Kevin Harvick Wins One Wild Budweiser Shootout

DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. — Talk about a shootout. They’ll be talking about this one for years to come.

Kevin Harvick drove his Richard Childress Chevrolet to the front of the field on the very last lap Saturday night to capture one of the wildest Budweiser Shootouts in the history of Daytona International Speedway.

Harvick cruised across the finish line after a split-second crash behind him and runner-up Jamie McMurray wiped out a group of contenders, including defending Sprint Cup Champion Jimmie Johnson, contenders Kyle Busch and Brian Vickers, as well as Casey Mears and pole-sitter Paul Menard.

The stage was set for a 190-mile-an-hour showdown. when a caution fell with three laps remaining in the two-part 75-lap race. David Stremme nipped Greg Biffle coming out of turn four sending Biffle into the outside wall. Biffle had to realize it just wasn’t his night since he had been a victim of several other miscues by various drivers earlier in the race.

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BUDWEISER SHOOTOUT RESULTS

Kevin Harvick started the race 27th, lost the draft twice, brushed the wall, and survived a green-white-checkered finish to win his first ever Budweiser Shootout

1 27 29 Kevin Harvick
2 15 26 Jamie McMurray
3 6 14 Tony Stewart
4 28 24 Jeff Gordon
5 18 44 A J Allmendinger
6 14 9 Kasey Kahne
7 11 99 Carl Edwards
8 25 17 Matt Kenseth
9 12 2 Kurt Busch
10 10 18 Kyle Busch
11 7 83 Brian Vickers
12 1 98 Paul Menard
13 5 11 Denny Hamlin
14 21 48 Jimmie Johnson
15 24 07 Casey Mears
16 20 12 David Stremme
17 26 16 Greg Biffle
18 9 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr
19 8 96 Bobby Labonte
20 22 00 David Reutimann
21 2 19 Elliott Sadler
22 17 55 Michael Waltrip
23 3 43 Reed Sorenson
24 23 31 Jeff Burton
25 4 82 Scott Speed
26 16 6 David Ragan
27 13 7 Robby Gordon
28 19 20 Joey Logano

OTHER STORIES ON THE DAY

-Joey Logano’s debut in the #20 Home Depot Camry ended on lap 4 when he was caught up in a wreck with Greg Biffle, Scott Speed, Robby Gordon, and David Ragan

-Dale Earnhardt Jr. led 24 laps but was wrecked late in the race

-Greg Biffle seemed like a pinball out there, bouncing off a bunch of cars in multiple wrecks

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