Final Lap of Every Daytona 500 (1959-2020)

there's the white flag the leaders go into the

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lap in a scoreless tie weatherly one lap behind number 48 petty in 42 and beauchamp in 73 the leaders one mile to go in the

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stretch weatherly is high on the track lee petty in the head coach has the checkered flag below him the race is over both the little guy and the pro champion time the same time three hours 41 minutes 22 seconds teddy and beauchamp both sit in the winners circle both accept congratulations from the crowd in one of the most amazing finishes ever recorded in auto racing there's the white flag one more lap junior johnson chevrolet is first under that plane johnson comes last the checkered flag for junior johnson bobby johns is next and just 26 seconds later richard and lee patty cross the line in third and fourth is junior johnson feeling his chevrolet in victory circle ria after a great ride pontiacs are leading the field of 27 cars still running pants boards ahead reaching t the checkered flag oh larry frank slides into the infield and out of the way as marvin patch places his pontiac at the finish line smokey eunuch the winning mechanic accepts congratulations with mixed emotions two laps to last last and fireball gets the checkered flag he has beat the curse his crew is jubilant and roberts richer by over 24,000 wheels number 22 in the winner's circle 500 miles at an average speed of 152.9 miles per hour with autolife of the richest stock car races of all time the Daytona 500 and here he is very small and he will start on the last lap so tiny lund is alone and unofficially i have him 24 seconds ahead of freddie lorenzen and he has a good 30 seconds on ned jarrett which i don't want to overlook the fact that nelson stacy is fourth and dan gurney is fifth they are two laps behind and then dick penny in the 63 plymouth is in sixth bobby johns doing a great job is in seventh in the 63 pontiac and then joe weatherly is in ei ghth but here There's the guy

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one's been chasing, Tiny Love, he's driven a tremendous race and you can bet that if he can finish now, his pit crew will get a huge amount of credit for the engineering work they did here today. the checkered flag is up and here he comes under the checkered flag tiny lawn has taken it and this really is a big win for him the white flag one more lap to go and richard petty keeps moving easy and strong richard has a lap of lead over second second laps over third and fourth the crowd cheers as richard petty in his number 43 plymouth takes the checkered flag and is gone richard petty rolls into the winners circle just like his father did five years ago and here comes the rain caution light means slow down and full position the track is getting slippery and the spectators are getting wet the rain is coming down hard now and the remaining 24 cars are lined up behind the pace car the faithful wait as the rain falls constantly for me over an hour and then it's over fred laurenson is the winner fearless freddy finally made it at

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he is the king of super p ists with the biggest person racing car races in their pocket the weather as you can see right now is bad there is a yellow flag they are driving now on a wet track and they have been slowed down richard petty is the leader we can have a shorter race here and now white flags go up one lap more petty on average look at the weight uh actually this is very dangerous here this the amount of water on a race track can be very dangerous they probably run 125 miles an hour with no windshield wipers so it's hard to even see where they are going betty is going to average over 160 miles per hour in this race but in a short race by the way her record will not count the first car race was run on thanksgiving in america way back 1895 average speed for winter seven and a half miles an hour a great comeback for the plymouths who were banned last year with our hemi heads and here they are winning the pri mere 1966 major race richard petty who started racing washing and cleaning auto parts in his father's garage his father won this event he is about to win his second Daytona 500 he is coming over the finish line he won over thirty thousand dollars in prize money and there's the checkered flag richard petty wins the

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500. send me a big win and second place of course is kale yarbrough in a 1966 sport he drove a good race and got sick and third place is car number six david pearson in a dodge charger mario andretti guaranteeing no change track position he is just a few laps away from being the first usback driver to win the nascar sponsored 500. and takes the token under the caution with lorenzen runner-up james hilton third-tier mario led 112 laps of the rap 200 race a record sure to be ruined by the nine o'clock flag the leader exchanged hands 36 times among nine men but mario wins first prize of 43,000 he is jubilant l ap to go and contain the joy in wood brothers pit flake white tells leroy it will have to be this turn kale has steam through the margins a second the cabbage kinky is averaging just under 184 on the last lap in a fantastic display of determined driving bobby allison was third david pearson fourth to unser slotted right in front of the grandstand this is one left to go the white flag is off and leroy has a clear opportunity for hindsight and there they go to the top corner they are on the last lap about six drivers break away and this is where it will have to happen down the stretch and leroy takes some ground on the back of charlie glott leroy approaches and approaches 200 miles an hour here and leroy takes him panache has taken the lead as they pull alongside each other splitting another car as they pass a breakneck speed pound yarbrough has to drive with the clutch back and charlie will now have to go down fast on the inside out of turn number four he will try and sling it if he has room and there is no room there they all come standing and cheering the flag a plaids is out for leroy yarbrough who makes the jump on the last lap what a finish pearson is still close he's right in the draft but here he goes he's taking his run on pete hamilton right here entering turn number three he can hold he went way low there they really are on it now watch out this is in trouble almost lost it almost lost it david pearson was out of shape almost sideways but he fought back tremendous force and the flag b lanca is waving he beat hamilton as the leader traveling at over 186 mph a remarkable story for the young man from massachusetts and it looks like david pearson has lost momentum maybe he has lost the will to try it all again although i find it hard to believe because it's one of the great competitors in nascar racing history we are looking at two great competitors right here pete hamilton in the petty blue plymouth super bird leading and heading to the checkered flag and david pearson racing right behind him closing in on second place and he will hold that position no doubt and pete hamilton has won his first major nascar victory the daytona 500 david pearson is second on the board and bobby allison third in a dodge and fingers crossed on the money maker well the last race he we saw here a year ago when pete hamilton won he will want it on his last breath and here we go for the white flag and the exciting moment fi Final the 13 Daytona 500 it looks like at this point it's going to be Baker and Boyce.

