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RACE RECAP | COCA-COLA 600
10 Matt Kenseth
9 Carl Edwards
8 Kevin Harvick
7 Jeff Gordon almost like a win
6 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
5 Brad Keselowski
4 Greg Biffle led the most laps (204)
3 Kyle Busch
2 Denny Hamlin moves up to 3rd in points

VICTORY LANE

1 Kasey Kahne grabs his 13th career win, 1st this year and with Hendrick Motorsports. It’s also Kasey’s 3rd Coca-Cola 600 victory

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1 13 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Dodge
2 21 18 Kyle Busch M&M’s Toyota
3 10 17 Matt Kenseth Best Buy Ford
4 5 5 Kasey Kahne Farmers Insurance Chevrolet
5 6 16 Greg Biffle 3M/O’Reilly Auto Parts Ford
6 24 15 Clint Bowyer Aaron’s/Alabama National Championship Toyota
7 32 34 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford
8 11 21 Trevor Bayne(i) Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford
9 18 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. National Guard/Diet Mountain Dew Chevrolet
10 29 31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar Chevrolet
11 23 1 Jamie McMurray Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet
12 4 43 Aric Almirola VeriFone Sail Ford
13 26 38 David Gilliland Taco Bell Ford
14 3 9 Marcos Ambrose Stanley Ford
15 2 22 AJ Allmendinger Shell Pennzoil/AAA Dodge

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1 5 18 Kyle Busch M&M’s Brown Toyota
2 10 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. National Guard / Diet Mountain Dew Chevrolet
3 22 14 Tony Stewart MOBIL 1 / Office Depot Chevrolet
4 7 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Freight Toyota
5 9 5 Kasey Kahne Farmers Insurance Chevrolet
6 27 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet
7 23 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota
8 1 55 Mark Martin Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota
9 16 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Dodge
10 2 99 Carl Edwards Ford Eco-Boost Ford
11 24 17 Matt Kenseth Ford EcoBoost Ford
12 20 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevrolet
13 31 27 Paul Menard Menards / NIBCO Chevrolet
14 37 1 Jamie McMurray McDonald’s Chevrolet
15 12 39 Ryan Newman Army Reserve Chevrolet
16 4 22 AJ Allmendinger Shell Pennzoil Dodge
17 19 47 Bobby Labonte Bush’s Beans Toyota
18 28 16 Greg Biffle 3M / GKAS Ford
19 3 29 Kevin Harvick Jimmy John’s Chevrolet
20 21 83 Landon Cassill Burger King / Dr. Pepper Toyota

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RACE RESULTS

1. (4) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 267, $248,691.
2. (6) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 267, $209,399.
3. (15) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 267, $185,121.
4. (18) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 267, $166,521.
5. (17) Greg Biffle, Ford, 267, $119,135.
6. (2) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 267, $146,771.
7. (7) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 267, $104,060.
8. (9) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 267, $100,410.
9. (21) Carl Edwards, Ford, 267, $133,301.
10. (25) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 267, $135,343.

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RACE RESULTS

1. (5) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 515, $198,808.
2. (27) AJ Allmendinger, Dodge, 515, $150,610.
3. (14) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 515, $116,985.
4. (21) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 515, $152,821.
5. (13) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 515, $117,949.
6. (3) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 515, $128,101.
7. (15) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 515, $133,410.
8. (19) Aric Almirola, Ford, 515, $121,196.
9. (7) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 515, $117,455.
10. (4) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 515, $111,999.
11. (28) Carl Edwards, Ford, 515, $124,451.
12. (22) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 515, $124,071.
13. (26) Greg Biffle, Ford, 514, $89,385.
14. (9) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 514, $129,846.
15. (12) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 513, $109,668.
16. (17) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 513, $106,343.
17. (16) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 513, $104,368.
18. (6) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 513, $79,035.
19. (2) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 513, $125,971.
20. (20) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 513, $110,718.

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1. (9) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 129, $323,450.
2. (2) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 129, $259,698.
3. (14) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 129, $170,165.
4. (7) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 129, $181,551.
5. (12) Carl Edwards, Ford, 129, $161,056.
6. (4) Greg Biffle, Ford, 129, $119,590.
7. (6) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 129, $146,448.
8. (13) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 129, $131,504.
9. (23) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 129, $138,898.
10. (10) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 129, $142,201.

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RACE RECAP | PHOENIX
10 Joey Logano
9 Mark Martin (pole sitter)
8 Jeff Gordon
7 Martin Truex Jr.
6 Kyle Busch
5 Brad Keselowski
4 Jimmie Johnson
3 Greg Biffle
2 Kevin Harvick

VICTORY LANE

1 Denny Hamlin takes home his 18th career win, first at Phoenix, with the help of his new crew chief Darian Grubb. Oh and by the way, is now the points leader.

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Feb. 27, 2012

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Finally, nothing out of the ordinary happened.

In a Daytona 500 that featured the first postponement in its history, a ball of fire from a racecar vs. jet dryer collision under caution and a surfeit of wild action in the closing laps, Matt Kenseth won his second Daytona 500 when the tandem of Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Greg Biffle couldn’t catch the race winner in a green-white-checkered-flag finish.

Earnhardt made a slingshot move around Greg Biffle to run second in the 54th running of the Great American Race at Daytona International Speedway. Biffle came home third, followed by Denny Hamlin and Jeff Burton, as a late caution necessitated two extra laps beyond the scheduled 200.

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