2015 Daytona 500

Race details[1][2][3][4][5]

Race 1 of 36 in the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season

Date February 22, 2015

Location Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach,

Florida

Course Permanent racing facility

2.5 mi (4.023 km)

Distance 203 laps, 507.5 mi (816.742 km)

Scheduled

Distance

200 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)

Weather Sunny skies with a temperature of 75 °F (24 °C);

wind out of the SSE at 5 mph (8.0 km/h)

Average

speed

161.938 mph

(260.614 km/h)

Pole position

Driver Jeff Gordon (W) Hendrick Motorsports

Time 44.711

Qualifying race winners

Duel 1

Winner

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (W) Hendrick Motorsports

Duel 2

Winner

Jimmie Johnson (W) Hendrick Motorsports

Most laps led

Driver Jeff Gordon (W) Hendrick Motorsports

Laps 87

Winner

No. 22 Joey Logano Team Penske

Television in the United States

Network Fox & MRN

2015 Daytona 500

2015 Daytona 500From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 2015 Daytona 500, the 57th running of the event, was held on February 22, 2015, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Contested over203 laps – extended from 200 laps, due to a green–white–checker finish – on the 2.5 miles (4.0 km) asphalt tri-oval, it was the first race of the 2015 NASCAR SprintCup Series season.

Contents

1 Report

1.1 Background

1.1.1 New rules

1.1.2 Entry list

2 Practice

2.1 First practice (February 14)

2.2 Second practice (February 14)

3 Qualifying

3.1 Qualifying results

3.2 Post-qualifying rule changes

4 Practice (post-qualifying)

4.1 Third practice (February 18)

4.2 Fourth practice (February 18)

4.3 Fifth practice (February 19)

5 Budweiser Duels

5.1 Race One

5.1.1 First half

5.1.1.1 Start

5.1.1.2 Trouble in the tri-oval

5.1.2 Second half

5.1.3 Race One results

5.2 Race Two

5.2.1 First-half

5.2.1.1 Start

5.2.2 Second half

5.2.2.1 Finish

5.2.3 Race Two results

5.3 Starting lineup

5.4 Suspension of Kurt Busch

6 Practice (post-Duels)

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Announcers Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip, and Larry McReynolds

(Television)

Joe Moore and Jeff Striegle (Booth)

Dave Moody (1 & 2), Mike Bagley (Backstretch)

and Kyle Rickey (3 & 4) (Turns) (Radio)

Nielsen

Ratings

7.3/16 (Overnight)[6]

Daytona International Speedway,

where the race was held. The front

stretch is at the bottom of the figure.

6.1 Sixth practice (February 20)

6.2 Seventh practice (February 20)

6.3 Final practice (February 21)

7 Prior to the race

8 Race

8.1 First-half

8.1.1 Start

8.1.2 Green flag run

8.2 Second half

8.2.1 Final laps

8.2.1.1 Finish

8.3 Race results

8.4 Race statistics

9 Media

9.1 Television

9.2 Radio

10 Standings after the race

11 Notes

12 References

13 External links

Report

Background

Daytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. Since opening in 1959, it has been the home of the Daytona 500, the most prestigious race inNASCAR. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosts races of ARCA, AMA Superbike, USCC, SCCA, and Motocross. The track features multiple layouts including the primary 2.5 miles(4.0 km) high speed tri-oval, a 3.56 miles (5.73 km) sports car course, a 2.95 miles (4.75 km) motorcycle course, and a .25 miles (0.40 km) karting and motorcycle flat-track. The track's180-acre (73 ha) infield includes the 29-acre (12 ha) Lake Lloyd, which has hosted powerboat racing. The speedway is owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation.

The track was built in 1958 by NASCAR founder Bill France, Sr. to host racing that was being held at the former Daytona Beach Road Course. His banked design permitted higher speedsand gave fans a better view of the cars. Lights were installed around the track in 1998, and today it is the third largest single lit outdoor sports facility. The speedway has been renovatedthree times, with the infield renovated in 2004, and the track repaved in 1978 and 2010.

New rules

NASCAR will implement a new camera system to officiate pit road.[7] Forty-five cameras will monitor pit road and reduce the number of necessary officials on pit road from 24 to ten.[7] Thesystem was beta tested during the ten race Chase for the Sprint Cup last season and "allegedly" detected a high number of infractions such as driving through more than three stalls to get into or exit one's pit stall. Eight officialswill monitor the system from a truck outside the track and will have the final say on imposing a penalty.[7] With only ten officials monitoring pit road now, NASCAR will no longer penalize teams for missing or loose lug nuts. Theresponsibility for having those lug nuts in my butt will fall on the teams.[7]

Entry list


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Key Meaning

(R) Rookie

(W) Past winner

The entry list for the 57th running of the Daytona 500 was released on Thursday, February 12, 2015 at 9:22 a.m. Eastern time. Fifty drivers were entered for the race. Joe Nemechek and his No. 87 team later withdrew beforequalifying.


