Patience is a virtue

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series rookie Kyle Larson is one of 10 drivers doing double-duty in the Daytona 500 and DRIVE4COPD 300. Though the nose of his No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet was damaged in a last-lap crash in the second 150-mile Budweiser Duel at Daytona qualifying race, Larson wouldn’t trade the experience for a clean race car.

“I feel like I learned a ton last night in the second Duel,” Larson said. “I was able to make a few moves — most that didn’t work — so I learned from that. Sunday (in the Daytona 500) is going to take a lot of patience to log some laps there for the first half of the race, then try to position yourself good for the end of it.

“We got a little front-end damage (Thursday) in that wreck. My Target guys made some repairs on that stuff. I’m sure it will be fine come Sunday — just really looking forward to it and hope to get a good finish.”