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A great prelude to the 500

By David Newton
ESPN.com

Thursday, February 12, 2009

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. All times Eastern 5:40 p.m. Wow! What a preliminary to the Daytona 500. And what a lot of great stories. Jeff Gordon won the first of Thursday's qualifying races for his first trip to Victory Lane in 40 races. Kyle Busch captured the second, holding off hard-charging Mark Martin, who was already locked into the outside pole for Sunday's "Great American Race." Then there are all the subplots. Jeremy Mayfield and Scott Riggs raced their way into the big one with teams ...

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