink goo filler.

McMurray overcame the two-hour pothole delay and Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the final lap of a double-overtime sprint finish to win his first Daytona 500.

McMurray said Tuesday during a stop in New York that he thought it was a piece of rubber causing the delay, noting the track was shaded at that spot. The 36-year-old from Joplin, Mo., brushed off the two delays Sunday, using the down time to talk to his crew chief.

In a wild finish, McMurray outlasted 12-time Daytona winner Earnhardt.

McMurray made the rounds of talk shows before heading to Los Angeles for the Auto Club 500 on Sunday.

SADLER'S A DAD

RICHMOND, Va — NASCAR driver Elliott Sadler has won the race to the delivery room.

Sadler's wife gave birth to a baby boy on Monday morning, a day after his 24th-place finish in the Daytona 500.

Sadler says on his Web site the baby is named Wyatt Herman Fritz Sadler.

Four other drivers have announced their wives are pregnant and due this season, including Carl Edwards, who nervously hoped all weekend his wife would make it to her Wednesday due date.

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Also expecting babies are four-time series champions Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon, as well as Juan Pablo Montoya.

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