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February 25th, 2013 
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Jimmie Johnson won his second Daytona 500 Sunday holding off Dale Earnhardt Jr., to score the 61 win of his career. For Johnson however it wasn’t a dominating performance, instead Johnson won NASCAR’s version of Survivor.
Early in the race it seemed the day would belong to Matt Kenseth. Kenseth, who started 12, took the lead from Jeff Gordon on lap 38 after fighting his way through the field. Kenseth took the lead just after a caution for a multi-car crash on lap 32 involving 9 cars that eliminated many favorites including Tony Stewart, Kasey Kahne and Kevin Harvick. The crash started when Kyle Busch hit Kahne sending him spinning.
“The guys in front of me were all checking up,” Kahne said. “I was trying not to run over Jeff (Gordon) and I could feel a lot of momentum right there, so I was trying hard not to run over Jeff. Kyle (Busch) was probably feeling the same momentum from behind and hit me, which shot me to the infield. There were a lot of cars close together.”
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While Kahne, Stewart and Harvick were forced to the garage; Brad Keselowski who also sustained damage as well as Busch were able to continue.
Kenseth led the field that soon spread out in a single line. Kenseth in his first point’s race with Joe Gibbs Racing led the field through two rounds of pit stops one during a caution period for debris and the second during round of green flag stops. During the round of green flag stops, Danica Patrick who made history as the first female Daytona 500 pole sitter, led laps under green flag conditions becoming the first female to accomplish that feat.
By lap 146, Kenseth was leading a Joe Gibbs Racing trio at the front. Shortly after however, Kenseth’s day came to an abrupt end. On lap 149 Kenseth was forced to pit road with a severe vibration. A lap later teammate Busch also suffered mechanical failure. Both cars were soon forced to park. That left the final Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin in the lead with Michael Waltrip Racing driver Martin Truex Jr. in second.
“It’s disappointing obviously, but it’s also really encouraging,” Kenseth said. “I thought we did all the right things. We had a great pit stop right there at the end — I thought Jason (Ratcliff, crew chief) had a great pit stop there at the end when we needed it. He just had a great strategy. Our Toyota was really fast. We had all the right things — we just didn’t make it to the end. Those are things we can fix. Really excited with how we ran and really thankful to be part of this team and just looking forward to getting to Phoenix.”
During the final round of pit stops under green that started on lap 173, Keselowski wheeling a battered Ford, suddenly appeared in the lead. The final caution came with less than ten laps to go. On the restart it became a battle between Johnson and Keselowski. With Johnson on the low side and Keselowski on the high side the duo traded the top spot as the laps wound down. Behind them Patrick, Greg Biffle, Earnhardt Jr. and Hamlin shuffled to find position.
On the final lap as two cars tangled in turn two behind them, Keselowski and Johnson battled to the line. When the dust settled, Johnson was scored with the victory with his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Earnhardt Jr. second.
“Things just worked out well for me coming to the caution,” Johnson said. “The No. 2 (Brad Keselowski) got a big push and was way out and kind of falling back to the No. 16 (Greg Biffle). My lane was bunched up tight and helped me surge by the No. 2 at the start/finish (line) when the caution came out. That was really the move that set things up for us. At the end it got exciting. I was waiting for the run and it came further back than I expected. The No. 88 (Earnhardt, Jr.) got a big shove and was coming up the inside. I moved down to defend that and we were able to get a one-two (finish) for Hendrick Motorsports. For the 48/88 shop so very happy there are a lot of people put a lot of effort into these cars, I want to thank all them.”
Mark Martin was third with Keselowski and Ryan Newman rounding out the top five.
“The high lane just had all the speed,” Keselowski said. “It doesn’t mean we weren’t trying. It just wouldn’t go down there on the bottom and it made it real hard to pass. It wasn’t for lack of effort. I would rather make that effort, and I did, but I kept going to the back. The only thing worse than not being able to make a pass, is being in the back. That is just the way it was.”
Patrick, who found herself third when the white flag flew was shuffled back and finished eighth; still the highest finish by a woman in Daytona 500 history.
“Ran up front all day long and we led a little,” Patrick said. “We stayed in the top-10 all day pretty much. Had nice pit stops by the GoDaddy crew, the car was fast and it’s always a little frustrating when you come through and your top three on that last lap. I will learn more for next time. I really didn’t feel like I had a great grasp as to ‘how do you go win this race’. I hadn’t wrapped my head around exactly how that was going to happen. I kept thinking about it out there because for the most part I was running half throttle for most of the race running in the line. I will know better for next time and for Talladega.”
The win for Johnson came in his 400th start and was somewhat of redemption for the five time champion. In last year’s Daytona 500, Johnson was swept up in a multi-car crash just after completing a single lap.
