Jamie McMurray won the 52nd running of the Daytona 500
McMurray, celebrating his reunion with owner Chip Ganassi with a victory in the first race of their second tenure together, crossed the finish line .119 seconds ahead of Dale Earnhardt Jr., who surged from the pack to chase McMurray to the stripe on Lap 208, eight laps beyond the scheduled distance.
McMurray spun his tires on the restart on Lap 207 but got a push down the fron tstretch and through the first turn from third-place finisher Greg Biffle. Securing the top spot from Kevin Harvick on the back stretch, McMurray led the final two laps. Those were the only laps he led, the lowest total for a Daytona 500 winner.
"Oh, my God!" McMurray screamed after taking the checkered flag. "I can't freaking believe it right now. Thank you so much. I can't believe we just won the Daytona 500."
FIN ST CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR PTS/BNS LAPS STATUS
1 13 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker 190/5 208 Running 2 2 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Amp Energy / National Guard 175/5 208 Running 3 23 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M 170/5 208 Running 4 9 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Cheerios / Hamburger Helper 165/5 208 Running 5 20 00 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 155/0 208 Running 6 14 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 155/5 208 Running 7 5 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Shell / Pennzoil 156/10 208 Running 8 24 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Crown Royal 147/0 208 Running 9 27 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac 138/0 208 Running 10 8 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 139/5 208 Running 11 39 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 130/0 208 Running 12 1 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet GoDaddy.com 132/5 208 Running 13 32 98 Paul Menard Ford Peak / Menards 124/0 208 Running 14 7 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's 126/5 208 Running 15 22 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 118/0 208 Running 16 19 6 David Ragan Ford UPS 120/5 208 Running 17 25 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Express 117/5 208 Running 18 43 151 Michael Waltrip Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 109/0 208 Running 19 30 82 Scott Speed Toyota Red Bull 111/5 208 Running 20 16 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot 108/5 208 Running 21 42 71 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet TaxSlayer.com 100/0 208 Running 22 6 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Office Depot / Old Spice 97/0 208 Running 23 10 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 99/5 208 Running 24 12 19 Elliott Sadler Ford Stanley 96/5 208 Running 25 38 26 Boris Said Ford Window World Cares 93/5 208 Running 26 21 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 90/5 208 Running 27 40 21 Bill Elliott Ford Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center 82/0 208 Running 28 34 7 Robby Gordon Toyota Monster Energy 84/5 207 Running 29 35 37 Travis Kvapil Ford Extenze 81/5 205 Running 30 4 9 Kasey Kahne Ford Budweiser / Team USA 78/5 202 Accident 31 37 38 Robert Richardson Jr. Ford Mahindra Tractors 70/0 202 Accident 32 15 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford Best Buy 72/5 198 Running 33 29 55 Michael McDowell Toyota Prism Motorsports 64/0 195 Drive Shaft 34 17 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet U.S. Army 61/0 193 Accident 35 3 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 58/0 185 Rear Axle 36 26 12 Brad Keselowski Dodge Penske Racing 55/0 174 Running 37 36 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Mobil 1 52/0 160 Running 38 33 34 John Andretti Ford Window World Cares 49/0 117 Accident 39 11 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row Companies 46/0 90 Running 40 31 13 Max Papis Toyota GEICO 43/0 89 Engine 41 18 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota Kroger Floral 40/0 79 Engine 42 28 36 Mike Bliss Chevrolet Wave Energy Drink 37/0 76 Accident 43 41 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota NEMCO Motorsports 34/0 64 Accident
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