Aj has had a long journey and Richard Petty can't catch up with him. At least Aj Boyd is winning this latest last ride. He will not win the race. i will say richard is right behind him and aj is showing him some speed he has shown in class all day but petty the big stock car driver from the south coming up now will take the checkered flag for his third date unprecedented in a 500 win Hi mama n among the men at arsenal races and now for the flag in his 120th career win as alias takes the right hand side and the white flag is up for aj foyt and he has been in front running only 109 straight laps so he's really dominated this race ever since richard petty blew his engine and went to the garage fox says he's going to win at over 160 miles an hour keith will be the first to win over 160 mph at 161.5 mph going on the old record set by leroyabro 157.95 in 1969. so this massive crowd and they have estimated it at 98,000 more coming to cheer tough houston texan aj told us before the race that e wanted to run hard lead all the way if he could and he hasn't led all the way but most of it and he wins the Daytona 500 and that's a fitting sign as out on the track richard petty whips his number 43 under the white flag with a one more turn and it's all yours down the high bank fourth turn into the triangle and the petty blue flies under the checkered flag winner of the 15th annual Daytona 500. bobby isaac finished second with dick brooks third aj point fourth and herschel mcgriff fifth brother maurice and a jubilant crew push richard's car into victory lane and there are still a couple of unanswered questions with six laps to go baker might Whether he would have caught it if he'd been able to pass it, we'll never know, but Richard Petty just won the biggest, richest, most important stock car race in the world and he's done it for the fourth time driving a very well-balanced race throughout the pilot fixed it right at the top of the show fixed it right at the beginning and of course here we are seeing him in action richard petty who has had more experience winning this race track than anyone else and there is the prize money first prize 31 050 second price thirteen thousand seven hundred fifty and south play eight eight thousand seven hundred dollars big reward as you saw flash in your s Creen and Razer Force run under the sa There is no mention of Nascar and there is a lot of action for you in the future, including the Carolina 500 that will be run in Rockingham and you will have action in Richmond Virginia and the checkered flag is coming.

Richard Steady Daytona 500 for 1974. White flag one more lap and Parsons will have the biggest payday ever bobby allison runs second kayle yarbrough third benny comes off the high bench fourth turn for the last time today and at the tri-oval right now he's got to be all smiles as he whips under the checkered flag, winner of the richest stock car race in the world, the Daytona 500. in the rear view mirror he said it's extremely important i don't think you have to tell richard petty to keep his eyes in the rear view mirror i think he's throwing out the window right now i don't think he's interested there they come and go