“There is no other way to start the season than to win the Daytona 500,” Johnson said. “I’m a very lucky man to have won it twice. I’m very honored to be on that trophy with all the greats that have ever been in our sport. Amazing day for myself, for this team, as the year goes we are excited. But next week is a whole different game. We will have to make sure we are buttoned up and ready to go there. Before I go I just want to send my thoughts and prayers out to everyone that was injured yesterday and I hope they are healing up and doing well.”
RACE RESULTS
1. (9) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 200, $1525275.
2. (19) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 200, $1104814.
3. (14) Mark Martin, Toyota, 200, $817013.
4. (15) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 200, $707855.
5. (34) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 200, $572771.
6. (5) Greg Biffle, Ford, 200, $461664.
7. (40) Regan Smith(i), Chevrolet, 200, $411822.
8. (1) Danica Patrick #, Chevrolet, 200, $357464.
9. (38) Michael McDowell, Ford, 200, $366121.
10. (41) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, 200, $338738.
11. (10) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 200, $373096.
12. (28) Ricky Stenhouse Jr. #, Ford, 200, $373399.
13. (26) Aric Almirola, Ford, 200, $356449.
14. (35) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 200, $330739.
15. (23) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 200, $337647.
16. (42) David Reutimann, Toyota, 200, $324872.
17. (30) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 200, $322785.
18. (24) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 200, $340052.
19. (21) Joey Logano, Ford, 200, $339097.
20. (2) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 200, $360799.
21. (16) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 200, $343279.
22. (29) Michael Waltrip, Toyota, 200, $309564.
23. (31) Scott Speed, Ford, 200, $305514.
24. (37) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 200, $340114.
25. (43) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, 199, $317038.
26. (39) Terry Labonte, Ford, 199, $307838.
27. (33) Trevor Bayne(i), Ford, 198, $305539.
28. (11) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 195, $336234.
29. (17) Casey Mears, Ford, 181, $312314.
30. (18) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, Accident, 176, $311013.
31. (8) Austin Dillon(i), Chevrolet, 175, $313563.
32. (20) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 161, $328933.
33. (36) Carl Edwards, Ford, 159, $334164.
34. (4) Kyle Busch, Toyota, Engine, 151, $377610.
35. (22) David Ragan, Ford, Accident, 150, $308188.
36. (6) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 150, $334293.
37. (12) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, Engine, 149, $544306.
38. (25) David Gilliland, Ford, Accident, 144, $283879.
39. (7) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 144, $318693.
40. (32) Josh Wise(i), Ford, Accident, 137, $276953.
41. (13) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 118, $320904.
42. (3) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, Accident, 47, $346418.
43. (27) Joe Nemechek(i), Toyota, Engine, 42, $264354.
RACE STATISTICS
Average Speed of Race Winner: 159.25 mph.
Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 08 Mins, 23 Secs. Margin of Victory: 0.129 Seconds.
Caution Flags: 6 for 24 laps.
Lead Changes: 28 among 14 drivers.
Lap Leaders: D. Patrick # 0; J. Gordon 1-31; J. Johnson 32-36; M. Kenseth 37-39; C. Bowyer 40; M. Kenseth 41-71; P. Menard 72; R. Newman 73-74; M. Waltrip 75; R. Newman 76; D. Hamlin 77-85; T. Kvapil 86; M. Waltrip 87-89; D. Patrick # 90-91; D. Hamlin 92; M. Kenseth 93-126; D. Patrick # 127-129; J. Logano 130-131; M. Kenseth 132-149; D. Hamlin 150-172; R. Smith(i) 173; Brad Keselowski 174-176; S. Speed 177-178; Brad Keselowski 179-185; J. Johnson 186; Brad Keselowski 187; J. Johnson 188; Brad Keselowski 189-190; J. Johnson 191-200.
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led): M. Kenseth 4 times for 86 laps; D. Hamlin 3 times for 33 laps; J. Gordon 1 time for 31 laps; J. Johnson 4 times for 17 laps; Brad Keselowski 4 times for 13 laps; D. Patrick # 2 times for 5 laps; M. Waltrip 2 times for 4 laps; R. Newman 2 times for 3 laps; S. Speed 1 time for 2 laps; J. Logano 1 time for 2 laps; P. Menard 1 time for 1 lap; C. Bowyer 1 time for 1 lap; R. Smith(i) 1 time for 1 lap; T. Kvapil 1 time for 1 lap.
Top 12 in Points: J. Johnson – 47; D. Earnhardt Jr. – 42; M. Martin – 41; B. Keselowski – 41; R. Newman – 40; G. Biffle – 38; D. Patrick # – 37; M. McDowell – 35; J. Yeley – 34; C. Bowyer – 34; R. Stenhouse Jr. # – 32; A. Almirola – 31.
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