RACE RECAP | DAYTONA 500
10 Casey Mears
9 Austin Dillon
8 Greg Biffle
7 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
6 Matt Kenseth
5 Jimmie Johnson
4 Jeff Gordon 6th career Top 5 in the D500
3 Brad Keselowski 2nd top 5 in the D500
2 Denny Hamlin said he had no radio after the rains

VICTORY LANE

1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. breaks a 55 race winless streak for his 2nd career Daytona 500 victory.

OTHER STORIES ON THE DAY

42 into the wall a couple of times early, blown right front tire. First caution also came out for the 42 spinning.

Greg Biffle also found the wall and lost a lap for repairs

Martin Truex Jr.’s #78 blew his engine for the second caution

BACK AFTER RAIN (6+ hours)

Kasey Kahne spun coming off a wet pit road

Kyle Busch penalized for leaving the pits with equipment (air hose)

Kasey Kahne busted for speeding on pit road due to evasive maneuvers to avoid a wrecking Dave Blaney

Tony Stewart had fuel pressure issues and went to the garage

Clint Bowyer’s 15 engine blew at about lap 128

Matt Kenseth had a gash in his tire

THE BIG ONE coming off turn 4, Collects Aric Almirola, Danica Patrick, Michael Waltrip, Justin Allgaier, Paul Menard, David Gilliland, Austin Dillon, triggered when Kevin Harvick got into Brian Scott. Patrick hits hard into the wall without SAFER barrier. (12 Cars Total)

THE BIG ONE #2 with 38 laps to go – Kyle Larson, Marcos Ambrose, Kasey Kahne, Casey Mears, Dave Blaney, when Austin Dillon got into the 42 of Larson

17 laps to go, Trevor Bayne pounds the wall

Kurt Busch spins toward pit road, hood flaps are useless

THE BIG ONE #3 – Ryan Newman, Terry Labonte, Cole Whitt, Justin Allgaier, Parker Kligerman

THE BIG ONE #4 – Coming to the Checkered flag Kevin Harvick got loose into Jamie McMurray, spinning Kyle Busch. Others involved. Kyle Busch finished in reverse crossing the start finish line.