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one is standing here in the daytona international speedway look at david pearson he's approached he can do it he's going to retire now he's going to try the guy i don't know if he's depressed inside he's but he's leading but there's a car in front of them there's a slower car in front of them and richard petty and pearson go high pearson is now leading teddy tries to get back down on the inside as they come out of fourth turn they only have about 750 yards left oh right away they hit teddy he slams into the wall he will cross the line starting goal, he's going to win the race, he's going to win it by spinning like he thinks he'll take the checkered card. no, he didn't make it, he's less than a hundred yards away, here comes pearson, pearson's trying to cross the finish line, teddy's got his car running, here he's going to win, oh, fashion, win the ring, that's amazing, amazing because here is ricardo petty no more than maybe 150 feet from him he started it up and he crossed the finish line so did he beat beat betty parsons through which he got second place but he got pushed there may be an impression of the regulations there he's been pressured so it'll be interesting to see what the officials have to say about this but what a spectacular ending we'll have to watch that ending again because it really was a matter of Richard Petty and David Pearson actually moving each. another one there in most spectacular fashion at the last corner of the race track the white flag one more lap benny parsons is trying desperately but kale's car seems smoother and stronger with every foot of track buddy baker in the 15 ford runs third another chevy 14 cuckoo marlin is fourth parsons can't make it when kayle yarborough comes screaming from the fourth turn to put her holly farm 11 chevy in the record books as the winner of the 19th annual Daytona 500. victory lane is a coveted piece of ground that belongs to no man shared only by a few and to each it's just a brief moment for bobby allison if he can get into that pit for just a little more than one more lap now coming to the start finish line the white flag is up once more and bobby allison will have won the race his brother donny somewhere on the field you can be sure he's hot on himbuddy baker nothing but heartbreak for him as his car is in the pits and many others today for richard petty who was behind his stick but after leading the race he was involved in a crash quite early at the 150 mile mark heartbreak for david pearson here today and for daryl waltrip all of whom were there for the lead for a point j was still in the hospital back in the lead it's bobby allison getting ready for the checkered flag wears kale yarbrough number 11 in second to the right pulling into the stretch behind allison in third now it's ron hutcherson one lap down and fourth benny parsons also one lap down in fifth dick brooks two laps down the checkered flag will go out for allison before a crowd of over a hundred thousand people and that's it it's all over after a grueling traumatic race day here in daytona bobby ellison has won the daytona 500 here is kale yarb rough the defending champ and the reigning nascar season long national champ taking second place those are the only two cars to finish on the same lap again in third place a lap down from ron hutchinson aj point's teammate then benny parsons at 72 dick brooks number 90. there's more to come here so stick with us and we'll be back okay here they come out of turn number four the white flag is in chip warren's hand as he prepares to show it to donny allison the kale is tucked in there, when will yarborough make his move? they're back for a turn one last lap donnie allison is 20 car lengths behind his brother bobby donny leads kale yarbrough by two car lengths they are one slot off the top of the track and kale's bush is lined up to the right on donnie allison's rear bumper they are out of the turn two are on the back stretch here goes kale on the inside hale makes the move is too close to the grass downstairs tries to turn it off tails in the Grass stall loses it he tries to pull him down he's next to each other they make contact they both head for the wall they hit the wall and spin number three we'll have a new leader we've got them dipping into the infield now as we look for the leaders coming down the backstretch they are in turn two in front of mike joy here comes richard petty he leads daryl walter by five cars five more links back to a point j waltrip race traffic closes but petty is there up caution it's at the race track and it's going to be a battle back to start finish line heavy traffic in three walter running right behind penny aj the dot is right there they are moving to the high side they want it past high scott richard takes it at four richard penny takes the outside has daryl waltro close behind two car lanes back to a point j richard penny takes it under test but now he has the upper hand here they come to the stripe richard petty's stp o's mobile waltrip dives to the inside petty almost knocked him off the grass and richard petty will win the daytona 500 the little team jumping up and down pit road congratulating each other this daytona 500 has had it all donny allison kale yarborough crashes in turn three on that last lap the 1979 daytona 500 is history and ladies and gentlemen the winner is richard petty motor entering turn number one oh and neil bonnett ne il bonnett smoking bad coming out of turn four looks like his engine is about to blow up here's the hood coming up to the trioval slowing down now he wants this could be a godsend for him if he can keep running absolutely the engine is off he's off the engine is gone the hood just floating around here at the end of the race what situation is this where is Dale Earnhardt no way the the white flag is out the white flag is in the field they are under caution Baker is racing to win this race and even under caution it will be the fastest race ever here he is coming out of turn number four and after all those years of toil all those broken hearts the Daytona 500 waving like crazy as he crosses the line Buddy Baker lo he's done it but not without heart stopping right at the end when the caution came out Buddy Baker has done it 200 laps done s Right flag in a lap go for richard petty who looks like he's on his way to his 100th. i'll tell you i want to be there the day he went to the crowd to his feet one of the most beloved drivers in the history of the sport goes down in the turn number two you're looking at an incredible moment here's a man winning the hardest the most prestigious stockholm there is for the seventh time bobby allison storming winning situation the type of strategy is like diving into a 90 foot ass to win your we're open for a hole off turn four richard petty holding on to that lead like a hammerhead shark here he comes coming down looking and he's slowing down he's running out of fuel he's crossing the line slowly but he takes the checkered flag on the wall stan baron has crashed right at the finish line number 22 barrett has rolled his car 24 running looking for his second victory enters the test the white flag is out this is the last lap ta in 2nd now it's car number 27 kale yarbrough quick words from larry you said you might be a little worried about this last lap bobby hasn't been wording correctly it consumes a lot more fuel not to run in the draft we just hooked it up with all 47 cars 10 laps to the finish but I think we've got it right now less than half a ken how's he doing looks good he's stopping the number two car trying to put the ruckman car one lap back in the final moments here comes a sprint to the finish allison going down and he is right behind d rutland as they reach the checkered flag line about to go out and running towards it is top 88. bobby allison has won the daytona 500 for the second time in his career defending by flapping a little when he found that they had all gone very quickly this week, all of them, number one baker, there at the point where he must be looking in the rearview mirror wondering where Yarborough's gonna shoot Yarborough now that they're both brave and he knows there's nothing to try to hold back Kelly Arbor Kale Yarborough has one thing on his mind right now to take that shot they're in the back right away here comes yarmouth on the inside identical to 1979.

