1.   As originally advertised, it will be the first restrictor plate race run at night.

2.   Drivers really can pass during a restrictor plate race at the Daytona International Speedway.

3.   For the first time in history, Cup teams will compete in back-to-back restrictor plate races at the Talladega Superspeedway and the Daytona International Speedway.

4.   Here are the basics that make a NASCAR plate race decidedly different.

5.   If the Roush teams have a weakness, it has been their performance in restrictor plate races.

6.   Native Texan Bobby Labonte has to rate as the odds-on favorite at the upcoming plate races.

7.   The revised aerodynamic package introduced for that carburetor restrictor plate race was in effect at Daytona for the first time on Sunday.

8.   To have Michael behind me is everything at these plate races.

9.   When Dodge decided to return to Winston Cup, it put most of its emphasis on the restrictor plate races at Talladega and Daytona.

10.   What Stewart learned is what everybody learns the first time he is placed in the dicey throes of a restrictor plate race.