Daily Archives: February 17, 2019

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Matt DiBenedetto’s Excellent Run Comes to Aprupt, Violent End

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Matt DiBenedetto photo – TRD

Matt DiBenedetto’s 28th-place finish hardly did justice to the way the Grass Valley, Calif., driver performed in Sunday’s Daytona 500.

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Jimmie Johnson Scores Miraculous Top-Ten at Daytona

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At Daytona International Speedway in Daytona, Florida February, 2019. CIA Stock Photo

Advance Auto Parts Clash winner Jimmie Johnson finished ninth in Sunday’s Daytona 500, but the top-ten result was hardly routine.

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Denny Hamlin Gets Emotional Second Daytona 500 Victory

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DAYTONA BEACH, FL – FEBRUARY 17: Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 FedEx Express Toyota, celebrates in victory lane after winning the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series 61st Annual Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 17, 2019 in Daytona Beach, Florida. Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Five weeks after the death of Joe Gibbs Racing president J.D. Gibbs, the driver he discovered won the Daytona 500 for the second time.

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Rookie Ryan Preece Makes a Splash in Monster Energy Series Debut

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – As far as Daytona 500 debuts go Ryan Preece was plenty encouraged if not wholly satisfied with his eighth-place finish Sunday night. He was running top-five, had even pushed into the top-three with a lap to go, but got shuffled out by veterans as the checkered flag flew to close out the overtime season-opener.

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