Baker gives him space and goes to the lap to let Baker and Bill Elliot come home second this is is the last lap of the great American race wild ride still deployed first yarborough in second the brow edge towards the outside back straight away final time to the inside the move he loves here he comes to the inside is kale yarborough taking first as they hit turn number three coming for four to the inside here comes earhardt earhardt came for second trying to find a place to run come coming has done it again thank you sir thank you sir crossing the line winning back to back to the first man from the last last fireball roberts to win a daytona triple crown on the last lap no one has been able to hold elliott off all afternoon and one thing lake speed didn't need with those cars running alongside each other before they're racing for positions too but he needed all the clean shots he could get to keep up with the leader he won't be able to do it yeah he wanted a little help too late now first place no contest give it to elliott the battle will be for third . lake speed is in second battle there will be waltrip baker inside that third position there is lake speed right there in second position bill elliott is on his way to his biggest run with a little slack in turn three a couple of cars all th On the side, here, they return to the line and, after dominating all day, their pit road crew, Bill Elliot, wins the 1985 Daytona 500.

There you see, Ernie Elliott, Dan Elliott , is standing just to the left. What a moment, the lake speeds up to congratulate. lowering the white flag its out jeff godin on his last lap just praying and we listen now as that car enters turn number one for a job anything on that engine that could spell disaster for bodine remember look back 13 seconds now terry labonte from the entrance -car camera can see jeff gordon winning the daytona 500. may be riding with him he's in the back right away what a feeling man that's his field game right see the little indicator flash on the right side of the dash with the f-100 i'm sure that it's probably your fuel pressure gauge at the moment it doesn't seem to be there see it blinking there you go as you enter the corner and enter the corner and it's getting real close see the ne edle it's going down now you're coming down towards the end the checkered flag it's out and you're with jeff budai as he wins the 1986 daytona 500. has done it cbs camera aboard rick hendrick racing stable out of charlotte north carolina jeff gordin of shimon new york has won the daytona 500 parsons it's closing now parsons is teetering on elliott with one lap to go he's 12 cars down as they cross the strip two and a half miles left richard petty closing in there's parsons in that harry hy car from moving up ford in first chevrolet in second pontiac in third daytona 500 until the last lap elliot stays low on the track he knows he just has to stay there and hope benny carson can't catch enough grab carson comes right in the race track with him on the low side trying to pick up that draft but again im afraid hes too far back here they are for turn three carson still trying to close out the last lap last sprint out of turn four the pride of georgia bill elliot screaming car number nine to take it home and give ford and give the people of georgia something to be happy about crosses the line to win by about 10 cars bill elliot two time winner of the great american race of turn number four here is bobby allison the two time champion what must be going through your mind right now here is harold kinder white silk last lap parson s lies third texas terry labonte is in fourth neil bonnett the third member of that band from alabama back in fifth and those two frontmen walk away from him davey allison comes after his father looks in as they take him high and spin the number two back right away last time to decide it all here this afternoon ah davey what are you going to do he has less than half as much to do and they have enough leadership and the belief that this is going to be a battle between father and son son i don't think anyone else can be proud but here he comes he's gonna be he's down bobby allison tall davey allison finds the inner movement bobby allison stops him they come to the stripe and the winner of the 30th annual great american race bobby allison davey allison his second son judy allison static what a tremendous family performance for dave to spain our records indicate walter pitted at 144 just like everyone else but had the same 56 vu eltas for the finish if there is any magic there is magic they put in before the race it wasn't magic at the pit stop he is taking out all over the track anyone he can find trying to conserve fuel the white flag is off and the dealer's wife notes he can't get that far on a tank of fuel daryl walker may be drafting trying to save as much fuel as he can on the last lap the gap is huge it's a matter of fuel can it hold walter can slide it now i think yes, he's close enough now to cross the finish line and still win in turn four after 17 years of effort the daytona 500 ongs franklin tennessee's daryl waltrip has done it has done second place up for grabs to the number 25 line the traitor will take second seven seconds back almost eight the white flag going down to dale earhardt with one lap to go does anyone have is something to deal with? the black man this is what's going to happen maybe i thought tara lavonny was going to try to come down and take second place and if she does that's just going to open the door for earhardt to walk away we'll see but naturally every one of they want to gain a position either fourth to third or whatever but if they get side by side it will help gainhardt turn around to go into a four car shootout to decide at all dale earhardt here comes that on the inside pulling back something is wrong here comes the field driving to the finish and on the outside it's the number 10 car derek colts something to lose on the earhardt clark coming to the line it's lavani pulling up and an amazing finish the whitcomb racing team has w at that amazing and nicole tearing up a little frank cope's first top five finish his first win comes at the daytona 500 Glover said he thought he fell a bit behind but every time the two black cars pass each other, that means a break from ernie's chancesirving to win the 500. and there's trouble in turn two. bernie irvings, my brother ernie is davey allison. and dalen hunt and davey allison both out of this race ernie urban racing back to the line with a huge lead there is a davey allison car pulling up ernie irvin going down if he ends up here on caution he will be the first california to win this race since the patch marvin in 1961 ernie urban's number four crossing the line the rest of the field coming that way you see the 22 car sterling marlin he's in second joe rutman's number 75 is in third and i rig ht down on the apron any chance with any thing here ernie irvin brings it around and black number three earhardt is in fifth position six is ​​dale jarrett rick mast is going to finish this race fourth ernie irvin coming to the line and will win the 33rd annual 500 at about 55 miles per hour thank you and shout out to irvin in this amazing amazing finale to the 500 when earhardt and allison get tangled up kyle petty on the back immediately back to l A white flag strike and one lap to go next to the Daytona 500. davey allison in front and morgan shepard in second shepard stays right there he's completely shut it down robert yates look at davy's mentor allison ok he's back he backed up a bit again to see how much momentum he can get. he tried last time he was able to get back up with his bumper time its all downhill that space right there should pay off at the end of the back right away if he has the momentum to make it around m ichaels car walsh ready for the finish coming into turn three mike glenn what can he do pretty strong just depends on morgan how he gets in turn with him here come morgan up the line davey allison first morgan shepard get it all back there he got some left coming to strike morgan is coming to the inside and davey allison is going to win the daytona 500. the alabama gang has done it again son of a grand champion on this track bobby allison davey allison victorious in the 34th annual 500m race. the laziest dale will get there he's coming looks like he's driving under our north carolina he got loose and slid down the race track dale jarrett zucchini and they touch back to the line white flag white flag and a lap to go back coming back down the the outside bone get in it strickland get in it this is the end we said five cars had a chance get ready cause it's coming to the wire there's jared in the front jarrod pulling back in the front bodine go down to the inside jeff beaudine the '86 champ trying to find something wrong come on come on go betty look great come on i know he's on the floor he can't do any more come on don't let him get inside you coming this turn Here he comes it's the Dalendale show.

