Environmentally friendly and practical, the 2008 Toyota Yaris is a great choice of car for the earth conscience buyer.  At a retail price of around $11,000, this is a car you can afford to buy with money left over for the gas.  This is not a hybrid or an electric car, but the Yaris is better on the environment because of the great gas mileage it gets.  The Yaris gets about 40 miles to the gallon on highways and 35 in the city, making the Yaris something to consider as gas prices rise dramatically.  We don’t necessarily want to drive small, practical cars, but this may be the way of the future so that we can continue to travel as we choose and not have to roll our coins to fill up the gas tank.

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And the winner is?

In the closest race in NASCAR history, the Daytona 500 was won this year by Jamie McMurray…by 6 inches.  Following closely behind McMurray was Kyle Busch, although neither driver knew who won the race until a slow-motion camera was consulted.  The time difference between the two drivers was .005 seconds. 

Jamie McMurray, born June 3, 1976, has been driving in races since he was a young boy.  His official start with NASCAR began in 2002.  He currently drives the #26, sponsored by Crown Royal, and his team is Roush Fenway Racing. 

So far in 2008, McMurray is having a good year.  He made $276,888 for his Daytona 500 win on 2/17/08 and over $400,000 in total this year – and it’s only February.

Kyle Busch, who drives the #18 car, is part of the Joe Gibbs Racing Team.  Busch, who races around the track in the unmistakable M&M car, has been winning races since his 2005 rookie season. 

In his first year in NASCAR, Busch had five wins, 16 top five finishes, and 13 top ten finishes.  He was a runaway candidate for the Rookie of the Year.  Busch, born on May 2, 1985, is one of the youngest drivers ever to win a NASCAR race.