Matt Kenseth led the 1st Budweiser Duel and won it without a caution, and the real excitement was Cole Whitt getting in after repairing his damaged car after the big wreck in practice. And Alex Bowman speaking on camera seemed to still be in shock after racing his way in...
Then came the second duel and for 59 laps- nothing but good clean racing.
Then Jimmie (what a week he is having, and not in a good way...) ran out of gas between the 3rd and 4th turns, Jamie McMurray didn't see him wave- understandable at 190+ miles an hour, and they crashed in the wall, crossed over the field and "The Big One" was everywhere...
Clint Boywer did a clean 360 degree barrel roll and landed on 4 wheels and drove to his pit stop. But really, do we expect anything less from the guy who finished the Daytona 500 in 2007 upside down and on fire?
Casey Mears- also out of gas- was saved by the caution- without it, there would be no Daytona 500 2014 for him.
The Labontes also benefitted, which helped David Regan make the field, since a past champion didn't need the spot.
Poor Martin Truex, on the other hand, goes from having a really fast car in the front row to having a back-up car in the back of the field... Still better than his brother, who didn't make the field this year. And Truex was a class act- talking about it not really mattering where you start the 500... I think I will be rooting for him this season.
Almost forgot- Denny Hamlin won the race- I couldn't be happier after him being so badly hurt last year.
Jimmie apologized for the melee and thankfully nobody was hurt...
Daytona is only 3 days away...
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