It has become a turn four. You know who I'm attracting. He's alright, oh, look at Martha, oh, can you believe it? Amen, do you think he's going to get out of the truck? number 28 is still there last lap to the side not at all sterling marlin stays first ernie irvin in second returns immediately last time is between these two cars while troy aikman brought sterling some luck we'll see if ernie irvin can pass him this time last turn because it has become turn three sterling marlin in front ernie irvin closing the ground here they come down the stretch for the last time it's sterling marlin in the lead until the inside reaches 28. coming to the line sterling marlins going to win ernie irvin who left morgan mcclure's ride to go with robert yates' 28 team gets beaten by that team and sterling marlin wins his first winston cup victory in the biggest race of all yes ricky craven's sixth white flag he's going down, sixth point isn't close enough to make his face really yearn for the leading rookie in 14. this is 21 cars on the lead lap and this is the last pulls away by about three car lengths cut him to two here comes earhardt the intimidator is going to have to be in his prime to intimidate got him running because of that but his angle i don't think it's because he couldn't get the momentum he needed final assault off of turn four down they come the short 1600 feet straight to the finish line and the 1995 daytona 500 winner is again sterling marlin morgan mcclure ninth career win and three of them have been here at daytona here they come for The white flag one more time, one to go, how about we take it home? well he has to do what he's been doing, block them all the way, that board is working great and as I told you in 1993 they'll keep it. down on the inside don't let him go down there but he might try to go up on the outside coming off the turn here's the dale and dale show one more time here at daytona ahead Jarrod blocks him one more time here comes Earhardt on the inside but he can't make the move and the Chevrolets race each other back there Janet hold on inside let's go Dale put her in the battle dude do everything you can to win two Daytona 500s will be too much here he hits the line and dale jarrett is going to make it in daytona his second victory in the daytona 500 wow maligns it as well as it did the first time all three hendricks cars dug into the back of the track and right now it's one two three hendrix sterling marlin cars in fourth bill elliott back at fifth mayfield is on six ward burton seventh martin is eight and hamilton hamilton the penny car is on ninth here we go phil elliott back on the inside of turn four in trouble trouble getting off outside from that bench one two three danson's car between them when they get to the line caution is coming out that could be the final laugh under green and if it's gordon he won with terry lomani second and coward third dale jarrett caught up with them and there you see kenny wallace in that incident involved number 11 brett boneless and there's number one morgan shepard all torn apart style of these two people the quiet terry labonte the reserve curator and jeff g ordon the flashy young jennifer couldn't hit him better and they couldn't have hit him better look at them lining up to meet ladies and yellow and terry lavonnie pulls up and here comes car 25 this reminds me of the daytona 24 hours the year the ferraris wanted first second and third and they lined up across the line we never saw it one year we did it i think the porsches did it but never in a stock car race this is the first two laps go big beaten up by spencer but i told you bobby levine was moving a while ago what a muscle move in the fastest qualifier here for the 500 showing his muscle now three marks on the 500 chevy pontiac four that's how they run but win has a benefit there a slow car ahead and there is trouble coming out of turn two some cards translate could this be the one to get back to the starting finish line they will get the fight and the yellow together blake speed and john andretti tangled as the leaders head for the turn number three and done and spencer got together this could be the daytona 500 bobby lavonny steps outside labonte on top earhardt uses rick bass's left car to pick 20 years of trying 20 years of frustration will come give earhardt to the flag caution to win the Daytona 500.

