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On Pad 39A, Janet Petro, Kennedy Space Center's deputy center director, presents 2008 Daytona 500 winner Ryan Newman one of the racing flags flown last February aboard space shuttle Atlantis' STS-122 mission to the International Space Station. Behind him, at right, is the Daytona International Speedway show car. Newman was visiting Kennedy in honor of NASA's 50th anniversary and the 50th running of NASCAR's Daytona 500 in February. NASA presented Newman two green racing flags. One flag was given to Newman, the second was presented to Daytona 500 Experience General Manager Kim Isemann. A third flag that was flown will be kept by NASA for public display. The connection between NASA and Daytona's International Speedway extends beyond their close proximity to one another. During recent years, technology developed for the space program has found many uses on Earth, including helping NASCAR drivers stay safe and increase performance.
Newman sits behind the wheel of a crawler-transporter at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Unlike his winning race car, the maximum speed of a crawler is 2 mph unloaded.
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