Johnson had won the last three fall races at the speedway, but drivers from Roush Fenway Racing had won the last five February races there before Sunday.
Then last week, Democrats officially took control of the chamber, having won a 17-16 mafterty after one bitterly fought June race that was finally resolved with a recount.
"I plan to give it my all for both races, knowing I'm going to have six more weeks after the April race to get ready for May," Smyers said.
But for all his success here, including three Cup wins in the annual July race, Stewart has never captured the Daytona 500.
Hamlin is winless at Charlotte in his career, while Johnson has six victories there, including last year's October race when he led every practice, won the pole and led the most laps on his way to victory lane.
Cancellara is not expected to start the final two April classics, the Amstel Gold Race and Liège-Bastogne-Liège Liège-Bastogne-Liège Liège-Bastogne-Lièger.
His gelding, Balto Star, won two of three races in January and February at Aqueduct before capturing the Arkansas Derby and earning a trip to the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes.
He heads into July with three spring race victories under his belt, including Paris-Nice and the Dauphiné, where Evans finished third.
Neil Wallace is an average fellrunner and lives in Leeds – he will be spotted cursing on Whernside at the Three Peaks race in April; and equipped with jelly beans.
In January five Russian race walkers, including three Olympic champions, were banned for abnormal blood levels in their biological passports.
Long a hub of competitive sailing, Westchester will be the host of three big races next month at the Larchmont Yacht Club: the national championships for the Ideal 18 class, the J-105 North Americans and the National Offshore One Design regatta.