Finally, the most anticipated moment in racing if John Elway can win the Super Bowl. the expected victory will be his wow what a drive from dale earhardt doing everything he had to do today bobby lebron is saying boy he needed the last thing left on top of the show did you see dale earhardt steel eyes i bet they will cry when i get to victory lane let me tell you it will make the world's strongest man cry when you win this race is special bobby labonte crosses the line to the caution flag in the second third front of jeremy mayfield kenny schroed er with a shot at that two million dollar bonus just like bobby lavonny did checkered flag dale earhardt is finally a daytona 500 champion. larry mcreynolds for the second time in this great race will go to victory lane once with the late davey allison and today with earhardt right on his rear bumper as they come out of turn four he started to white flag two and a half miles to the story jeff gordon trying to win his second dale earhardt trying to win his second friend where will earhardt will make the move i don't know gordon looks awful strong as they come out of turn two there at the back right away , kenny irwin looks outside, this is where he has to make the move and he was not able to run under. jeff gordon like he wanted but that's what we set up friday he was way behind in the international race of champions he looks in he goes outside he looks in again ok now he has to pull the rear bumper and try to g . let him loose coming out of turn four he doesn't have the muscle at this point but he can have some momentum here he comes for real he's all the way to the bottom almost on the grass he slides down the track and jeff gordon hits him will win for the second time. wow time what a race shot after that it was a low point ok there valentines day it isn't yes it is and only three laps to go the strongest dash here all week has been dale jarrett the defending cup champion winston he got in a practice crash yesterday afternoon sustained damage is still the best board here we are seven miles from finding out the guys have some awful good cars behind him he's going to have to use everything he can to pull this off because jeff burton has already proven it he can back bill ellie in the fastest car car trouble on the wall turn four a car comes sliding down the track on the wall at spencer jimmy spencer caution is out and here they come jared gets the white flag and yellow and dale jarrett is going to win the Daytona 500 for the third time and dale jarrett loves daytona he is champion of this race for the third time nobody is doing anything come on buddy one to go to last lap one to go buddy keep it low mikey keep it low don dont let him catch you do that right back wide buddy go all over the place dont let him get close to you c'mon man c'mon now look in the mirror look at him he's gonna run inside blocking blocking that boy three wide behind them you got it mikey you got it man you got it let's go man let's go to the flag let's go mikey you got it man you got it you got it oh man schroeder got out of his car he and earhardt crashed together he turns three and four daryl this is better than winning it this is great i hope michael walter takes his helmet off his window netting falls off and he's about to get the best ride in the 500 victory lane races miles from daytona my dad would be so happy everyone was standing up in daytona. 170K as South Boston Virginia's Ward Burton comes to the line bounces off Mark Martin Jared crashes on the last lap Everyone passes him Ok Elliot Sadler in the 21 Wood Brothers car left to try and chase Warren Burton to the flag checkered Saller was shaking finishes third in the pepsi 400 imagine what that young man is going through now about to finish second in the Daytona 500. about to fade away i tell you eighth twice is his previous best finish in the 500 now on his eighth attempt at the great american race it will be warren burton driving his tides to victory lane the checkered flag is up and ward burton goes to win on day 44 with a total of 500. bill davis racing and ward burton just won the great american race michael's all on the back of card 48 and here comes his junior teammate oh you know that's help, but he's not going to help him it doesn't look like he's going around for him jimmy johnson has been trying to figure out how the cars behind him work to help get his car going now that the caution is out but Dale Earnhardt Jr took the precaution so that he cannot recover this lap they had already taken the caution flag ladies and gentlemen it is official the rain has persisted it will continue overnight the race has been called and michael waltrip is twice cam Daytona 500 pawn. feet as dale earhardt jr and tony stewart take the white flag we are in the final lap of the daytona 500 junior took the lead from tony stewart with 19 laps to go after he trailed stuart tsar in chevrolet for much of the central part of the race, he now has to endure three quarters of a lap to earn a victory in the biggest event in the sport. one lap your ca don't get excited yet because you have to come out of turn four and back to the starting finish line and you can see it now the legacy continues dale earhardt jr wins the 46th race of the daytona 500. stewart second scott rimmer third kevin harvick fourth jimmy johnson fifth for dale earhardt jr his first 500 win on his fifth attempt here they come boys white flag one to go scott rick's stewart wants to go three wide thinks better he's stuck behind jimmy johnson boy that 97 kirk bush car is a fast piece of equipment right there he's got a look he's the only front man in the top five what can he do? he watch scott riggs in that car 10 that hehe's trying to get me to finish in the top five this Daytona 500 and Jimmy Johnson in the 48th on the outside Daryl somebody's got to come up and go with him but I don't know if outside or six cars have a chance to win, Jeff Gordon has It will lead to turn four. re a mile from home tony stewart j just slid down the race track he and jimmy johnson are going to make contact they are bouncing off each other jeff gordon is going to win his third daytona 500 kirkbush dale jr and scott riggs complete a dream week with a fourth place well he did it and for those cars right there fifth six seven eight nine ten thank god guys tony stewart and jimmy johnson are going head to head down there at turn turn one yeah jimmy johnson finished fifth across the line on the line this time the white flag one remaining lap at daytona it's junior who's making the move, he didn't want to do what he said, but he's going to the outside he got to the daytona 500. gotta try to at least try to win in the meantime ryan newman looked both ways at johnson nowhere to go stays in line this is what johnson wants to see in this mirror though he wants to see the guys behind him side by side Casey's neighbors run third junior's losing positions as he tries to get behind the ass Tony Stewart has moved up to fifth sixth here he goes ryan newman is going to test the high side which way will the mirrors go he will be hosting this 12th car brian newman crashed behind him caution is out the race is over jimmy johnson has won the daytona 500. his car owner watching here at the track and his crew chief watching at home jimmy johnson wins his first daytona 500 victory white flag one lap to go to the white man passing for a single foul there they go they gotta go they have to catch mark they have to move him somehow get back to that yellow line right around the bottom all the way through turns one and two mark martin is driving the race of his life and there is no one better for keep people at bay at daytona and airbus a little late going to get help going to come come checkered kevin harvick wins the daytona 500 ash on the last lap have you ever done well a couple of times?

