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CUP: Daytona Red-Flagged – Again
The Daytona 500 was halted twice to fix a hole in the racing surface...
Mike Hembree  |  Posted February 14, 2010   Daytona Beach, FL
Track officials look on as workers repair damage to the track during a red flag stoppage of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway. (Photo: Getty Images)

Persistent problems with asphalt in the second turn have forced a second red-flag delay in the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway.

Earlier, workers patched a hole in the turn during a red-flag period that lasted one hour and 40 minutes. The race returned to green-flag conditions, but NASCAR stopped the event again after 36 laps.

Cars are on pit road and drivers are out of their cars – for a second time – with 39 laps remaining.

Workers are trying a new patch mixture in an attempt to resume the race. The hole is in the track’s lower groove.

Kevin Harvick and Juan Pablo Montoya are first and second during the delay.

Mike Hembree is NASCAR Editor for SPEEDtv.com and has been covering motorsports for 28 years. He has written several books on NASCAR, including "NASCAR: The Definitive History of America's Sport" and "Then Tony Said To Junior: The Best NASCAR Stories Ever Told". He is a six-time winner of the National Motorsports Press Association Writer of the Year Award.

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