0:01 AM 2016 Daytona 500 Post Race Report | |
The 2016 Daytona 500 was a great race to open up the Sprint Cup Series. With a few rookies having their first tries at the Daytona 500, the race was pretty interesting. Chase Elliott led a few laps, but spun out, and damaged his car. He would later re-enter the race, but he would be down by 40 laps. Chris Buescher and Matt DiBenedetto also had difficulties. They both spun coming out of turn 4, similarly to Danica Patrick and Dale Earnhardt Jr. later in the race. The race came down to a long green stretch, where the race would be decided by inches. Coming around the final turn, Martin Truex Jr. and Denny Hamlin were fighting for the lead. Truex Jr. had a slight lead over Hamlin, but when side-drafted, Truex fell slightly behind, giving Hamlin the Daytona 500 win. This was Denny Hamlin's first Daytona 500 win. Here are the finishing results: [number in parenthesis is the drivers starting position] 1. (11) Denny Hamlin 2. (28) Martin Truex Jr. 3. (4) Kyle Busch 4. (9) Kevin Harvick 5. (10) Carl Edwards 6. (5) Joey Logano 7. (14) Kyle Larson 8. (27) Regan Smith 9. (21) Austin Dillon 10. (8) Kurt Busch 11. (38) Ryan Newman 12. (34) Aric Almirola 13. (13) Kasey Kahne 14. (2) Matt Kenseth 15. (39) Michael McDowell 16. (26) Jimmie Johnson 17. (6) Jamie McMurray 18. (37) Paul Menard 19. (7) Ryan Blaney 20. (25) Brad Keselowski 21. (30) AJ Allmendinger 22. (19) Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 23. (24) Landon Cassill 24. (35) Brian Scott 25. (12) Ty Dillon 26. (18) Brian Vickers 27. (22) Michael Annett 28. (23) Trevor Bayne 29. (29) David Ragan 30. (36) Michael Waltrip 31. (33) Bobby Labonte 32. (32) Casey Mears 33. (31) Clint Bowyer 34. (15) Greg Biffle 35. (16) Danica Patrick 36. (3) Dale Earnhardt Jr. 37. (1) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet 38. (40) Robert Richardson Jr. 39. (17) Chris Buescher 40. (20) Matt DiBenedetto | |
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