I'm going to repeat what I heard a few years ago. No, I have never had the white flag. a matter of blocking if uh kirk can get some help and ryan jumps to the high side tony stewart blocks him here comes kyle bush in the background oh toyota drag race out the back toyota drag race teammates newman was trying to get help from the other dodge blue now has it toyota in the inside lane dodge in the outside lane who is going to win is going to go all the way here are going to turn three teammates working together 2018 212. 12 is going to win this race i don't think so they can catch him back to the line he's going to have to make it wide he's going to have to make it wide ryan newman ryan newman tinker roger penske with the daytona 500. restrictor game victory in his first finish 1-2 and d one with style man 1-2 hello newman it's the 125th try for penske racing to win a restrictor plate race they did it elliott sadler is challenged for the lead by matt kenseth and kevin harvick i think these guys put a big old clock on his dashboard and wind it up and it's supposed to come at midnight over the end of the race now if matt can bring it back and lead a lap there you're going off the nose of casey kane hang on your brother head back to daytona 49 laps to go we're under caution some spray and the jet dryer is still running trying to keep some heat on the race track dry it out so we can resume the daytona 500. ok the race is officially over it's been declared final it's over so matt kenseth ok there's your winner of the Daytona 500 in race 51 of the great american race 2009 champion matt kenzit that a backup car slipped for the lead and now the win in the rain cut the daytona 500 short and r steve burns is down there stev e this will be the white flag jamie mcmurray is out front to try to win the 500 this will be the last lap no matter what now happens folks you can all get in here and someone is going to knock out that second turn winner junior in the back with boyer triple forward truex trying to get in there and help mcmurray but boyer is right behind bethel in the 16.