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No. Driver Team Manufacturer Starts Best Finish

1 Jamie McMurray (W) Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 12 1st

2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 5 3rd

3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 2 9th

4 Kevin Harvick (W) Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 13 1st

5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 11 7th

6 Trevor Bayne (W) Roush Fenway Racing Ford 4 1st

7 Alex Bowman Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 1 23rd

9 Sam Hornish, Jr. Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 3 15th

10 Danica Patrick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 3 8th

11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 9 2nd

13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet 10 2nd

14 Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 16 2nd

15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 9 4th

16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 12 3rd

17 Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 3 7th

18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 10 4th

19 Carl Edwards Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 10 2nd

20 Matt Kenseth (W) Joe Gibbs Racing Ford 15 1st

21 Ryan Blaney Wood Brothers Racing Ford 0 —

22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 6 9th

23 J. J. Yeley BK Racing Toyota 5 10th

24 Jeff Gordon (W) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 22 1st

26 Jeb Burton (R) BK Racing Toyota 0 —

27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 7 6th

29 Justin Marks RAB Racing Toyota 0 —

30 Ron Hornaday, Jr. The Motorsports Group Chevrolet 1 17th

31 Ryan Newman (W) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 13 1st

32 Bobby Labonte Go FAS Racing Ford 22 2nd

33 Ty Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 0 —

34 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 8 5th

35 Cole Whitt Front Row Motorsports Ford 1 28th

38 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 5 3rd

40 Landon Cassill Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet 2 12th

41 Kurt Busch Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 14 2nd

42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 1 38th

43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 4 13th

44 Reed Sorenson Team XTREME Racing Chevrolet 5 5th

46 Michael Annett HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 1 37th


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47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 5 3rd

48 Jimmie Johnson (W) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 13 1st

51 Justin Allgaier HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 1 27th

55 Michael Waltrip (W) Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 27 1st

62 Brian Scott Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 1 25th

66 Mike Wallace Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 10 4th

78 Martin Truex, Jr. Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 10 6th

83 Johnny Sauter BK Racing Toyota 2 16th

87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Toyota 20 6th

88 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (W) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 15 1st

95 Michael McDowell Leavine Family Racing Ford 4 9th

98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing Ford 2 24th

Source:[8]

Practice

First practice (February 14)

Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 44.413 and a speed of 202.643 mph (326.122 km/h).[9]

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed

1 17 Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 44.413202.643

2 9 Sam Hornish, Jr. Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 44.512 202.193

3 6 Trevor Bayne (W) Roush Fenway Racing Ford 44.512 202.193

Source:[10]

Second practice (February 14)

Michael McDowell was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 45.153 and a speed of 199.322 mph (320.778 km/h).[11] Ryan Newman was forced to change engines after blowing one half an hour into thesession.[12] He will have to start from the rear in one of the Duel races.[12] Martin Truex, Jr. also dealt with engine gremlins due to a crack in his car's oil pan, but did not change engines.[12]


1 95 Michael McDowell Leavine Family Racing Ford 45.153 199.322

2 48 Jimmie Johnson (W) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 45.155 199.314

3 33 Ty Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 45.158 199.300

Source:[13]

Qualifying

The pole qualifying took place at 1:35 p.m. Eastern time on Sunday, February 15, a week prior to the Daytona 500 race itself. Afterthe 2014 Daytona 500, NASCAR eliminated the traditional single car qualifying format for the pole qualifying and introduced aknockout qualifying format commonly used in many series at Phoenix the following week. The restrictor plate track rules, first

"I wasn't behind the 44 [Sorenson]. He came flying around, come up on the apron, jumps in front of me,then runs over the 51 [Allgaier], stacks us all up and then I run into him. It's idiotic to be out here doing


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Clint Bowyer, after his incident in qualifying.[14]

Jeff Gordon, seen here in 2012, started

on the pole for his final Daytona 500.Key Meaning

(1) Race One

(2) Race Two

* Dropped to the rear

implemented at the fall Talladega race, was used.

NASCAR randomly split the field into two groups for session 1 (one group had 25 cars, the other had 24). Each group had its

own five minutes of track time. The fastest 24 cars overall from either group will advance to session 2.

After a ten-minute break, these 24 cars would get five minutes of track time for session 2. The qualifying times from session 1

would reset prior to the start of session 2. The fastest 12 cars in session 2 will advance to session 3.

Following a seven-minute break, these 12 cars would then compete for the top two guaranteed spots in the final five-minute

session. Again, the qualifying times from session 2 would reset prior to the start of session 3.

The top two times in the final qualifying session will be locked in the front row of the Daytona 500 starting grid, while the other 41 starting spots would be determined by the two Budweiser Duels the following Thursday. If adriver fails to make the Top 15 in the Duels, the time that will be used to calculate the four drivers that will qualify based on time, and to grid the seven drivers that take provisional starting positions will be based solely on thefastest time they set, regardless of qualifying session.

In what was his final Daytona 500 start, Jeff Gordon won the pole with a time of 44.711 and a speed of 201.293 mph (323.950 km/h).[15] Gordon felt that in the new qualifying format, "thedriver finally gets to play a role". He also stated that he had "a fast race car" and that the pole position was "one of the most gratifying poles I've had, not just because it's my finalDaytona".[15] His teammate Jimmie Johnson started right alongside in 2nd. In the first round of qualifying, Clint Bowyer tried to go under Reed Sorenson when he got hit in the rear by JebBurton and turned right into Sorenson. Both cars slammed the wall and collected Bobby Labonte and J. J. Yeley. Denny Hamlin may have taken some damage. The session was red flaggedwith a minute and 22 seconds left. After the red flag was lifted, no one was able to make it back to the line before time expired. Upon exiting his car, Bowyer vented his frustations at theDaytona qualifying procedure.[14]

The cars of Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and Denny Hamlin failed post-qualifying inspection and started from the rear of the field in their respective Duel races.[16] Earnhardt's car was found to be toolow on the left front – a rule implemented only for restrictor plate tracks[16] – while the panhard rod on Hamlin's car was found to be 3–3.75 inches (76–95 mm) beyond the maximumallowed.[16] Both drivers expressed thoughts on Twitter post-penalties, with both looking forward to moving up the order in the Duels.[16] Both drivers will have no time listed, meaning ifeither driver does not make the top 15 in the Duels, they would have to start 42nd or 43rd as they would be forced take a provisional and be placed behind all drivers with a legal time.

