Budweiser Due – # 1
A caution-free race with 2 time Daytona 500 Champion Matt Kenseth Car 20 Dollar General Toyota winning a 3 wide finish. 2nd Place Kevin Harvick Car 4 Budweiser Chevrolet, 3rd place Kasey Kahne Car 5 Farmers Insurance Chevrolet, 4th place Marcos Ambrose Car 9 Stanley Ford, 5th place Dale Earnhardt Jr. Car 88 National Guard Chevrolet, 6th place, Josh Wise Car 98 Curb Records Ford, 7th place Aric Almirola Car 43 Smithfield Ford, 8th place AJ Allmendinger Car 47 Kroger/USO Chevrolet, 9th place David Gilliland Car 38 Love’s Travel Stops Ford, 10th place, Ryan Newman Car 31 Caterpillar Chevrolet, 11th place Tony Stewart Car 14 Bass Pro Shops/Mobil 1 Chevrolet, 12th place Cole Whitt Car 26 Speed Stick Gear Toyota, 13th place Greg Biffle Car 16 3M Ford, 14th place Danica Patrick, GoDaddy Chevrolet, 15th place Alex Bowman Car 23 Dr. Pepper Toyota.
Kevin Harvick’s Car 4 Budweiser Chevrolet 2nd place finish was disallowed due to post race inspection infraction, so his Daytona 500 start position was moved to team points location.
Budweiser Duel – # 2
So much for a caution free race! 7 cars spin and another car rolls over at the end of 2nd Bud Duel with Denny Hamlin Car 11 FedEx Express Toyota winning the race.
Jimmie Johnson Car 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet runs out gas on the last lap coming up to the checkered flag which caused the crash and at that speed, it just had a ripple effect.
Clint Bowyer Car 15 5-hour Energy Toyota was like a cat as the crash started he rolled over landed on his tires then continued to pass the finish line in the infield.
Denny Hamlin Car 11 FedEx Express Toyota race winner, 2nd Place Jeff Gordon Car 24 Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet, 3rd place Kurt Busch Car 41 Haas Automation Chevrolet, 4th place Paul Menard Car 27 Peak/Menards Chevrolet, 5th place Brian Scott Car 33 Whitetail Chevrolet, 6th place Trevor Bayne Car 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford, 7th place Kyle Larson Car 42 Target Chevrolet, 8th place Martin Truex. Jr. Car 78 Furniture Row Chevrolet, 9th place Landon Cassill Car 40 Hillman Racing Chevrolet, 10th place, 11th place Clint Bowyer Car 15 5-hour Energy Toyota, 12th place Jamie McMurray Car 1 McDonald’s Chevrolet, 13th place Terry Labonte Car 32 C&J Energy Services Ford, 14th place.
Bobby Labonte Car 52 Phoenix Construction Chevrolet, 15th place Casey Mears Car 13 GEICO Chevrolet, including 16th place Carl Edwards Car 99 Fastenal Ford because Martin Truex. Jr. Car 78 was already qualified on the front row.
Different spoiler, closing rate, side draft, pack drafting & 7 Rookies, I think we are going to an different & exciting race this Daytona 500.
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series NextEra Energy Resources 250
(100 laps, 250 miles) Friday February 21 6:30 pm ET on FOX Sports
NASCAR NATIONWIDE DRIVE4COPD 300 (120 laps, 300 miles)
Watch it Saturday, February 22 12:00 pm ET on ESPN
2014 Daytona 500 (200 laps, 500 miles)
Saturday February 23 1:00 pm ET on FOX
2014 Daytona 500 Starting Line Up
This is the official starting line-up as of February 20 for the race which could still be changed if teams have to go backup cars or engine changes.
Position, Car #, Driver, Sponsor
1, Car 3, Austin Dillon, DOW Chevrolet
2, Car 78, Martin Truex. Jr., Furniture Row Chevrolet
3, Car 20, Matt Kenseth, Dollar General Toyota
4, Car 11, Denny Hamlin, FedEx Express Toyota
5, Car 5, Kasey Kahne, Farmers Insurance Chevrolet
6, Car 24, Jeff Gordon, Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet
7, Car 9, Marcos Ambrose, Stanley Ford
8, Car 41, Kurt Busch, Haas Automation Chevrolet
9, Car 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr., National Guard Chevrolet
10, Car 27, Paul Menard, Peak/Menards Chevrolet
11, Car 98, Josh Wise, Curb Records Ford
12, Car 33, Brian Scott, Whitetail Chevrolet
13, Car 43, Aric Almirola, Smithfield Ford
14, Car 21, Trevor Bayne, Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford
15, Car 47, AJ Allmendinger, Kroger/USO Chevrolet
16, Car 42, Kyle Larson, Target Chevrolet
17, Car 38, David Gilliland, Love’s Travel Stops Ford
18, Car 40, Landon Cassill, Hillman Racing Chevrolet
19, Car 31, Ryan Newman, Caterpillar Chevrolet
20, Car 15, Clint Bowyer, 5-hour Energy Toyota
21, Car 14, Tony Stewart, Bass Pro Shops/Mobil 1 Chevrolet
22, Car 1, Jamie McMurray, McDonald’s Chevrolet
23, Car 26, Cole Whitt, Speed Stick Gear Toyota
24, Car 32, Terry Labonte, C&J Energy Services Ford
25, Car 16, Greg Biffle, 3M Ford
26, Car 52, Bobby Labonte, Phoenix Construction Chevrolet
27, Car 10, Danica Patrick, GoDaddy Chevrolet
28, Car 13, Casey Mears, GEICO Chevrolet
29, Car 23, Alex Bowman, Dr. Pepper Toyota
30, Car 99, Carl Edwards, Fastenal Ford
31, Car 55, Brian Vickers, Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota
32, Car 48, Jimmie Johnson, Lowe’s Chevrolet
33, Car 2, Brad Keselowski, Miller Lite Ford
34, Car 17, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Nationwide Insurance Ford
35, Car 22, Joey Logano, Shell Pennzoil Ford
36, Car 7, Michael Annett, Pilot/Flying J Travel Centers Chevrolet
37, Car 18, Kyle Busch, M&M’s Toyota
38, Car 4, Kevin Harvick, Budweiser Chevrolet
39, Car 36, Reed Sorenson, Golden Corral Chevrolet
40, Car 51, Justin Allgaier, Brandt Professional Agriculture Chevrolet
41, Car 30, Parker Kligerman, Swan Energy Toyota
42, Car 66, Michael Waltrip, BlueDEF/AAA Toyota
43, Car 34, David Ragan, CSX – Play It Safe Ford