All of the Crashes From the 2019 Daytona 500 | FOX NASCAR (video)

All of the Crashes From the 2019 Daytona 500 | FOX NASCAR (video)

It was a wild day at Daytona. Relive all of the crashes from the 2019 running of the Great American Race, from Ricky Stenhouse’s early move that cost Bubba Wallace, among others, to William Byron’s ability to make it through two big, late crashes before a third took him out — and, of course, The Big One that cost 21 drivers a chance at crossing the finish line. (more…)

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Denny Hamlin Wins DAYTONA 500 for 2nd Time

Denny Hamlin Wins DAYTONA 500 for 2nd Time

DAYTONA BEACH (Feb. 17, 2019)  Denny Hamlin won the 61st annual DAYTONA 500 Sunday at Daytona International Speedway, his second triumph in “The Great American Race.”

In the process, he delivered a special ending to a special day for Joe Gibbs Racing. The organization honored Joe Gibbs’ late son J.D. Gibbs on Lap 11, as crew members stood on pit wall as a tribute. J.D. Gibbs, who passed away last month due to a neurological disease, wore No. 11 as a high school football player and later, as a race car driver himself. Hamlin’s car number: 11. (more…)

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Daytona Nibbles: The Leader: Most Laps Led Are Not Always A Driver’s Friend

Daytona Nibbles:  The Leader: Most Laps Led Are Not Always A Driver’s Friend

The driver who has led the most laps in the Daytona 500 has only won two of the last five races (Denny Hamlin in 2016 and Dale Earnhardt Jr. in 2014). Twice in that time, a driver has led only the last lap for victory – Austin Dillon in 2018 and Kurt Busch in 2017. (more…)

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