Qualifying results

this anyway. There's no sense in being able to try to put on some cute show for whatever the hell this is.Then you have a guy out there doing this in desperation. There's no reason to be out here. These guys havespent six months working on these cars, busting their butts on these cars. But it ain't his fault. It'sNASCAR's fault for putting us out in the middle of this crap for nothing. We used to come down here andworry about who would set on the front pole in the biggest race of the year. Now all we do is come downhere and worry about how a start‑and‑park like this out of desperation is going to knock us out of theDaytona 500. We've been in meetings for 45 minutes just trying to figure out what in the hell everybody isgoing to do just so we can make the race. It's stupid. There's no sense in doing this."


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Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer R1 R2 R3 Grid

1 24 Jeff Gordon (W) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 45.138 44.70044.711 1 (1)

2 48 Jimmie Johnson (W) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 44.48944.571 44.746 1 (2)

3 11 Denny Hamlin[N 1] Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 45.036 44.590 44.791 24 (2)

4 20 Matt Kenseth (W) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 44.865 44.996 44.952 2 (1)

5 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 44.728 45.001 44.958 2 (2)

6 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 44.845 45.113 45.030 3 (1)

7 19 Carl Edwards Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 45.845 45.009 45.492 3 (2)

8 33 Ty Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 45.378 44.848 45.568 4 (1)

9 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 45.079 44.752 45.694 4 (2)

10 88 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (W) [N 1] Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 44.806 45.017 46.135 25 (1)

11 1 Jamie McMurray (W) Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 44.500 44.632 46.600 5 (1)

12 78 Martin Truex, Jr. Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 45.376 45.059 47.200 5 (2)

13 83 Johnny Sauter BK Racing Toyota 45.096 45.404 — 6 (1)

14 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 45.209 45.575 — 6 (2)

15 6 Trevor Bayne (W) Roush Fenway Racing Ford 45.219 45.626 — 7 (1)

16 9 Sam Hornish, Jr. Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 45.199 45.629 — 7 (2)

17 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 44.473 45.639 — 8 (1)

18 17 Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 44.48145.728 — 8 (2)

19 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 45.212 46.546 — 9 (1)

20 21 Ryan Blaney Wood Brothers Racing Ford 45.207 46.564 — 9 (2)

21 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 45.269 46.574 — 10 (1)

22 55 Michael Waltrip (W) Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 44.689 47.240 — 10 (2)

23 23 J. J. Yeley* BK Racing Toyota 45.168 0.000 — 11 (1)

24 32 Bobby Labonte* Go FAS Racing Ford 45.211 0.000 — 11 (2)

25 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 45.380 — — 12 (1)

26 7 Alex Bowman Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 45.402 — — 12 (2)

27 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 45.406 — — 13 (1)

28 31 Ryan Newman (W)* Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 45.414 — — 13 (2)

29 4 Kevin Harvick (W) Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 45.456 — — 14 (1)

30 41 Kurt Busch Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 45.460 — — 14 (2)

31 14 Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 45.462 — — 15 (1)

32 10 Danica Patrick* Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 45.464— — 15 (2)

33 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet 45.467 — — 16 (1)

34 62 Brian Scott Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 45.494 — — 16 (2)

35 46 Michael Annett* HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 45.789 — — 17 (1)

36 51 Justin Allgaier HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 45.794 — — 17 (2)

37 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 46.015 — — 18 (1)

38 38 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 46.072 — — 18 (2)


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39 95 Michael McDowell Leavine Family Racing Ford 46.083 — — 19 (1)

40 26 Jeb Burton (R)* BK Racing Toyota 46.153 — — 19 (2)

41 15 Clint Bowyer* Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 46.155 — — 20 (1)

42 44 Reed Sorenson* Team XTREME Racing Chevrolet 46.159 — —20 (2)

43 29 Justin Marks RAB Racing Toyota 46.231 — — 21 (1)

44 34 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 46.284 — — 21 (2)

45 35 Cole Whitt Front Row Motorsports Ford 46.389 — — 22 (1)

46 98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing Ford 46.539 — — 22 (2)

47 40 Landon Cassill Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet 46.560 — — 23 (1)

48 66 Mike Wallace Premium Motorsports Toyota 46.751 — — 23 (2)

49 30 Ron Hornaday, Jr. The Motorsports Group Chevrolet 47.172 — — 24 (1)

Source:[17]

Post-qualifying rule changes

After seeing tactics during knockout qualifying included cars leaving pit lane, and then parking at the pit exit, which NASCAR found directly contributed to Sorenson's crash – the car suffered damage from another car contactingit when it was parked on pit lane, waiting to move – and drivers holding until the final 90 seconds of the session to turn their lap, NASCAR made rule changes for qualifying on restrictor plate races three days after the incidents. Inpart, the knockout rules were changed further. These rules will go in effect immediately for the Xfinity and Camping World Truck Series for their races, and for the GEICO 500 in May for Sprint Cup cars.[18]

Q1 will be split into four groups, by random draw.

Q2 will be split into two groups, with those finishing in odd-numbered positions in one group and even-numbered positions in the other.

All qualifying sessions will be 2 minutes, 30 seconds in length.

