Duel #1 --
Duel 1 had it's ups and downs today at Daytona International Speedway. Carl Edwards, Daytona 500 polesitter, led the pack to the green flag. Tony Stewart ended the race on top and grabbed the win. Those looking to drive their way into the Daytona 500 included Michael Waltrip and Michael McDowell. Michael McDowell earned a transfer spot, but Waltrip had last minute trouble. (More on that later)
The first caution came out on Lap 8 when Michael McDowell got into the back of David Gilliland. The result was Paul Menard and Juan Pablo Montoya getting collected and hitting the wall when Gilliland zoomed up the track knocking all 3 of them out. Montoya faced serious damage, the whole front end being torn from the chassis. Brad Keselowski had light damage.
Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin showed a strong car and led many laps along with Stewart-Haas driver Tony Stewart, who later went on the win the race. The 2nd caution came out on Lap 52 when Michael Waltrip was exiting pit road, swirved on the apron and smashed into the wall. This one mistake crushed his Daytona 500 hopes as he failed to qualify. With the white flag out Stewart leads, but new NASCAR driver Danica Patrick gets pushed out of the pack flying towards the wall. She hits hard tearing the #10 GoDaddy.com car to pieces. During her in-car camera shot it shows her taking her hands off the wheel protecting her wrists from being jerked around. This is something that IndyCar drivers are told to do. (Patrick previously drove in the IndyCar series)
Not exactly the way Danica wanted to start her Cup career, but she tried to stay positive saying, "maybe the back-up car will be faster!"
Stewart grabs the win making it his 17th Daytona win, second most wins of all time. (Dale Earnhardt Sr. holds the record with 34 wins)
Duel #2 --
The second Duel at Daytona was a calmer and much safer race that had little action compared to the 1st duel. Greg Biffle started on the pole. Kenny Wallace, Dave Blaney and Joe Nemechek were all trying to race into the 500. There were many lead changes, but surprisingly no cautions. Kenny Wallace tried to hold on, but midway during the race he slided to the back of the field. He had fuel pump and engine problems causing him to go up 3 laps down. A tough break for Wallace. He did not make it into the 500, along with Michael Waltrip, 2 NASCAR icons in the sport today.
5-time champion Jimmie Johnson pushed Matt Kenseth to the win after Kenseth's teammate Greg Biffle tried to block him, having his plan fail. Kenseth gets his first Gatorade Duel win and also Jack Roush's first duel win.
Duel 1 had it's ups and downs today at Daytona International Speedway. Carl Edwards, Daytona 500 polesitter, led the pack to the green flag. Tony Stewart ended the race on top and grabbed the win. Those looking to drive their way into the Daytona 500 included Michael Waltrip and Michael McDowell. Michael McDowell earned a transfer spot, but Waltrip had last minute trouble. (More on that later)The first caution came out on Lap 8 when Michael McDowell got into the back of David Gilliland. The result was Paul Menard and Juan Pablo Montoya getting collected and hitting the wall when Gilliland zoomed up the track knocking all 3 of them out. Montoya faced serious damage, the whole front end being torn from the chassis. Brad Keselowski had light damage.
Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin showed a strong car and led many laps along with Stewart-Haas driver Tony Stewart, who later went on the win the race. The 2nd caution came out on Lap 52 when Michael Waltrip was exiting pit road, swirved on the apron and smashed into the wall. This one mistake crushed his Daytona 500 hopes as he failed to qualify. With the white flag out Stewart leads, but new NASCAR driver Danica Patrick gets pushed out of the pack flying towards the wall. She hits hard tearing the #10 GoDaddy.com car to pieces. During her in-car camera shot it shows her taking her hands off the wheel protecting her wrists from being jerked around. This is something that IndyCar drivers are told to do. (Patrick previously drove in the IndyCar series)
Not exactly the way Danica wanted to start her Cup career, but she tried to stay positive saying, "maybe the back-up car will be faster!"Stewart grabs the win making it his 17th Daytona win, second most wins of all time. (Dale Earnhardt Sr. holds the record with 34 wins)
Duel #2 --
The second Duel at Daytona was a calmer and much safer race that had little action compared to the 1st duel. Greg Biffle started on the pole. Kenny Wallace, Dave Blaney and Joe Nemechek were all trying to race into the 500. There were many lead changes, but surprisingly no cautions. Kenny Wallace tried to hold on, but midway during the race he slided to the back of the field. He had fuel pump and engine problems causing him to go up 3 laps down. A tough break for Wallace. He did not make it into the 500, along with Michael Waltrip, 2 NASCAR icons in the sport today.5-time champion Jimmie Johnson pushed Matt Kenseth to the win after Kenseth's teammate Greg Biffle tried to block him, having his plan fail. Kenseth gets his first Gatorade Duel win and also Jack Roush's first duel win.
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