![]() “Hats off to everybody at Hendrick Motorsports they built some really fast race cars. MORE: Early stack-up sidelines contenders The Chevrolets were working good together hopefully, a Chevy still ends up in Victory Lane. 10 (Almirola) kind of got turned sideways there, and I was the guy that got ran into,” Bowman said after an obligatory trip to the infield care center. 48 Chevrolet was wiped out when Almirola shot up the track into the side of his car and rammed it into the wall. Man, we were in a fine position, just sitting there riding around in the top two, three, and the 20 (Bell) just came with a big run and hit me really hard in a bad spot and it turned me to the right and tore up our race car and ended our Daytona 500 way too early.”Ĭollected in the wreck were: Ryan Newman, making his first Daytona 500 start since the devastating last-lap wreck that put him in the hospital a year ago Erik Jones, in his first start in a points race for his new team, Richard Petty Motorsports Daniel Suarez, in his first run with newly formed Trackhouse Racing, a joint venture between Justin Marks and rapper Pitbull and pole-sitter Alex Bowman, whose No. “We were just getting pushed too hard too early,” Almirola said. On Lap 14, before a long rain delay, off-center contact from Bell’s Toyota to the rear bumper of Aric Almirola’s Ford sent Almirola spinning near the front of the field, triggering a massive 16-car pile-up that inexorably altered the complexion of the race. He finished with a race-high 98 laps led. Hamlin had led 34 consecutive laps to win Stage 1 after racing resumed Sunday night. ![]() Hamlin took the lead in the second stage after a cycle of green-flag pit stops and held it through the fifth caution of the race, which waved when Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Christopher Bell cut a left-rear tire and spun into the Chevrolet of Ricky Stenhouse Jr.Īt that point, Hamlin had led 58 laps, bringing his total of laps led in the Daytona 500 to 434, fifth all time and one ahead of Bobby Allison. Hamlin won the first two stages but lost the lead during the final cycle of green-flag pit stops when the small contingent of Toyotas got separated while exiting pit road. RELATED: Chase Elliott comes up just short | Teammates tangle ends Penske’s Daytona 500 bidĪustin Dillon ran third, followed by Kevin Harvick and Denny Hamlin, who fell short in his attempt to win a record third straight Daytona 500. ![]() “That’s not something I’ve done a very good job of here in this race, so I’m glad we could at least finish this race and have something to build on for when we come back and try to do better.” I thought we did a really good job of executing today, staying out of trouble. We weren’t as good as I thought we were on Thursday (in the Duel 150-mile qualifying race). “I saw the lights come on (for the caution), and I knew it was over right then,” Elliott said. When NASCAR illuminated the caution lights, McDowell was in the lead over Elliott by a car length. Reigning series champion Chase Elliott finished second after contact between the Team Penske Fords of Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano ignited the final wreck, sending the Toyota of Kyle Busch rocketing into the outside wall. And according to Racing Insights, McDowell’s 358 starts before his first win is the second-longest streak to Michael Waltrip’s 463, which also ended with a Daytona 500 victory. 34 Ford with three different drivers: David Ragan at Talladega Superspeedway, Chris Buescher at Pocono Raceway and McDowell at Daytona. His victory is the third for Front Row Motorsports - all coming in the No. In fact, McDowell, who led only the final lap at 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway, is the eighth driver to get his first Cup win in The Great American Race. RELATED: Race results | At-track photos: Daytona “What a great way to get a first victory - in the Daytona 500!” I’ve got to thank (team owner) Bob Jenkins for giving me this opportunity. So many years of just grinding it out, hoping for an opportunity like this. In a stunning upset at the end of an action-filled, rain-interrupted Daytona 500, Front Row Motorsports driver Michael McDowell claimed his first NASCAR Cup Series victory after charging into the lead during a brutal multi-car wreck in Turn 3 on the final lap.
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