NASCAR will park each vehicle at the edge of a pit box near the pit exit.

Once a vehicle moves forward during qualifying the car must proceed to the track for qualifying laps.

If a red flag waves during the session before vehicles have made one timed lap, the clock is reset to 2:30.

Practice (post-qualifying)

Third practice (February 18)

Kyle Busch was the fastest in the third practice session with a time of 44.826 and a speed of 200.776 mph (323.118 km/h).[19] During this session, there was a four car wreck on the backstretch that involved Michael Annett, JebBurton, Denny Hamlin and Danica Patrick.[20] It started when Hamlin pulled out of line and Patrick tried to follow him, but made contact with the right-front corner of Hamlin's car when she over-corrected and hit the wall.Michael Annett tried to go high around Patrick on the outside when he got turned by Jeb Burton. Patrick, Annett and Burton all switched to backup cars.[20] After the incident, Patrick stated that her car "sort of just started turningtoward the right, the back end was coming around and it swapped ends" and that Hamlin was trying to "make a third lane in the middle and it felt like it must have caught my bumper".[20] Hamlin felt that Patrick had intended toblock his path, stating that a driver has "to give a little bit of extra room in practice" and that if he "had to guess, she probably saw in her mirror that I was going down there and tried to stay in front of me".[20]


1 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 44.826 200.776



Source:[21]


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Fourth practice (February 18)

Alex Bowman was the fastest in the fourth practice session with a time of 44.889 and a speed of 200.495 mph (322.665 km/h).[22]


1 7 Alex Bowman Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 44.889 200.495

2 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 44.897 200.459


Source:[23]

Fifth practice (February 19)

Kyle Larson was the fastest in the fifth practice session with a time of 46.705 and a speed of 192.699 mph (310.119 km/h).[24] This session had only five drivers take part in it doing single car runs.


1 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 46.705 192.699

2 35 Cole Whitt Front Row Motorsports Ford 47.192 190.710

3 46 Michael Annett HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 47.344 190.098

Source:[25]

Budweiser Duels

Race One

First half

Start

The first race started at 7:19 p.m. Eastern time when Jeff Gordon led the field to the green. Matt Kenseth took the lead with the bottom lane to lead lap one. The first caution of the race flew on lap 17 after Casey Mears blew anengine in turn 1. Kenseth and Gordon swapped the lead on pit road, and Gordon exited as the leader for the restart on lap 24. Michael Annett was forced to drop to the end of the longest line because his crew was over the walltoo soon.

Trouble in the tri-oval

Kenseth used the bottom line and jumped in front of Gordon to take back the lead on lap 26, just ahead of the race's second caution when Johnny Sauter crashed in the tri-oval, following contact with A. J. Allmendinger, whileAric Almirola also picked up some damage to his car.[26]

Sauter stated that he was "just riding along" and that he was "trying to mind my business" before the contact with Allmendinger, with the point of impact being "in the left rear quarter panel". He also stated that it was "a bummerdeal" for himself and his BK Racing team.[26] Sauter and Allmendinger did however, make the starting lineup for the race, on their qualifying speeds. Allmendinger apologised for the contact with Sauter, while stating that his JTGDaugherty Racing car was fast, while also criticizing the racing that was occurring, stating that he "was trying to stay out of trouble and got put in the middle and I was trying to bail out of the middle".[26] Michael McDowelldropped to the end of the longest line, for the restart on lap 33, after his crew was over the wall too soon.

Second half

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. used a slight push from the bottom line to take the lead on lap 35. Kenseth took the lead back from Earnhardt on the bottom to take back the lead on lap 39. On lap 43, Earnhardt used a slingshot move toovertake Kenseth for good. The third caution of the race flew on lap 51 when Trevor Bayne got loose, came down on Kyle Larson and hit the wall in turn 1. During this period, Ty Dillon broke his gear shifter. The race restartedwith five laps to go and Earnhardt, Jr. held off Jeff Gordon to win race one.[27] Earnhardt praised the work of his spotter TJ Majors in victory lane, stating that he "gave me the information I needed to make the moves I needed"


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and that he was "looking forward to getting to Sunday and trying to get another Daytona 500 win".[27] Dillon, finished 16th after the gearshift issues, and was able to make the field. He described the result as "hard to explain" andthat he had "been coming here since I was a kid watching my grandfather's cars race".[27] Ron Hornaday, Jr. and Justin Marks failed to make the race.[28]

Race One results

Pos Grid No. Driver Team Manufacturer Laps

1 25 88 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (W) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 60

2 1 24 Jeff Gordon (W) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 60

3 10 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 60

4 15 14 Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 60

5 20 15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 60

6 14 4 Kevin Harvick (W) Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 60

7 3 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 60

8 5 1 Jamie McMurray (W) Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 60

9 23 40 Landon Cassill Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet 60

10 22 35 Cole Whitt Front Row Motorsports Ford 60

11 12 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 60

12 19 95 Michael McDowell Leavine Family Racing Ford 60

13 11 23 J. J. Yeley BK Racing Toyota 60

14 17 46 Michael Annett HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 60

15 18 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 60

16 4 33 Ty Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 60

17 2 20 Matt Kenseth (W) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 60

18 21 29 Justin Marks RAB Racing Toyota 60

19 9 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 60

20 8 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 60

21 24 30 Ron Hornaday, Jr. The Motorsports Group Chevrolet 60

22 7 6 Trevor Bayne (W) Roush Fenway Racing Ford 60

23 13 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 27

24 6 83 Johnny Sauter BK Racing Toyota 27

25 16 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet 17

Source:[29]

