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1 13 1 Jamie McMurray Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats Chevrolet
2 2 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. AMP Energy / National Guard Chevrolet
3 23 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford
4 9 33 Clint Bowyer Cheerios / Hamburger Helper Chevrolet
5 20 00 David Reutimann Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota
6 14 56 Martin Truex Jr. NAPA Auto Parts Toyota
7 5 29 Kevin Harvick Shell / Pennzoil Chevrolet
8 24 17 Matt Kenseth Crown Royal Ford
9 27 99 Carl Edwards Aflac Ford
10 8 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevrolet
11 39 31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar Chevrolet
12 1 5 Mark Martin GoDaddy.com Chevrolet
13 32 98 Paul Menard Peak / Menards Ford
14 7 18 Kyle Busch M&M’s Toyota
15 22 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull Toyota
16 19 6 David Ragan UPS Ford
17 25 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Express Toyota
18 43 51 Michael Waltrip NAPA Auto Parts Toyota
19 30 82 Scott Speed Red Bull Toyota
20 16 20 Joey Logano Home Depot Toyota
21 42 71 Bobby Labonte TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet
22 6 14 Tony Stewart Office Depot/Old Spice Chevrolet
23 10 2 Kurt Busch Miller Lite Dodge
24 12 19 Elliott Sadler Stanley Ford
25 38 26 Boris Said Window World Cares Ford
26 21 24 Jeff Gordon Dupont Chevrolet
27 40 21 Bill Elliott Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford
28 34 7 Robby Gordon Monster Energy Toyota
29 35 37 Travis Kvapil Extenze Ford
30 4 9 Kasey Kahne Budweiser Ford
31 37 38 Robert Richardson Mahindra USA Tractors Ford
32 15 43 A J Allmendinger Best Buy Ford
33 29 55 Michael McDowell PRISM Motorsports Toyota
34 17 39 Ryan Newman US Army Chevrolet
35 3 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet
36 26 12 Brad Keselowski Penske Dodge
37 36 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Mobil 1 Dodge
38 33 34 John Andretti Window World Cares Ford
39 11 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet
40 31 13 Max Papis GEICO Toyota
41 18 47 Marcos Ambrose Kroger Floral Toyota
42 28 36 Mike Bliss Wave Energy Drink Chevrolet
43 41 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Toyota

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RACE RECAP | DAYTONA 500
10 Juan Pablo Montoya
9 Carl Edwards
8 Matt Kenseth
7 Kevin Harvick
6 Martin Truex Jr.
5 David Reutimann
4 Clint Bowyer
3 Greg Biffle best career Daytona 500 finish
2 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 4th top 5 in the 500

VICTORY LANE

1 Jamie McMurray driving for Earnhardt/Ganassi Racing can now call himself a Daytona 500 champion

OTHER STORIES ON THE DAY

LAP 8 Big Wreck, involving Brad Keselowski, Regan Smith, Sam Hornish Jr., Max Papis

Second caution was Joe Nemecheck getting loose sending him into the wall

Jimmie Johnson had a right front tire blown heading into turn 4 so he dove down into the pits

A seam in the track came loose, creating a large hole in the groove, 1 Hours 41 min red flag

AJ Allmendinger went for a wild spin

There was a record number of leaders for this race

The hole came open yet again with 39 laps to in turns 1 and 2

With 16 to go, the 48 of Jimmie Johnson went to the garage with a rear end problem, he finished 34th

A wreck happened when Elliott Sadler got loose and hooked Ryan Newman into the wall. Also involved was Travis Kvapil.

Bill Elliott and Joey Logano wrecked to cause a Green-White-Checkered flag finish

First Green-White-Checkered – Kasey Kahne wrecks with Richardson Jr. and Bobby Labonte

