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DAYTONA 500
Date
Sun 19th February 2023 (UTC)
Sun 19th February 2023 (Local)
Timestamp
2023-02-19T19:30:00
Time
19:30:00 UTC (14:30:00 Local)
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DAYTONA 500
Date
Sun 19th February 2023 (UTC)
Sun 19th February 2023 (Local)
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2023-02-19T19:30:00
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League
NASCAR Cup Series
Season
2023
Round
4
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Daytona International Speedway
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The Daytona 500 is a 500-mile-long (805 km) NASCAR Cup Series motor race held annually at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is the first of two Cup races held every year at Daytona, the second being the Coke Zero 400, and one of three held in Florida, with the annual spring showdown Dixie Vodka 400 being held at Homestead south of Miami. From 1988 to 2019, it was one of the four restrictor plate races on the Cup schedule. The inaugural Daytona 500 was held in 1959 coinciding with the opening of the speedway and since 1982, it has been the season-opening race of the Cup series.
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The race began with Alex Bowman and Kyle Larson on the front row, Leading laps were exchanged between the #48 and #5.
10 laps in and the inside line began to prevail, with Larson, Logano and Bell making up the top 3 of the field. Bell changes lines, side drafts and starts leading the outside line. 13 laps and there are 40 cars with 2,7 seconds of separation between the 1st and the last one. Lap 21 and the inside line starts to gain strength too, with Logano pushing Larson. A third line was created with Bubba Wallace, Tyler Reddick and Justin Haley, but it has no effect. Time for two racing lines, with Bell still leading on the outside and Larson on the inside.
Smoke comes out of Ty Dillon's car on lap 28. The team pushes him to the garage, being an engine problem, making him the first driver to retire from the race.
Between lap 37 and 40 the first pit stops are made for the drivers. On lap 38 there was spin by rookie Riley Herbst, which seemed to wave the yellow flag, but he resumes and the race remains green. After that, Denny Hamlin remains as leader, followed by Bell and Reddick, but Chase Briscoe takes the lead on lap 42.
Two lines are formed again. On the inside are Briscoe, Wallace and Almirola, and on the outside Hamlin, Bell and Reddick. On lap 55, Bubba Wallace was leading, but hit the back straight wall, after a push from Hamlin to Martin Truex Jr. who touches Wallace's #23.
The laps pass and it's time for a racing line. Truex Jr., Hamlin, Gibbs, Almirola and Keselowski lead the top 5.
On lap 64, two laps from the end of the first stage, A. J. Allmendinger, one lap behind the leader, hinders the inside line of Aric Almirola and Jimmie Johnson, with the intention of overtaking Herbst and position himself to have the Lucky Dog and get into the leader's lap.
Last lap of the stage and Brad Keselowski manages with the push of Ryan Preece, to pass the leading Toyota of Hamlin and Truex. He is followed by Chris Buescher and Kevin Harvick, among others, while Truex slows down the outside line.
The first stage ends and Brad Keselowski finishes first, scoring 10 points for the championship, followed by Ryan Preece, who tried to pass the No. 6 on the last lap. Chris Buescher, Kevin Harvick, Michael McDowell, Ty Gibbs, Jimmie Johnson, Martin Truex Jr. and Todd Gilliland round out the top 10.
The race restarts on lap 72, with Preece leading on the inside and Keselowski on the outside. Keselowski drops off the line, with Almirola taking the lead on the outside. By lap 84, the inside line begins to prevail with Keselowski, Preece, Harvick and McDowell, with 7 Fords in the top 10. Martin Truex Jr. and Kyle Busch move to lead the outside line on lap 94, but it has no effect.
After another sequence of pit stops, a three side by side appears on lap 112, with Joey Logano and Ryan Blaney leading the race, the latter being the one who blocked the pack of Toyotas twice.
2 well formed lines on lap 117, with Chris Buescher leading on the outside, when the first of multiple accidents occurs on the following lap. Kevin Harvick touches Tyler Reddick and Reddick takes out Ryan Blaney, then Erik Jones, Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott, Martin Truex Jr. and Daniel Suarez are involved as well. Jones, Reddick and Elliott drop out of the race, while Blaney received repairs on the right front.
The leaders take advantage of the pit stops, Cindric and Hamlin go ahead with two tires over 4 of the rest. The race restarts on lap 126, with a group of drivers preferring track position and stage points. Logano leads with a push from Truex Jr. on the inside, while Bowman pushes Chastain on the outside.
Ross Chastain gets down and is in the lead ahead of Logano. He begins to block both lines, while Bowman is strong on the outside line, with a push from Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Chastain takes the second stage due to the push of Truex and Logano, in a photo finish against Alex Bowman. Closing the top 10, Logano, Stenhouse Jr., Austin Cindric, Truex Jr., Byron, Allmendinger, Buescher and Bell.
