NASCAR Cup Series

NASCAR, Waltrip honor Sandy Hook

Published Feb. 14, 2013 12:00 a.m. ET

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Michael Waltrip will honor and raise funds for Sandy Hook Elementary School in the No. 26 car at the Daytona 500.

The two-time Daytona 500 winner was set to drive the No. 30 Toyota in a one-race deal. The number instead will be changed to No. 26 to honor the victims. Sandy Hook is the school in Newtown, Conn., where 20 first-graders and six adults were killed by a gunman on Dec. 14.

The No. 26 car was at Daytona International Speedway on Thursday and had a black-and-green ribbon on the hood. Waltrip also owns a team and all three entries will run with the ''text NEWTOWN to 80888'' decal for the Daytona 500 on Feb. 24.

NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France and Waltrip visited Newtown last week.