The Daytona 500 update:

  Frantic: Get 'er done, and put some NASCAR stockers on this new asphalt (Photo: Daytona)
  

   By Mike Mulhern
   mikemulhern.net

   David Ragan, part of a ticket promotion campaign, drove a few laps on the new asphalt Tuesday.
   The update:
   -- The backstretch is completed, with new asphalt now in place on the skid pad, apron and the existing chicane.
   -- Milling and paving is underway on the apron in turns three and four.
   -- Paving is on-going at the pit exit area.
   -- The catch-fencing in turns one and two is being reinstalled.
   -- The venerable turn four tunnel is being renovated, with new concrete.
   -- Musco lighting is being reinstalled in turns three and four.
   -- The under-drain trench and fabric installation has been completed all the way around the 2.5-mile track.