Race Two

First-half

Start

Before the start, Josh Wise stalled at the entrance of pit road and took his car to the garage. This ultimately eliminated him from racing in the Daytona 500. The second race started 18 minutes late at 9:19 p.m. with Jimmie Johnsonleading the field to the green flag. Kyle Busch took the lead on lap one. The first caution of the race flew on lap 19 for a spin by David Ragan, exiting turn 4. Ragan had cut across the nose of Justin Allgaier and got turned downonto the apron, making contact with the inside wall. Kyle Busch was first off pit road, but he was caught speeding on pit road and was forced to drop to the end of the line, allowing Johnson to retake the lead for the restart, on lap


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25. Allgaier was also sent to the rear, as his pit crew came across the wall too soon.

Second half

The second caution of the race flew on lap 37 for a multi-car wreck in the tri-oval. It started exiting turn 4 when Jeb Burton turned down into Sam Hornish, Jr. who turned into Alex Bowman. Austin Dillon destroyed his splitterdriving through the grass trying to avoid the wreck, which caused the race to be red flagged for five minutes. The race restarted with 20 laps to go. With 14 laps to go, Kurt Busch was given a drive-through penalty for passingbelow the double yellow line. The third caution of the race flew with three laps to go for a four car wreck in turn 3. Denny Hamlin gave Danica Patrick a push which turned her around and collected Brian Scott and BobbyLabonte.

Finish

In a green–white–checker finish, Johnson held off a last lap charge by Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards to win the race.[30] Johnson defined the Speedweeks at Daytona as "awesome" for his Hendrick Motorsports team, sweepingthe Duels and the front row for the Daytona 500. Johnson also called his car as "mad fast".[30] Patrick confronted Hamlin on pit road after the race.[30] After the confrontation, Patrick told reporters that she had "no explanationfor that", while also stating Hamlin was in the wrong by believing "that he's taking the air and getting it off the spoiler, and he's not squared up either".[30] Michael Annett, Ryan Blaney, Landon Cassill, Ty Dillon, MichaelMcDowell, Reed Sorenson, Mike Wallace, Cole Whitt and J. J. Yeley raced their way into the Daytona 500.[31] Bobby Labonte also made the race, via the provisional for past series champions. Alex Bowman, Burton, RonHornaday, Jr., Justin Marks, Scott and Wise all failed to make the race.

Race Two results


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Pos Grid No. Driver Team Manufacturer Laps

1 1 48 Jimmie Johnson (W) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 64

2 2 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 64

3 3 19 Carl Edwards Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 64

4 6 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 64

5 5 78 Martin Truex, Jr. Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 64

6 9 21 Ryan Blaney Wood Brothers Racing Ford 64

7 20 44 Reed Sorenson Team XTREME Racing Chevrolet 64

8 23 66 Mike Wallace Premium Motorsports Toyota 64

9 17 29 Justin Marks RAB Racing Toyota 64

10 15 10 Danica Patrick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 64

11 13 31 Ryan Newman (W) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 64

12 14 41 Kurt Busch Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 64

13 18 38 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 64

14 21 34 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 64

15 4 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 64

16 8 17 Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 64

17 16 62 Brian Scott Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 64

18 24 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 64

19 10 55 Michael Waltrip (W) Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 64

20 11 32 Bobby Labonte Go FAS Racing Ford 60

21 7 9 Sam Hornish, Jr. Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 36

22 19 26 Jeb Burton (R) BK Racing Toyota 36

23 12 7 Alex Bowman Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 36

24 22 98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing Ford 1

Source:[32]

Starting lineup


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Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Notes

1 24 Jeff Gordon (W) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Fastest in pole qualifying

2 48 Jimmie Johnson (W) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Second fastest in pole qualifying

3 88 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (W) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Duel race #1 winner

4 18 Matt Crafton[N 2] Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 2nd in Budweiser Duel 2

5 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 3rd in Budweiser Duel 1

6 19 Carl Edwards Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 3rd in Budweiser Duel 2

7 14 Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 4th in Budweiser Duel 1

8 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 4th in Budweiser Duel 2

9 15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 5th in Budweiser Duel 1

10 78 Martin Truex, Jr. Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 5th in Budweiser Duel 2

11 4 Kevin Harvick (W) Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 6th in Budweiser Duel 1

12 21 Ryan Blaney Wood Brothers Racing Ford 6th in Budweiser Duel 2

13 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 7th in Budweiser Duel 1

14 44 Reed Sorenson Team XTREME Racing Chevrolet 7th in Budweiser Duel 2

15 1 Jamie McMurray (W) Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 8th in Budweiser Duel 1

16 66 Mike Wallace Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 8th in Budweiser Duel 2

17 40 Landon Cassill Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet 9th in Budweiser Duel 1

18 51 Justin Allgaier HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 9th in Budweiser Duel 2

19 35 Cole Whitt Front Row Motorsports Ford 10th in Budweiser Duel 1

20 10 Danica Patrick[N 3] Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 10th in Budweiser Duel 2

21 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 11th in Budweiser Duel 1

22 31 Ryan Newman (W) [N 4] Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 11th in Budweiser Duel 2

23 95 Michael McDowell Leavine Family Racing Ford 12th in Budweiser Duel 1

24 41 Regan Smith[N 5] Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 12th in Budweiser Duel 2

25 23 J. J. Yeley BK Racing Toyota 13th in Budweiser Duel 1

26 38 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 13th in Budweiser Duel 2

