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July 6, 2012

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — With a strong push from defending NASCAR Nationwide Series champion Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Kurt Busch won a wild Subway Jalapeno 250 Friday night at Daytona International Speedway, as Austin Dillon was turned sideways and wrecked in the tri-oval as Busch crossed the finish line.

Stenhouse came home second, followed by Michael Annett, who was pushing Dillon during a green-white-checkered-flag finish that took the race one lap beyond its scheduled distance of 100 laps.

Dillon slid sideways across the stripe in fourth place, with Joey Logano and series leader Elliott Sadler taking fifth and sixth, respectively.

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1 17 Matt Kenseth Zest Ford 46.781 192.386
2 14 Tony Stewart MOBIL 1 / Office Depot Chevrolet 46.787 192.361
Update: 14 car failed post qualifying inspection. To the back he goes
3 39 Ryan Newman Aspen Dental Chevrolet 46.789 192.353
4 5 Kasey Kahne HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 46.804 192.291
5 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford 46.841 192.139
6 24 Jeff Gordon PepsiMax Chevrolet 46.860 192.061
7 50 Bill Elliott Walmart Chevrolet 46.872 192.012
8 13 Casey Mears GEICO Ford 46.891 191.934
9 22 AJ Allmendinger Shell Pennzoil Dodge 46.901 191.894
10 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Dodge 46.910 191.857
11 9 Marcos Ambrose DeWalt Ford 46.918 191.824
12 29 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Folds of Honor Chevrolet 46.924 191.800
13 99 Carl Edwards Subway Ford 46.946 191.710

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14 27 Paul Menard Quaker State / Menards Chevrolet 46.953 191.681
15 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevrolet 46.978 191.579

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1 3 Austin Dillon # Bass Pro Shops / NRA Museum Chevrolet 50.750 177.340
UPDATE: #3 CAR FAILED POST QUALIFYING INSPECTION, WILL START IN THE BACK
2 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. NOS Energy Drink Ford 50.775 177.253
3 88 Cole Whitt # Degree MEN / Winn-Dixie Chevrolet 50.821 177.092
4 7 Danica Patrick GoDaddy.com / NASCAR Unites Chevrolet 50.844 177.012
5 33 Kevin Harvick(i) Rheem / Menards Chevrolet 50.849 176.995
6 1 Kurt Busch(i) HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 50.886 176.866
7 22 Brad Keselowski(i) Discount Tire Dodge 50.921 176.744
8 01 Mike Wallace G&K Services Chevrolet 50.974 176.561
9 18 Joey Logano(i) SportClips Toyota 50.978 176.547

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10 11 Brian Scott Dollar General Toyota 51.001 176.467

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Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s fortunes continue to rise – along with his ranking in NASCAR Sprint Cup points. A fourth-place Kentucky finish, his seventh top five of the season, elevated Junior to second in the standings 11 points behind leader Matt Kenseth. He matched his combined top-five output for the 2010-11 seasons and with 13 top 10s eclipsed last year’s total (12).

This could be the week Earnhardt goes to the top of the points, a position he in which he last appeared on Oct. 3, 2004. The accomplished restrictor-plate racer has won twice at Daytona including the 2001 Coke Zero 400.He’s a five-time Talladega Superspeedway winner including four straight victories between 2001 and 2003.