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1 24 17 Timothy Peters K&N Toyota
2 15 30 Todd Bodine GEICO Toyota
3 14 46 Dennis Setzer Plane Guts Dodge
4 1 23 Jason White GunBroker.com Ford
5 17 88 Matt Crafton Herculiner / Menards Chevrolet
6 22 1 Nelson Piquet Red Horse Racing Toyota
7 12 60 Stacy Compton SafeAuto Insurance / Wyler.com Toyota
8 9 95 Johnny Benson Plane Guts Ford
9 32 6 Donnie Neuenberger EZ-Slider Chevrolet
10 36 01 J J Yeley Koma Unwind Chillazation Drink Chevrolet
11 29 47 Brett Butler # Fuel-Doctor.com Chevrolet
12 7 51 Aric Almirola Graceway Pharmaceuticals Toyota
13 34 07 Sean Murphy Dietz & Watson Chevrolet
14 31 00 Carlos Contreras Potenica Blast Energy Shot / Alpina Water Chevrolet
15 27 76 Ryan Hackett Sears Sand & Gravel Ford
16 30 39 Ryan Sieg Waste Pro Chevrolet
17 6 56 Tayler Malsam Toyota / One Eighty Toyota
18 19 7 Justin Lofton # visitPIT.com Toyota
19 25 81 David Starr Zachry Toyota
20 2 2 Elliott Sadler Hunt Brothers Pizza Chevrolet
21 11 9 Max Papis GEICO Toyota
22 16 18 Kyle Busch Heluva Good! Toyota
23 8 12 Mario Gosselin Tiremonkey.com Chevrolet
24 20 5 Mike Skinner International Trucks / Monaco RV Toyota
25 35 57 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet
26 3 3 Austin Dillon # Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet
27 5 33 Ron Hornaday Jr. Longhorn Chevrolet
28 13 14 Rick Crawford Lilly Trucking of Virginia Ford
29 4 4 Ricky Carmichael Monster Energy Chevrolet
30 21 21 Donny Lia ASI Limited / GunBroker.com Dodge
31 18 15 Ted Musgrave Hope for Haiti Toyota
32 33 48 Bryan Silas Rockingham Speedway Chevrolet
33 26 49 Chad McCumbee FT-11 Degreaser / Rockingham Speedway Chevrolet
34 28 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb # DriverBoutique.com Ford
35 10 13 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Chevrolet
36 23 98 Landon Cassill # ThorSport Racing Chevrolet

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DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. — Tony Stewart held off a snarling pack of cars on his bumper to win the DRIVE4COPD NASCAR Nationwide Series 300 at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday.

PHOTO CREDITS: CIA STOCK PHOTO

Stewart, who had won four of these races prior to this sunny Saturday, dodged a multitude of sensational wrecks to win his fifth of the last six Nationwide races here.
Carl Edwards roared back to a second-place finish after triggering Dale Earnhardt, Jr.’s upside-down exit from the 120-lap race at the 92nd-lap mark.
Stewart teammate Kevin Harvick was third and Justin Allgaier fourth as the cars zigged and zagged their way to a wild finish.

AUDIO: OUR EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH TONY STEWART

Rounding out the top 10 were Brian Vickers, Paul Menard, who started the race in last place, Joey Logano, James Buescher, Kasey Kahne and Steve Wallace.
Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski, who raced up front most of the afternoon, wrecked back in the pack on the last lap.
A 10-car wreck shortly past the halfway point ended Danica Patrick’s day, much to her dismay. It was one of those “I didn’t have any place to go to miss the wreck” deals.

It all unfolded ahead of her out of turn four when Josh Wise was tapped from behind by Colin Braun, which created a domino effect that eliminated a total of 10 cars, including Patrick, who had been the center of a media blitz for the past 10 days.

Others eliminated in the crash included Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., Scott Lagasse, Braun, Brian Scott, Johnny Sauter, Menard, Robert Richardson, Jr., and Jason Leffler.
Another spectacular accident stopped the race with just 28 laps remaining. This time, it involved most popular driver Earnhardt, who was racing hard in third place when he was clipped from behind by Edwards, after Keselowski nudged him.

The contact flipped Earnhardt upside down, and he rolled a couple of times before coming to rest rightside-up.
Harvick received some minor damage in the accident, as did Edwards and Keselowski. Earnhardt, Nemechek and Brendan Gaughan’s cars were damaged beyond repair.

Chrissy Wallace spun before the field completed a lap and hit the inside retaining wall, ending her day almost before it began. A little tap in the rear bumper from Menard started her spin which prompted the first caution of the day. It was not to be the last caution.

Just a few after a restart, the caution waved again. Mike Bliss accidentally bumped Trevor Bayne, triggering a multi-car spin. Patrick was almost involved but entered the smoke and came out the other side unscathed. Tony Raines and Braun were not so fortunate. They sustained some damage in the accident. On the restart at lap 11, it was Harvick, Earnhardt, Jr., Edwards and Logano up front.

At lap 25, Harvick was leading with Earnhardt second. Edwards was third, followed by Logano, Busch, Townley, Stewart, Biffle, Leffler and Kahne. Stewart and Biffle had raced their way into the top 10 after starting the race in the back of the field.
After a round of green flag pit stops at lap 44, Nemechek and Raines led a few laps when everyone but them pitted. Another caution on lap 50 bunched the cars up again. Mike Wallace spun between turns three and four to bring out the yellow flags.
When the race resumed at lap 56, Biffle was the leader with Busch second and Keselowski third.
Trailing the leaders were Edwards, Earnhardt, Nemechek, Stewart, Logano and Kahne.
Patrick had made her way back to 24th spot after handling problems forced her to the rear of the field.