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His reunion with Earnhardt Ganassi Racing began with a signature victory in Sunday's Daytona 500, the latest triumph in his résumé of strong restrictor-plate runs and somewhat vindicating after leaving Roush Fenway Racing following last season.

McMurray caps emotional return to Ganassi-led team 2010

We started 30th because qualifying was rained out on Saturday due to the horrible weather that came through, but that's not a big deal at a restrictor-plate track like Talladega.

School colors fly, but Talladega finish tough for Reutimann 2010

I know that's part of restrictor-plate racing and especially at the end of the race, but it's pretty hard to swallow a 14th-place finish when you know you have a great racecar.

School colors fly, but Talladega finish tough for Reutimann 2010

Like a restrictor-plate race in NASCAR, we would mostly hit the first corner four-wide.

Chris Jones Diary: a dry run 2010

Last year, Stewart railed against bump-drafting — a tactic used to gain momentum by slamming into a competitor's back bumper in restrictor-plate races — after one of the Gatorade Duel races.

Stewart saves best shot for last in Daytona Shootout win 2007

But now, NASCAR has a national audience and a big wreck at the end of an already overly-risky restrictor-plate race would not play well in the media, especially after their best driver died three years ago at another track where the cars are hampered by a resctrictor plate.

Archive 2004-04-01 Ed 2004

That turned out to be a restrictor-plate aberration: Four superspeedway races combined for 14 incidents, most of them garden-variety wrecks involving several cars.

USATODAY.com - R. Gordon wreaks havoc with wrecks and aggressive style 2004

But now, NASCAR has a national audience and a big wreck at the end of an already overly-risky restrictor-plate race would not play well in the media, especially after their best driver died three years ago at another track where the cars are hampered by a resctrictor plate.

All we need is Blog? Ed 2004

"One thing about restrictor-plate racing is to go ahead and put your nose in there," Burton said.

USATODAY.com - Five-car crash ends Winston Cup practice 2003

"So what's cool is when you're at DEI, you understand that Dale wanted fast restrictor-plate cars," Waltrip says.

USATODAY.com - Earnhardt team again rules Daytona 2003