Denny Hamlin held off Ryan Blaney in the second overtime at Daytona International Speedway after multiple wrecks decimated the field.
Michelle R. MartinelliDAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — A violent 62nd Daytona 500 that featured a visit from President Donald Trump and covered two days ended Monday evening with Denny Hamlin celebrating victory in NASCAR's biggest race for the second year in a row and all of motorsports concerned for driver Ryan Newman.
Hamlin now has won three of the last five Daytona 500s, while giving newly minted Hall of Fame owner Joe Gibbs his fourth victory in the Great American Race. Hamlin also won in 2016 in the closest finish in the event's history. This year's finish took several moments to decide before Hamlin was declared the winner in the second-closest finish in history.
Following a restart with 10 laps to go, Reed Sorenson cut a tire and slid up in front of Timmy Hill, causing damage to both vehicles and bringing out another caution.After a relatively calm — by superspeedway standards — the Big One broke out with 16 laps remaining taking out a number of really strong cars, including seven-time Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson, who likely was racing in his final Daytona 500.
Behind Hamlin, Kyle Busch, pole winner Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Truex, Chastain, Johnson, Elliott, Blaney, Logano and Chris Buescher finished the second stage in the top 10. Harvick and his fellow Stewart-Haas Racing drivers, Almirola, rookie Cole Custer, and Clint Bowyer, were in the bottom third of the field for the much of the second stage.Elliott won the first stage of the Daytona 500 and earned the first playoff point of the season. He was followed by Hendrick Motorsports teammate Alex Bowman, Aric Almirola, Logano, Johnson, Blaney, Stenhouse, Matt DiBenedetto, Buescher and Ty Dillon to round out the top-10 finishers.
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