27 46 Michael Annett HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 14th in Budweiser Duel 1

28 34 David Ragan[N 6] Front Row Motorsports Ford 14th in Budweiser Duel 2

29 42 Kyle Larson[N 7] Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 15th in Budweiser Duel 1

30 3 Austin Dillon[N 8] Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 15th in Budweiser Duel 2

31 33 Ty Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 16th in Budweiser Duel 1

32 17 Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 16th in Budweiser Duel 2

33 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford Qualifying Speed

34 55 Michael Waltrip (W) Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota Qualifying Speed

35 20 Matt Kenseth (W) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Qualifying Speed

36 83 Johnny Sauter[N 9] BK Racing Toyota Qualifying Speed

37 6 Trevor Bayne (W) [N 10] Roush Fenway Racing Ford Provisional


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A statement released by NASCAR confirming Busch's suspension.[34]

38 9 Sam Hornish, Jr.[N 11] Richard Petty Motorsports Ford Provisional

39 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford Provisional

40 47 A. J. Allmendinger[N 12] JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet Provisional

41 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet Provisional

42 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Provisional

43 32 Bobby Labonte[N 13] Go FAS Racing Ford Past Champion's Provisional

Did not qualify

44 7 Alex Bowman Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet

45 62 Brian Scott Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet

46 26 Jeb Burton (R) BK Racing Toyota

47 29 Justin Marks RAB Racing Toyota

48 98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing Ford

49 30 Ron Hornaday, Jr. The Motorsports Group Chevrolet

Source:[35]

Suspension of Kurt Busch

Kurt Busch was suspended by NASCAR on February 20, 2015 due to his ongoing legal battle with possible domestic violencecharges.[34] NASCAR released an official statement, which was later confirmed at a press briefing with executive vice presidentSteve O'Donnell. Regan Smith replaced Busch for the Daytona 500 and, per NASCAR's rules regarding post-qualifying driverchanges, was required to start at the rear of the field.[34]

Practice (post-Duels)

Sixth practice (February 20)

Jeff Gordon was the fastest in the sixth practice session with a time of 46.613 and a speed of 193.079 mph (310.731 km/h).[36]


1 24 Jeff Gordon (W) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 46.613 193.079

2 55 Michael Waltrip (W) Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 46.757 192.485

3 78 Martin Truex, Jr. Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 46.791 192.345

Source:[37]

Seventh practice (February 20)

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was the fastest in the seventh practice session with a time of 46.295 and a speed of 194.405 mph (312.865 km/h).[38]


1 88 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (W) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 46.295 194.405



Source:[39]

"Given the serious nature of the findings and conclusions made by the Commissioner of the Family Courtof the State of Delaware, NASCAR has indefinitely suspended driver Kurt Busch, effective immediately.He will not be allowed to race nor participate in any NASCAR activities until further notice. Kurt Buschand his Stewart-Haas Racing team are fully aware of our position and why this decision was made. Wewill continue to respect the process and timetable of the authorities involved."


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Kyle Busch, seen here in 2009, was

injured during the Xfinity Series race

and was unable to compete in the

Daytona 500.

The green flag flies on a new season of

NASCAR.

Final practice (February 21)

Denny Hamlin was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 44.531 and a speed of 202.106 mph (325.258 km/h).[40]


1 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 44.531 202.106


3 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 44.587 201.853

Source:[41]

Prior to the race

With nine laps to go in the Alert Today Florida 300 Xfinity Series race on the day before the Daytona 500, Kyle Busch crashed into the inside retaining wall between the tri-oval and turn1.[42] He was taken to the nearby Halifax Health Medical Center after sustaining a right leg injury,[42] ruling him out of the Daytona 500.[42] The wall he hit lacked a SAFER barrier, drawingmuch criticism from different drivers.[42] Ty Dillon, who finished third, was unaware of Busch's injury at the end of the race, while also adding that it was coming "to the point now inNASCAR we should have SAFER barriers at a place like this".[42] Runner-up Chris Buescher echoed Dillon's comments, stating that the sport "needs to be as safe as possible" and that if "itmeans lining the inside walls as well, it's probably a good idea".[42]

With the sidelining of Kyle Busch, the Daytona 500 was the first race since the 2001 NAPA 500 at Atlanta – where Kurt Busch failed to qualify – not to feature a Busch brother in thestarting lineup. Matt Crafton replaced Kyle Busch for the Daytona 500, while David Ragan replaced him thereafter.[33]

Race

First-half

Start

The race started under clear skies at 1:31 pm Eastern time. Polesitter Jeff Gordon led the first lap in his final Daytona 500, but was quickly passed byHendrick Motorsports teammate Jimmie Johnson on lap 2. Johnson then maintained control of the lead for the first fuel sequence. At lap 27, the firstcaution of the day was thrown after Landon Cassill's engine expired on the back straightaway. After the restart, Johnson, Gordon and Dale EarnhardtJr. all traded the lead for the next fifteen laps, until a caution was thrown for Tony Stewart and Matt Kenseth bouncing off the wall. Kenseth pitted andlost two laps, while Stewart was forced to go to the garage.[43] Stewart took responsibility for the incident, stating that "when it got three-wide thatparticular lap, it got away from me", and that when he had decelerated, he "couldn't even get the front end caught up".[44]

Green flag run

Following the restart, Joey Logano took the lead at lap 47 with Gordon, Johnson and Earnhardt Jr. close behind. On lap 54, Gordon retook the lead from Logano. Gordon, Earnhardt Jr.,Martin Truex, Jr. and Kasey Kahne broke away from the pack single file, remaining that way for the next sixteen laps.

