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CUP: Harvick Wins Wild One At Daytona
Kevin Harvick won the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway...
Kevin Harvick, driver of the #29 Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway. (Photo: Getty Images)
The last race on Daytona International Speedway’s 30-year-old surface was a wild one, as many drivers had predicted during the runup to the Coke Zero 400.
LINK> UNOFFICIAL RESULTS: COKE ZERO 400 - DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY
PDF> UNOFFICIAL DRIVER POINTS: COKE ZERO 400 - DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY
After several major crashes, including a brutal multi-car wreck that involved practically everybody except the Kardashians, Kevin Harvick survived a green-white-checkered finish to win for the second time this season.
“Daytona has been one of those magical places for us since we started coming here,” Harvick said.
Following in the top five as the race ended with a six-lap overtime were Kasey Kahne, Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jeff Burton.
Gordon, trying to end a frustrating winless streak, held the lead with two laps to go but fell back when Clint Bowyer, Harvick and Kahne drafted by him on the backstretch coming to the white flag.
As that group raced into four, Sam Hornish Jr. lost control of his car in the middle of a three-car line and started a crash that involved Elliott Sadler and Kurt Busch, bringing out the caution and sending the race into overtime.
Bowyer had the lead at the green flag, but Harvick quickly took control and led the final two laps. Kahne couldn’t challenge at the finish.
“We were right there,” Kahne said. “I thought we had one of the best cars of the night. We had a good car. It was a matter of avoiding the wrecks.”
One of the biggest crashes in the track’s history – involving about half the field – happened with 12 laps to go. The crash began in the top five as Kurt Busch and Burton bumped side to side, and the chain reaction behind them eventually brought a total of 19 cars into the melee. Many were heavily damaged.
Among them was Mark Martin’s car. He limped back to pit road, where his car burst into flames. Several members of Jimmie Johnson’s team helped Martin bail out of the car. He was not injured.
Also involved in the mayhem were Juan Pablo Montoya, Tony Stewart and Jimmie Johnson.
NASCAR put out the red flag to clear debris and crashed cars from the track.
A four-car accident on lap 117 started when David Ragan slid entering turn four and collected Jamie McMurray, Martin Truex Jr. and Kahne.
Tight racing at the front bit leader Kyle Busch on lap 103. In three-wide traffic on the backstretch, Busch was attempting to lap Montoya in the middle of the track when the front of Montoya’s car hooked the rear of Busch’s Toyota, sending Busch head-on into the wall.
No one was able to dominate the race. In the first 80 laps, there were five drivers who led at least 10 laps. Harvick led 19 of the first 80, the race’s halfway point.
Although the track surface – scheduled to be repaved starting next week – was slick, there was only one incident in the first half of the race. AJ Allmendinger lost control of his car in the fourth turn in the middle of a pack of traffic, slid onto the apron and backed into the inside wall. That produced the third caution of the race.
The race started 1:33 late because of early-evening rain. Although wet spots remained on pit road and on the track apron, the race began under full green-flag conditions.
NASCAR threw a competition caution flag at lap 15 to allow teams to check their cars and also to check conditions along pit road.
Since Daytona moved its July race to an evening start time in 1998, it was frequently been plagued by the late-afternoon showers that are common in central Florida in the summer months.
LINK> UNOFFICIAL RESULTS: COKE ZERO 400 - DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY
PDF> UNOFFICIAL DRIVER POINTS: COKE ZERO 400 - DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY
Mike Hembree is NASCAR Editor for SPEEDtv.com and has been covering motorsports for 28 years. He has written several books on NASCAR, including "NASCAR: The Definitive History of America's Sport" and "Then Tony Said To Junior: The Best NASCAR Stories Ever Told". He is a six-time winner of the National Motorsports Press Association Writer of the Year Award.
LINK> UNOFFICIAL RESULTS: COKE ZERO 400 - DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY
PDF> UNOFFICIAL DRIVER POINTS: COKE ZERO 400 - DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY
After several major crashes, including a brutal multi-car wreck that involved practically everybody except the Kardashians, Kevin Harvick survived a green-white-checkered finish to win for the second time this season.
“Daytona has been one of those magical places for us since we started coming here,” Harvick said.
Following in the top five as the race ended with a six-lap overtime were Kasey Kahne, Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jeff Burton.
Gordon, trying to end a frustrating winless streak, held the lead with two laps to go but fell back when Clint Bowyer, Harvick and Kahne drafted by him on the backstretch coming to the white flag.
As that group raced into four, Sam Hornish Jr. lost control of his car in the middle of a three-car line and started a crash that involved Elliott Sadler and Kurt Busch, bringing out the caution and sending the race into overtime.
Bowyer had the lead at the green flag, but Harvick quickly took control and led the final two laps. Kahne couldn’t challenge at the finish.
“We were right there,” Kahne said. “I thought we had one of the best cars of the night. We had a good car. It was a matter of avoiding the wrecks.”
One of the biggest crashes in the track’s history – involving about half the field – happened with 12 laps to go. The crash began in the top five as Kurt Busch and Burton bumped side to side, and the chain reaction behind them eventually brought a total of 19 cars into the melee. Many were heavily damaged.
Among them was Mark Martin’s car. He limped back to pit road, where his car burst into flames. Several members of Jimmie Johnson’s team helped Martin bail out of the car. He was not injured.
Also involved in the mayhem were Juan Pablo Montoya, Tony Stewart and Jimmie Johnson.
NASCAR put out the red flag to clear debris and crashed cars from the track.
A four-car accident on lap 117 started when David Ragan slid entering turn four and collected Jamie McMurray, Martin Truex Jr. and Kahne.
Tight racing at the front bit leader Kyle Busch on lap 103. In three-wide traffic on the backstretch, Busch was attempting to lap Montoya in the middle of the track when the front of Montoya’s car hooked the rear of Busch’s Toyota, sending Busch head-on into the wall.
No one was able to dominate the race. In the first 80 laps, there were five drivers who led at least 10 laps. Harvick led 19 of the first 80, the race’s halfway point.
Although the track surface – scheduled to be repaved starting next week – was slick, there was only one incident in the first half of the race. AJ Allmendinger lost control of his car in the fourth turn in the middle of a pack of traffic, slid onto the apron and backed into the inside wall. That produced the third caution of the race.
The race started 1:33 late because of early-evening rain. Although wet spots remained on pit road and on the track apron, the race began under full green-flag conditions.
NASCAR threw a competition caution flag at lap 15 to allow teams to check their cars and also to check conditions along pit road.
Since Daytona moved its July race to an evening start time in 1998, it was frequently been plagued by the late-afternoon showers that are common in central Florida in the summer months.
LINK> UNOFFICIAL RESULTS: COKE ZERO 400 - DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY
PDF> UNOFFICIAL DRIVER POINTS: COKE ZERO 400 - DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY
Mike Hembree is NASCAR Editor for SPEEDtv.com and has been covering motorsports for 28 years. He has written several books on NASCAR, including "NASCAR: The Definitive History of America's Sport" and "Then Tony Said To Junior: The Best NASCAR Stories Ever Told". He is a six-time winner of the National Motorsports Press Association Writer of the Year Award.
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