Florida Bush Fire Prompts Evacuations and Closed Roads.

"Barely 24 hours after Bill Uszenski places 144 flags at the graves of deceased members of the Florida Fire Department, bush fires has shut down roads in central Florida and forced evacuations, authorities said."

Florida Power Blackout Remains a Puzzle

Florida power officials are still trying to figure out how a glitch at a substation cut power to millions of people across the southern part of the state.The Associated Press is working with NowPublic to help get coverage from people affected by this story. We are asking...

Florida power outage leaves 4 mill in the dark

See here for the current story on the issue. 8 substations have failed, leaving 4 million Floridians in the dark. The cause is still unknown but terrorism has been ruled out.  " a domino effect in the South Florida power grid which caused a massive outage along the east...

NASCANNER : Drivers to Watch

" Jimmie Johnson As the two-time defending champion, Johnson, above, enters the 2008 season as the one to beat as he seeks to tie Cale Yarborough and become only the second driver to win three titles in a row. Johnson and his cutting-edge crew chief, Chad Knaus, who...

Small Plane Hits Orlando Neighborhood

UPDATE: The plane was reportedly from a NASCAR hanger, although no information on the identities of the passengers has been released yet. A small civilian plane crashed into a suburban neighborhood in Orlando, FL, causing at least two house fires and injuring four."SANFORD,...

NASCAR College Tour visits Alabama State (Nascar)

" From Press Release October 5, 2006 04:54 PM EDT (20:54 GMT) DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The 2006 NASCAR College Tour presented by Coca-Cola began Thursday with a visit to Alabama State University. The tour, in its sixth year of existence, will visit four Historically Black...

International Speedway Provides Additional Details on NASCAR Television Agree...

" By PR Newswire DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Oct. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- International Speedway Corporation (Nasdaq: ISCA) (OTC Bulletin Board: ISCB) ("ISC") today provided additional details on NASCAR's domestic broadcast rights contracts for its NEXTEL Cup, Busch and...

Gardner named director of security for NASCAR (Nascar)

" Official Release September 21, 2006 12:26 PM EDT (16:26 GMT) DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- NASCAR has named Gary L. Gardner, a veteran supervisory special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, as its new director of security. Gardner will oversee all aspects of NASCAR's...

Crotty added to NASCAR board of directors (Nascar)

" From Press Release August 30, 2006 12:04 PM EDT (16:04 GMT) DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- W. Garrett "Gary" Crotty, Secretary and General Counsel for NASCAR, has been named to NASCAR's Board of Directors. Crotty, 43, is a native of Daytona Beach. He received his undergraduate...