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Live from Daytona: Daytona 500
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| Posted by: Joe VanHoose |
2/19/2007 8:16 PM |
Kevin Harvick wins the Daytona 500 by two feet. Read the lap-by-lap recap here.
Lap 202 - Kevin Harvick hops to the high side and goes from seventh to first in the final two laps, beating Mark Martin in a photo finish. As the two leaders lean on each other for the win, Kyle Busch gets turned and a multi-car crash. Clint Bowyer flips down the frontstretch as his car catches fire. Bowyer escapes unharmed as Kevin Harvick celebrates.
Harvick pulled even with Martin in turn 4, and the two beat and banged all the way to the finish line. This is Harvick's first Daytona 500 win. Harvick got his ride at Richard Childress Racing when Dale Earnhardt died in a last-lap crash in the Daytona 500 six years ago today.
Mark Martin comes home second, Jeff Burton missed the big wreck to finish third, and Mike Wallace and David Ragan round out the top five.
Harvick, who started 34th, sets the record as the lowest starter to win the 500.
David Reutimann was collected in an earlier crash and finished 40th.
Lap 201 - After a 12-minute red flag, Mark Martin leads the field into NASCAR's version of overtime, a two-lap shootout.
Lap 198 - The race has been red flagged so workers can clean up the lap 196 crash. Mark Martin leads Kyle Busch, Greg Biffle, David Gilliland and Elliott Sadler. Mike Wallace rides sixth with Kevin Harvick, Matt Kenseth, David Ragan and Jeff Burton rounding out the top 10.
Lap 196 - The top five break away as several cars get together on the backstretch. Dale Earnhardt Jr., Ricky Rudd, Jamie McMurray, Martin Truex, and Carl Edwards are all involved. The race will go to a green-white-checkered finish.
Lap 190 - Mark Martin will lead the field to green as the race restarts with 10 laps to go. Greg Biffle, Matt Kenseth, Martin Truex and Elliott Sadler make up the top five with Kyle Busch in sixth and Dale Earnhardt Jr. in seventh.
Lap 185 - The fifth caution flag of the day flies when Carl Edwards gets shoved into the fronstretch wall, causing drivers to take evasive action. Dave Blaney shoots down pit road and directly into Ken Schrader. Clint Bowyer is also collected.
Lap 176 - Everyone pits, and Mark Martin leads the race off pit road. Carl Edwards is second, with Reed Sorenson, Johnny Sauter and Dale Earnhardt Jr. rounding out the top five. The top six cars took only two tires. The first car with four fresh tires is Matt Kenseth in seventh. Ryan Newman loses an engine and heads to the garage.
Lap 174 - Jimmie Johnson cuts a tire right in the middle of the pack and spurs a five-car pileup coming out of turn 2. David Reutimann, Tony Raines, Jeff Green and Denny Hamlin were all involved. All five cars suffer severe damage.
Lap 167 - The leaders run two-by-two as you could throw a blanket over the top 30 cars. There is now only one pack, and drivers run two and three wide for position.
Lap 156 - Martin Truex wins the battle off pit road as the leaders take four tires and fuel. Mark Martin, Kyle Busch, Johnny Sauter and Matt Kenseth round out the top five. Ryan Newman is sixth with Kevin Harvick, Ricky Rudd, Reed Sorenson and David Stemme make up the rest of the top ten.
Lap 153 - Kurt Busch gets into the back of leader Tony Stewart, sending both cars hard into the wall in turn 4. Both cars are damaged heavily, but both drivers are OK. With the two leaders and best cars out of the race, Kyle Busch takes the lead.
"I had a good run on the 20, I bumped him a bit and we both got taken out," Busch said. "We just got bottled up and I made the first mistake."
Lap 150 - Tony Stewart bypasses the Busch brothers to regain the lead.
Lap 140 - Tony Stewart has worked his way from last to the top ten and is on the verge of cracking the top five. Kurt Busch still leads as the top 12 cars have distanced themselves from the field.
Lap 128 - Green flag pit stops cycle through, and Kurt Busch stays in the lead. The field is greatly strung out. TOP 5 - Kurt Busch, Denny Hamlin, Ricky Rudd, Kyle Busch, Johnny Sauter.
Lap 125 - Green flag pit stops begin.
Lap 118 - Kurt Busch still leads but Denny Hamlin has gotten by Kyle Busch for second. Kyle Busch is battling an ill-handling car, sliding backwards through the top ten. Jeff Burton is third, Ryan Newman is fourth, and Martin Truex is now fifth.
Lap 100 - Kurt Busch leads at the half way point, followed by his brother Kyle, Newman, Burton and Hamlin. Michael Waltrip bounces off the wall and heads to pit road. Scott Riggs retired his Dodge with a transmission failure.
Lap 90 - Denny Hamlin has come to life on the outside as single-file racing has turned into a two-by-two battle for the lead. The top 30 are separated by only two seconds. Kurt Busch still leads.
Lap 80 - The second caution comes out when Kyle Petty blows a tire. The field stops for fuel and tires, and Gilliland spins Robby Gordon into his pit. Kevin Harvick wins the battle off of pit road, followed by Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Ryan Newman and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Tony Stewart gets sent to the back for speeding on pit road. David Reutimann gets back on the lead lap.
Lap 66 - Green flag pit stops have cycled through with Stewart and Kurt Busch leading the rest of the field by two seconds. Newman runs third, Gilliland is fourth, and Harvick is fifth, with Kyle Busch, Clint Bowyer, Jeff Burton, Carl Edwards and David Stremme rounding out the top 10.
Lap 61 - Green flag pit stops have begun with cars running towards the back starting to hit pit road. Stewart still leads, but the field has really strung out. Local racer David Reutimann has lost the draft and currently runs 43rd.
Lap 49 - Tony Stewart takes the high line to the lead, sending Kurt Busch back to second. The top six cars run nose-to-tail. Newman, Gilliland, Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick make up the rest of the lead pack, which has pulled away from seventh-place Jeff Burton by two seconds.
Lap 41 - The top five cars have begun to pull away from the pack. Kurt Busch still leads, with Stewart, Kyle Busch, Gilliland and Newman rounding out the top five.
Lap 30 - The field has broken into three packs, with the lead pack containing 20 cars. The Busch brothers, Kurt and Kyle, lead Stewart and a host of others.
Lap 17 - The first caution flag waves as Boris Said spins down the backstretch. The leaders hit pit road, and Kurt Busch takes the lead. He's followed by Gilliland, Stewart, Ryan Newman and Kyle Busch.
Lap 10 - Gilliland still leads with Stewart and Denny Hamlin in tow. The three have created a little separation from the rest of the pack, where they race two-by-two for positions five through 40.
Lap 2 - David Gilliland breaks away to lead the first lap as Tony Stewart moves to second.
The anthem has ben sung, the engines have been fired, and the cars are on the track. Daytona rookie David Gilliland will bring the field to the green flag. David Reutimann, Reed Sorenson and J.J. Yeley will start the race from the rear of the field for changing transmissions. |
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