Here?s the Ricky and Danica version of ?Crash My Party? that Luke Bryan should sing at the Daytona 500

As country singer Luke Bryan prepares to perform before the Daytona 500 on Sunday, Feb. 24, he should make an important NASCAR-themed change to one of his hit songs.

One of the most important facets of a concert is connecting to the audience, and while "Crash My Party" may seem like it could be a NASCAR-themed love song, it's unfortunately not.

It's why Bryan should pay homage to Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Danica Patrick with our version of "Crash My Party." It details the chivalrous thing that Stenhouse Jr. could do if he's leading a race late and Patrick is just behind him.

Oh, we also suggest slow motion clips of NASCAR crashes on the video boards as Bryan sings this song. This could guarantee Bryan a return gig to play the 2015 Daytona 500 as well as endear him to millions of NASCAR fans around the world. And it's a much better Danica and Ricky love song than "Drivin' Around Song." Our song requires no autotuning. Let's all sing along.

It don?t matter what brakes I got, I can smash ?em
Yeah, I can spin this thing around for the next caution flag
And I don?t mind telling all the guys I didn?t mean it
Hell we can all go lie to NASCAR in the hauler tonight

Girl, I don?t care. Oh I just gotta see what you?re driving.
Your hair, is it pulled up inside that helmet?
Oh I just have to see it now.

If I wanna spin out, spin out, spin out
You don?t have to worry ?bout it baby.
I can slow it down at the end of the race
Wreck my car, baby that?s alright.
This is a black flagging kind of thing.
Pull on up, I?ll give you a donut
The checkered flag is yours, I?ll give you the trophy
Baby you can crash my party anytime.

Ain?t a spot on the track that makes me not want to spin me
Ain?t a car that can make me buzz the way that you do
I could be on the front row of the last restart
And look up and see your face in my mirror
And I?m gone so long, hang on. I?ll spin this car around for you

If I wanna spin out, spin out, spin out
You don?t have to worry ?bout it baby.
I can slow it down at the end of the race
Wreck my car, baby that?s alright.
This is a black flagging kind of thing.
Pull on up, I?ll give you a donut
The checkered flag is yours, I?ll give you the trophy
Baby you can crash my party anytime.

If there?s two laps to go
And you?re right behind me
And wondering what I?m doing...

Go ahead and pass me, pass me, pass me
You don?t have to worry ?bout it baby.
I can slow it down at the end of the race
Wreck my car, baby that?s alright.
This is a black flagging kind of thing.
Pull on up, I?ll give you a donut
The checkered flag is yours, I?ll give you the trophy
Baby you can crash my party anytime.

Pass me, Pass me, Pass me

Baby you can crash my party anytime.

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Report: GM knew about fatal Chevy ignition problem decade before recall

Filed under: Budget, Sedan, Government/Legal, Recalls, Safety, Chevrolet, Pontiac

Well, this is not good for General Motors. Following a report last week that GM was recalling 778,000 Chevrolet Cobalt and Pontiac G5 compacts over concerns that the ignition could switch out of the "run" position without warning, USA Today reports that the Detroit-based behemoth knew about the issue, which affected 2005 to 2007 Cobalts (the Cobalt shown above and in the gallery is from 2010) and 2007 Pontiac G5s, all the way back in 2004.

The information comes from a deposition in a civil lawsuit against GM, obtained by USA Today, which claims that a GM engineer experienced the issue while the then-new model was undergoing testing. The issue was "solved" when a technical service bulletin was issued in 2005, informing dealers to install a snap-on key cover on the cars of customers who complained about the issue. According to the Cobalt's program engineering manager, Gary Altman, the cover was an "improvement, it was not a fix to the issue."

The case where the depositions were made was from 2010, and involved Brooke Melton, a 29-year-old pediatric nurse in Georgia who was killed on her birthday. At the time, police claimed she was going too fast on a wet, rural road, although it later came out through the black box that her car's ignition had come out of the "run" position at least three seconds before the accident (the max amount of time a black box records before a wreck), disabling her airbags, power steering and anti-lock brakes. According to USA Today, police said Melton was "traveling too fast for the roadway conditions," although it's impossible to know if she'd have been in the wreck, which injured the occupants of another vehicle, had her 2005 Chevy not shut off. GM settled the Melton family's case, although the details remain confidential.

As we reported last week, GM knew of 22 crashes relating to the ignition issue and six deaths that came from "frontal-impact crashes." According to USA Today, GM wouldn't say whether Melton was one of the six known deaths, as she wasn't in a frontal-impact accident.

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2014 Season Preview: No. 8 Tony Stewart

Welcome to From the Marbles' 2014 season previews. Here's how we think the Chase will shake out in this first year of 16 drivers and eliminations. Will we be right? Unlikely, but it's fun to think about our soothsaying possibilities until the green flag waves for the Daytona 500 on Feb. 23.

Driver: Tony Stewart

2013 Finish: 29th

2013 Highlight: At Dover, a two-tire stop gave Stewart track position and he ran down Juan Pablo Montoya in the waning laps for the win. Had Stewart been in a position to make the Chase, that could have proved to be a vital win. Following his last race of the season at Pocono, he was 11th in the points standings, and at the time, the second driver in the Chase via the Wild Card.

