Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Matt Kenseth holds off Earnhardt Jr., survives to win bizarre Daytona 500
 Feb. 27, 2012
By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service

Credit: Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images for NASCAR
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Finally, nothing out of the ordinary happened.


In a Daytona 500 that featured the first postponement in its history, a ball of fire from a racecar vs. jet dryer collision under caution and a surfeit of wild action in the closing laps, Matt Kenseth won his second Daytona 500 when the tandem of Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Greg Biffle couldn't catch the race winner in a green-white-checkered-flag finish.


Earnhardt made a slingshot move around Greg Biffle to run second in the 54th running of the Great American Race at Daytona International Speedway. Biffle came home third, followed by Denny Hamlin and Jeff Burton, as a late caution necessitated two extra laps beyond the scheduled 200. (Read full story)

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