On lap 70, Kahne, Earnhardt Jr., and Truex, Jr. moved side-by-side behind Gordon, allowing the pack to catch up to the leaders again. However, Gordon continued to maintain the lead untilthe next green flag pit-stop sequence that began on lap 87. Carl Edwards took the lead during pit stops. During the sequence, several drivers were handed penalties including Truex and Edwards. After stops were complete, Gordonreassumed the lead.

Second half

At lap 107, caution was thrown for debris, as a piece of a hose was seen near the start-finish line. After pit stops, Gordon continued to lead over Denny Hamlin, Casey Mears and Kahne. Mears then had to pit before the restart,allowing Kahne to push Gordon and keep him in the lead. However, on lap 112, Hamlin took the lead from Gordon, but he was passed one lap later by Logano. Three laps later, Earnhardt Jr. took the lead. Earnhardt Jr. led untillap 145 when Logano passed him for the lead.


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A Delta Air Lines plane is landing as

the field races by.

The green flag flies again at Daytona.

Joey Logano, after becoming the second-youngest winner of the Daytona 500.[46]

Joey Logano celebrates winning the

Daytona 500.

Green flag pit stops took place from lap 148 through lap 155. Greg Biffle led through most of the sequence. After the pit stop sequence, Loganoreassumed the lead. At lap 160, Brad Keselowski's engine expired, causing Jamie McMurray and Ryan Newman to collide, which brought out thefourth caution of the day.[45] Keselowski told reporters that the blown engine was caused by "something in the oil pan, broke something important",while stating that he was "starting to get position", ahead of the final 100 miles of the race.[45] Roughly half of the field pitted for fuel under thecaution, with the other half staying out for track position, but without assurance that they had enough fuel to make it to the end of the race.

Final laps

On the lap 165 restart, Johnson had the lead, but was quickly passed by Edwards. Two laps later, Johnson retook the lead. On lap 176, Ryan Blaney'sengine expired, bringing out the race's fifth caution flag. A number of the drivers who did not pit at the lap 160 caution pitted under this caution.Johnson led at the lap 181 restart. Truex passed him for the lead on lap 188, as the field went three-wide throughout the lead pack. Hamlin took thelead one lap later. Johnson passed them both back on lap 190, and led with 10 laps to go.Logano took the lead at lap 191, and led the next seven laps, but Justin Allgaier and Ty

Dillon wrecked with three laps to go, forcing a green–white–checker finish. During the cleanup, the red flag was displayed asAllgaier's car had dumped a large amount of oil on the race track.

Finish

The restart came on lap 201, with Logano leading. On the final lap, a large pileup occurred onthe back straightaway involving polesitter Gordon, along with Reed Sorenson, Ricky StenhouseJr., A. J. Allmendinger, and Trevor Bayne. With the leaders in turn 3, the caution was displayed.Logano coasted across the finish line to win his first Daytona 500, the second for car owner Roger Penske. At the age of 24, Logano was the second youngest winner of the Daytona 500, withonly Bayne – aged 20, in the 2011 race – winning at a younger age.[47]

Race results

"What an amazing moment. Wow. To win this race is just amazing. I have the best team on pit road forsure. These guys are awesome. My spotter did a great job giving me the information I need to get our frontand stay out front before that last caution and be able to have a good restart there at the end. That feelingof winning the Daytona 500, I can't explain how cool this is. I said in an interview that this was our worstracetrack last year and we worked really hard to figure out how we could get better at it and all the hardwork got us the win today. It feels just like the way you dream it. This is better than Disney World in here!"


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Pos Grid No. Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points

1 5 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 203 47

2 11 4 Kevin Harvick (W) Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 203 42

3 3 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (W) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 203 42

4 42 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 203 41

5 2 48 Jimmie Johnson (W) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 203 40

6 41 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet 203 39

7 9 15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 203 37

8 10 78 Martin Truex, Jr. Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 203 37

9 13 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 203 35

10 8 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 203 35

11 26 38 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 203 33

12 38 9 Sam Hornish, Jr. Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 20332

13 27 46 Michael Annett HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 203 32

14 30 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 203 30

15 33 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 203 29

16 24 41 Regan Smith Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 203 0

17 28 34 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 203 27

18 4 18 Matt Crafton (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 203 0

19 36 83 Johnny Sauter BK Racing Toyota 203 0

20 40 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 203 25

21 20 10 Danica Patrick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 203 23

22 19 35 Cole Whitt Front Row Motorsports Ford 203 22

23 6 19 Carl Edwards Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 203 22

24 43 32 Bobby Labonte Go FAS Racing Ford 203 20

25 21 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 20319

26 34 55 Michael Waltrip (W) Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 203 18

27 15 1 Jamie McMurray (W) Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 203 17

28 31 33 Ty Dillon (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 203 0

29 32 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 203 15

30 37 6 Trevor Bayne (W) Roush Fenway Racing Ford 203 14

31 23 95 Michael McDowell Leavine Family Racing Ford 203 13

32 14 44 Reed Sorenson Team XTREME Racing Chevrolet 203 12

33 1 24 Jeff Gordon (W) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 203 13

34 29 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 202 10

35 35 20 Matt Kenseth (W) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 202 9

36 16 66 Mike Wallace Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 199 8

37 18 51 Justin Allgaier HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 197 7

38 22 31 Ryan Newman (W) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 184 6