During the yellow flag at the conclusion of the second stint, massive pit stops ensue, with Chastain almost stalling the car. He exceeds the speed limit and is penalized with a drive-through. The same penalty for Bell, for passing over equipment, and for Gragson, for uncontrolled tire.
Wallace stays out of the pits and takes the lead of the race. The race returns to green flag on lap 138 with Bubba starting well, protecting both lines, but Buescher pushes Almirola, putting the #10 in the lead. The inside line is consolidated, when the yellow flag comes out on lap 140, because a front right tread came off the #12 of Ryan Blaney in turn 2.
Restart on lap 143: Almirola strong on the inside line, but Buescher pushing very well. Bubba gets in the middle, losing draft, so he had to go on the inside. Cindric almost in control of his car, making a good save, he was ahead of Preece. On lap 145, Buescher moves to command the outside line with a push from teammate and team owner Keselowski. Three laps in, the two make it a 1-2 for RFK commanding the inside line. Both move to the outside line with Hamlin and LaJoie attacking on the inside. Strong push from #7 to #11 to fight off the Fords.
Laps pass and the inside line can't make any progress with Denny Hamlin, Corey LaJoie and Justin Haley, commanding the Ford brand in the top six positions. On lap 157, Suarez leads the inside line, along with Larson and Jimmie Johnson, but then the Mexican had to move up the line, because otherwise he runs out of draft. Earlier there was a touch from #11 of Denny Hamlin to #99 in the middle of turn 1. With 38 laps to go, LaJoie now leads the inside line, with Justin Haley's push, but it doesn't work to go to the inside.
Harrison Burton loses out on the inside, but now leads the outside line. Bubba Wallace didn't get the yellow flag he needed and had to go for fuel with 30 laps to go. He will do it unaccompanied by anyone and two laps later the leaders take a lap off him.
Between laps 176 and 180 the drivers stop in the pits to make their last stops. After the pit stop cycle, Harrison Burton and Joey Logano lead the race. Stenhouse Jr. is penalized for speeding, having to make a drive-through on lap 180. With 18 laps to go, the first Big One takes place, with many Fords involved. Ryan Preece loses control when he receives a push from McDowell and a chain of incidents involving Kevin Harvick, Martin Truex Jr., Chase Briscoe and Jimmie Johnson.
The race restarts with 14 laps to go, with Burton leading on the outside with a push from Kyle Busch, and Logano on the inside with a push from Byron. The inside line works, Logano almost loses the car on the main straight. Logano was left on the outside, losing the draft, before a maneuver of A. J. Allmendinger. The Kaulig driver leads the race until he is overtaken by Brad Keselowski with 10 laps to go.
As the laps went by, the RFK Racing cars (Keselowski and Buescher) and the Richard Childress Racing cars (Kyle Busch and Austin Dillon) remained close each other. With four laps to go, the RCR drivers coordinated with Byron a pass on the back straight to pass Keselowski and Buescher, and Kyle Busch was in the lead, looking for his first Daytona 500 victory in his 18th attempt. But on the next lap, Daniel Suarez gets a touch from Jimmie Johnson, spinning at the exit of turn 4, and with this the race went to the first overtime.
After radio communications on how to take advantage of having his two cars in the first two positions, RCR decided Austin Dillon slow the inside line on the restart, to protect Kyle Busch, who immediately switched to that line, commanding a 1-2 for RCR. However, the inside line would lose pace with Joey Logano and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. passing both cars. On the back straight, Stenhouse, with a push from Larson, passed Logano, and second later the yellow flag was waved for another Big One, caused by Byron's touch on Austin Dillon. Others involved in that multiple accident were Austin Cindric, Todd Gilliland, Harrison Burton, Noah Gragson, Zane Smith, Denny Hamlin and Jimmie Johnson.
RFK Racing drivers come in for fuel, in case the race continues to extend and several drivers have to pit. Riley Herbst and Aric Almirola, also pit for that reason.
The race restarts for a second overtime on lap 210, with Stenhouse leading on the outside and Larson on the inside. Stenhouse gets enough of a lead coming to the white flag, which indicates the final lap of competition, and blocks the inside line, leaving Larson without a draft. In Turn 2, Travis Pastrana with Larson, creating the third Big One (with Keselowski, Almirola, Kyle Busch, Wallace, Allmendinger and Hamlin involved), and the yellow flag was quickly waved.
It was not decided who the winner was, having the doubt whether it was Logano or Stenhouse Jr. but seconds later it was determined that Stenhouse, the JTG Daugherty Racing driver, was the winner of the Great American Race.
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zag says: 23 Feb 2023 12:53Enjoyed these highlights, even If I have no idea what's really going on! Lots of crashes though
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