NASCAR Readies For 60th Season

The ’08 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule officially gets underway Sunday with the 50th running of the Daytona 500, and THE DAILY presents its annual preview issue on the sport. Among the highlights: sponsors are readying new TV creatives around the historic race; adidas officially launches its new line of Dale Jr. apparel; two top journalists sit down for a roundtable discussion about the sport; Nationwide’s branding chief discusses his company’s title sponsorship of NASCAR’s No. 2 series; Jim Foster takes us back to racing's good ole' days; seven tracks continue to search for title sponsors; and we present a detailed list of NASCAR’s official partners.

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