NASCAR - Daytona Coke Zero 400

NASCAR - Daytona Coke Zero 400 - Typical Daytona racing, edge of your seat, holding your breath, hoping no one makes a mistake. All in all good racing. A couple of crashes, drivers just losing it. Denny Hamlin was involved in a couple of the wrecks today, The second one resulting in a red flag. A big, right after taking the white flag, but NASCAR made the choice of letting them race back to the checkered, then another wreck happened as everyone scrambled to get that one more position.
Michael Waltrip raced one of his cars today, showing his restrictor place race abilities are still intact, starting 7th and finishing 5th.

Congratulations Jimmie Johnson!!! Dominating the entire race and being only the second driver to win both Daytona races in one year. Bobby Allison did it back in 1982. We have a joke going around in our house that NASCAR fixes the races. It seems when they talk about a record could be matched or broken it always happens. Just kinda weird. They said before the race today, that Johnson would be the first driver to win bother Daytona's races since 1982 if he won today and low and behold he did. He also won the 48th running of the Daytona 500.
Top Ten Recap:
1. Jimmie Johnson - started 8 - remains in 1st
2. Tony Stewart - started 13 - up 6 positions to 10th
3. Kevin Harvick - started 26 - remains in 4th
4. Clint Bowyer - started 3 - up 1 position to 2nd
5. Michael Waltrip - started 7 - up 3 positions to 37th
6. Kurt Busch - started 22 - up 2 positions to 9th
7. Jamie McMurray - started 27 - up 2 positions to 17th
8. Dale Earnhardt Jr. - started 16 - up 1 position to 5th
9. Casey Mears - started 19 - remains in 24th
10. Ryan Newman - started 21 - up 2 positions to 16th

Race for Chase:
1. Jimmie Johnson - WINNER
2. Clint Bowyer - finished 4th - up 1 position
3. Carl Edwards - finished 29th - down 1 position
4. Kevin Harvick - finished 3rd -
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr. - finished 8th - up 1 position
6. Matt Kenseth - finished 33rd - down 1 position
7. Kyle Busch - finished 12th
8. Greg Biffle - finished 17th - up 1 position
9. Kurt Busch - fnished 6th - up 5 positions
10. Tony Stewart - finished 2nd - up 6 positions
11. Martin Truex Jr. - finished 41st - down 3 positions
12. Kasey Kahne - finished 32 - down 1 position

Good finishes and wins are a must to stay in the top ten right now.

Next Race - New Hampshire International Raceway - Camping World RV Sales 301 - Sunday, July 14, 2013 - 1 pm

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