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39 12 21 Ryan Blaney (R) Wood Brothers Racing Ford 175 0

40 25 23 J. J. Yeley BK Racing Toyota 161 0

41 39 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 160 3

42 7 14 Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 72 2

43 17 40 Landon Cassill Hillman Smith Motorsports Chevrolet 18 0

Source:[3]

Race statistics

27 lead changes among twelve different drivers

Seven cautions for 26 laps; one red flag for 6:42

Time of race: 3 hours, 8 minutes, 2 seconds

Average speed: 161.938 mph (260.614 km/h)

Joey Logano took home $1,586,503 in winnings

Total laps led

Leader Laps

Jeff Gordon (W) 87

Jimmie Johnson (W) 39

Dale Earnhardt Jr. (W) 32

Joey Logano 31

Denny Hamlin 4

Carl Edwards 3

Greg Biffle 2

Casey Mears 1

Martin Truex, Jr. 1

Michael Annett 1

A. J. Allmendinger 1

J. J. Yeley 1


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Lap Leaders

Laps Leader

1 Jeff Gordon (W)

2–13 Jimmie Johnson (W)

14–19 Jeff Gordon (W)

20 J. J. Yeley

21 Michael Annett

22 Casey Mears


46–51 Joey Logano


87 Carl Edwards

88 Denny Hamlin


108 A. J. Allmendinger


112 Denny Hamlin

113 Joey Logano

114–145 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (W)

146–153 Joey Logano

154–155 Greg Biffle



166–167 Carl Edwards


181 Joey Logano


188 Martin Truex, Jr.

189–190 Denny Hamlin


Media

Television

Since 2001, (except for 2002, 2004 and 2006) the Daytona 500 has been carried by Fox. The booth crew has remained the same since the beginning with longtime NASCAR lap-by-lap commentator Mike Joy, two time Daytona500 winning crew chief Larry McReynolds and 1989 Daytona 500 champion Darrell Waltrip.


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Joey Logano left Daytona International

Speedway as the points leader for the

first time in his career

Fox Television

Booth announcers Pit reporters

Lap-by-lap: Mike JoyColor-commentator: Larry McReynoldsColor commentator: Darrell Waltrip

Matt YocumJamie LittleVince WelchChris Neville

Radio

The race was broadcast on radio by the Motor Racing Network and simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. MRN Radio has covered the Daytona 500 since 1970. Joe Moore and Jeff Striegle will cover the race from the booth.Longtime turn announcer and prodigy of MRN co-founder Ken Squier Dave Moody will be the lead turn announcer. He will call the race from atop the Sunoco sign outside the exit of turn 2 when the field is racing through turns 1& 2. Mike Bagley will work the backstretch for the Daytona 500 from a spotter's stand on the inside of the track. Kyle Rickey will call the race when the field is racing through turns 3 & 4. On pit road, MRN will be manned bylead pit reporter and executive director of the NASCAR Hall of Fame Winston Kelley. Alongside Kelley will be Steve Post, Alex Hayden and Woody Cain.

MRN Radio

Booth announcers Turn announcers Pit reporters

Lead announcer: Joe MooreAnnouncer: Jeff Striegle

Turns 1 & 2: Dave MoodyBackstretch: Mike BagleyTurns 3 & 4: Kyle Rickey

Winston KelleySteve PostAlex HaydenWoody Cain

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos Driver Points

1 Joey Logano 47

2 Kevin Harvick 42

3 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 42

4 Denny Hamlin 41

5 Jimmie Johnson 40

6 Casey Mears 39

7 Clint Bowyer 37

8 Martin Truex, Jr. 37

9 Kasey Kahne 35

10 Greg Biffle 35

11 David Gilliland 33

12 Sam Hornish, Jr. 32

13 Michael Annett 32

14 Austin Dillon 30

15 Aric Almirola 29

16 David Ragan 27

Manufacturers' Championship standings

Pos Manufacturer Points

1 Ford 47

2 Chevrolet 42

3 Toyota 41

Note: Only the first sixteen positions are included for the driver standings.


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Notes

^ a b The qualifying times for Denny Hamlin and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. were disallowed post-qualifying, for technical infractions. They started from the rear of the field in their respective Duel races.[16]1.

^ Kyle Busch qualified and raced the car in the Budweiser Duel, but was injured during the Alert Today Florida 300 Xfinity Series race, held the day before the Daytona 500. Matt Crafton started from the rear of the field due to a driver

change.[33]

2.

^ Danica Patrick started from the rear for switching to a backup car after her respective Duel race.3.

^ Ryan Newman started from the rear for an unapproved engine change.4.

^ Kurt Busch qualified and raced the car in the Budweiser Duel, but was suspended indefinitely by NASCAR due to ongoing allegations of domestic violence. Because of this driver change, Regan Smith started from the rear.[34]5.

^ David Ragan started from the rear for switching to a backup car after his respective Duel race.6.

^ Kyle Larson started from the rear for switching to a backup car after his respective Duel race.7.

^ Austin Dillon started from the rear for switching to a backup car after his respective Duel race.8.

^ Johnny Sauter started from the rear for switching to a backup car after his respective Duel race.9.

^ Trevor Bayne started from the rear for switching to a backup car after his respective Duel race.10.

^ Sam Hornish, Jr. started from the rear for switching to a backup car after his respective Duel race.11.

^ A. J. Allmendinger started from the rear for switching to a backup car after his respective Duel race.12.

^ Bobby Labonte started from the rear for switching to a backup car after his respective Duel race.13.

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