2013 Lowlight: Yes, Stewart's season was cut short by the broken right leg he suffered in a sprint car race, but we'll shy away from that here. It's too obvious. Instead, we'll point to the struggles of the No. 14 car at intermediate tracks. After a seventh place finish in the Coca-Cola 600 when Stewart and then-crew chief Steve Addington battled an ill-handling car, things started trending upwards in the small sample size that ensued.

But before then, Stewart's intermediate track finishes were 11th (Las Vegas), 22nd (Fontana), 21st (Texas), 21st (Kansas) and 15th (Darlington). Hardly Stewartian.

Why is Stewart here? At Thursday's media day, Stewart classified his leg as "65 percent," so the leg will continue to heal as the season goes on. But a healing Stewart is still one of the best drivers in the garage. Stewart's struggles were likely a part of Stewart-Haas Racing being in catch-up mode at the beginning of the season. The team says it's in a much better position in 2014. If that corresponds with Stewart's performance, watch out.

How could Stewart not be here? As much as Stewart says that he's good to go, there will always be some questions, somewhere, about his performance. And those will grow if he starts the season struggling. There's also the matter of a third crew chief in four years, as Chad Johnston is now atop Stewart's pit box. Will it take some time for the duo to work smoothly together? And we must mention that Stewart has had a tendency to wait until the summer for his first win of the season. The chances are small, but with the new Chase format, waiting too long for the first win of the year could be costly (just ask Brad Keselowski).

Best Winter Olympic Event: Bobsled would be a good event for Stewart, however, we're not sure he'd be medically cleared to be a pusher of the sled and be able to hop in and drive. So we'll have to go with luge. No pushing with your feet needed.

Worst Winter Olympic Event: Given the leg, we'll say the moguls. Stewart will scratch out of that one.

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MOUNTAIN VIEW RACING TEAM REPORT NHRA Nationals

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Roush Fenway announces "Race Around America" fan interaction promotion

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Edwards To Appear on ?Big Brain Theory? on Wednesday, June 12th

2013 NSCS Driver Carl Edwards in the No. 99 Fastenal Ford Fusion - Photo Credit: Kevin C. Cox/Getty ImagesCONCORD, N.C. (June 10, 2013) ?�Roush Fenway driver and NASCAR champion�Carl Edwards will appear on Discovery?s ?Big Brain Theory? on Wednesday, June 12th�at 7 p.m. EST. Edwards will join host Kal Pen and full-time judges Dr. Christine...more»

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Austin Dillon takes the pole in the first Daytona 500 for the No. 3 car since Dale Earnhardt?s death in 2001

The No. 3 car is up front in the Sprint Cup Series at Daytona International Speedway again.

Austin Dillon will start on the pole for Sunday's Daytona 500 in the No. 3 car after a lap of 196.019 MPH. It's the first time the No. 3 has been driven in the Cup Series since Dale Earnhardt died on the final lap of the 2001 Daytona 500.

Dillon, 23, is the grandson of Richard Childress, Earnhardt's long-time car owner. Dillon, who has driven for his grandfather in his entire NASCAR career, started driving the No. 3 in 2009 when he made his Camping World Truck Series debut. For the past two seasons, he's driven the No. 3 in the Nationwide Series and won the 2013 Nationwide Series championship.

However, in what will be his 14th start in the Cup Series, it's his first in Earnhardt's famed No. 3.

The number became synonymous with Earnhardt, who won 67 of his 76 Cup wins with the number as well as six of his seven championships. And Daytona became synonymous with Earnhardt, who was exceptional at the track despite a 19 race winless streak in the 500, NASCAR's biggest race.

In 1990, Earnhardt led 155 of the race's 200 laps and was leading on the final lap when he cut a tire in turn four. He finished fifth as Derrike Cope won. In 1993, he was passed by Dale Jarrett on the final corner. He was second again in 1995 and 1996.

He finally won the Daytona 500 in his 20th attempt in 1998, his only 500 win. In addition to two wins in the July Daytona race, Earnhardt won 12 Daytona 500 qualifying races (known now as the Budweiser Duels) and six Busch Clash events (now known as the Sprint Unlimited). He also won the pole for the 500 in 1996.

In 2001, Earnhardt was third on the final lap, trailing the cars of Michael Waltrip and Dale Earnhardt Jr., who were driving for Earnhardt's team, Dale Earnhardt, Inc. However, he and Ken Schrader crashed in the middle of turns three and four and Earnhardt's car hit head-on with the outside wall. He was pronounced dead just after 5 p.m. ET from a basilar he sustained in the crash. In October of that year, NASCAR made head and neck restraints mandatory for all drivers. Earnhardt was not wearing one in February.

When Kevin Harvick replaced Earnhardt the next week, the car's number was switched to the No. 29, the number Harvick drove at RCR through 2013. After the season, Harvick left for Stewart-Haas Racing, giving Dillon and Childress the opportunity to bring the No. 3 back in 2014.

Dillon will start next to Martin Truex Jr., who qualified second for Furniture Row Racing. Only Dillon and Truex have their starting positions guaranteed for Sunday's race. The remaining 47 drivers entered will fill out the 41 spots left in the race on Thursday evening in the Duels.

Danica Patrick, last year's pole qualifier, wound up 25th. Her engine expired during practice Saturday, so she must start at the rear of the field for both her Budweiser Duel and the Daytona 500.

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