NASCAR's most famous race track is seemingly safer and possibly more politically correct as the series returned to its birthplace Friday. Daytona International Speedway, in the final push of a $400 million renovation, has come close to covering the speedway in energy-absorbing SAFER barriers as track President Joie Chitwood vowed to do after Kyle Busch was injured in February. Busch, who broke his right leg and left foot when he crashed into a concrete wall a day before the season-opening Daytona 500, made his return to the speedway Friday and promptly wrecked in an 11-car crash minutes into the opening practice session. More...