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MARK LONG
The Associated Press
Saturday, Jul. 05, 2008
Several big-name drivers found trouble at Daytona, an all-too-common occurrence at the 2½-mile superspeedway.
Ryan Newman, who won the season-opening Daytona 500 in February, got spun by Jamie McMurray early in Saturday's Coke Zero 400. Pole-winner Paul Menard got his right-rear fender taped drastically to repair body damage.
Greg Biffle and Juan Pablo Montoya wrecked and brushed the wall on lap 70, and both cars ended up in the garage for major repairs.
Even Cup Series points leader Kyle Busch had trouble. Busch saved a potential wreck on lap 83 after his car wiggled through a turn, then he dropped to the back of the field and complained that his steering wheel was misaligned - a major issue when drivers are trying to keep their cars straight at nearly 200 mph.