There he goes, boyar abroad, look, Junior, let's go, Junior, let's go. Junior snuck right over there, oh he's perfect, he's flying over there. in the back, nevermind, the green flag is still out, checkered flag in the air, Daytona 52nd Day, straight to Jimmy, yes Little Jamie Baby, hook and sinker line, yes Mr. Billy Bass , how about that, Jamie Mcmurray, Teresa Earnhardt, chip ganassi, felix savada If they win the Daytona 500, the cars that rear ended were Robbie Gordon, I think, and Jeff Gordon, they will face the white flag when they decide that 53rd daytona 500 rookie trevor bain in his second sprint cup race will lead them to a white flag with bobby labonte here comes kurt bush and juan montoya carl edwards in fifth and we know kurt busch in montoya is going to make a dw move when they'll make it i don't think they'll make it four i mean we keep hearing i'm a sitting duck when i'm leading this so i guess that makes 21 an easy target right now , but we will see here that 22 knows how to win ar from that position that's where he won the bud shootout of edwards and gilliland to the inside trying where that party 34 came from oh my god the party for kurt bush and montoya here they come through turn four old center goal for the 500. edwards got space under now push the soldiers bench it's over awesome happy b birthday trevor bay 20 years are you kidding what that was awesome that was awesome trevor you're the man dude everyone come in congratulations i saw leonard wood on pit road where he was at 76 when pearson won it there is leonard what brothers oh my god first win in 10 years for what is now a part time team of stuart virginia and concord north carolina the wood brothers are back in the lane from the daytona win with 20 year old trevor bain they're looking for the white flag this time once we get in this lap if something were to happen in terms one or two three and four it's over escape junior three car ada tucked under biffle kenzeth's bumper drives for a final lap danny hammond in the 11 with no one to push him he might actually actually be hurting those two cars in front of him if he backs up too far but here we go, if it's going to happen, it's going to happen pretty quickly, we've seen that the timing of when you do it is so critical. hey hey those two cars the 16 and 88 should be able to get by but kenseth if biffle chooses to take the risk ford ford chevrolet in the final corner matt kenseth trying to win a second time here comes junior to the outside by next to kenzik running out of time matt kansas wins the daytona 500. bowed my head though he might have stepped off the line but he honored his teammate go now or finish second when we cross the start its a race and by the way its not over just now he cut himself now its on daryl keep an eye on that car on the wall hard turn one and it's one of the big cars it's travis's 93 nascar if the track is clear they'll let them finish we're still green yeah mark martin is really pushing dale earhardt jr in that 88 junior inside from big biffle the green flag still flies martin keslowski's number 55 in the two biffle backing patrick behind him for the second time the daytona 500 goes to jimmy johnson five-time champion from el c ajon california and his rick hendricks chevrolet took notice that he could fight dale jr for that second year a happy bunch and he's a happy man not just because they won this race since he won it in 2006 his average finish in the 500 out of top 30 first os by the way ricky stenhouse in 17th to third place white flag with stenhouse in challenging position on that blue four you know what larry i think the tape will stay there and that baby will come home a winner danny hamlin hasn't lost a race this week he is number 11. keslowski the 2012 champ fighting to get back on top and dale earhardt jr the daytona piper trying to keep them all at bay and kyle bush was trying to make a third row at the top of the race etrack oh here they come now this is where it gets interesting we've seen a lot of passes from turn four to the start finish line but that 88 is pulling away with less than a mile to go oh we've got a third generation star crash dale earhardt jr leads them to the flag checkered flag waving it's over it's over good job june bug reed sorensen race ends in a harvick crash into the wall past the end of pit road and carl edwards 99 all torn apart here comes kyle bush upside down crossing the start finish line factor through now the caution flag waved before earhardt officially took the checkered flag the race ends under nascar yellow lots of pushing in the field the leader will make it under broad legano green low harvick earhardt boyer last lap guess what the race is getting ready to start at turn two it all starts from there in the smoking car the rear of the field drops back out game, three big big groups coming out of turn four, problems at the back, but here comes the le aders the question is are they going to throw the yellow are they going to let them run back seven eight cars pile up in the back right away caution keep coming just stay on the gas back right away stay on the gas coming too easy here they say they say roll off the floor joey logan o from middletown connecticut wins the daytona 500.00 man you're the man ninth sprint cup series win for logano in his 220th start wow what a deal guys i think it'll happen turn four here goes hamlin high here comes matt 20 kinsen can't do it no he just doesn't have enough push he's going to have to back up to that car behind him and get that push but he's trying he wants those four cars to help him. here he goes, next flag ends the race, I just don't think he can make it from the outside, he moves up to third, maybe second, I just don't know if he'll make it to the lead, but here he comes, he's got to run. in the back it's going to be a drag race in turn four but i just don't see it being able to make it it's getting a big push it's getting it's coming it's coming it's sucked a second behind you what you left one second high inside martin three directions wide to the bottom oh my god wow i tell ya i got a chill down my spine that was amazing are you kidding me?

I knew that's where it would have happened in turn four, but I didn't know how it was going to happen. There's a guy in there running second right now that he's finished third in this thing three times. the white flag flies one lap to go sponsored by credit one bank yeah when i think of the knowledge experience here at daytona i think of kurt bush he's been so close so many times he pushed his teammate to victory here one time somebody's gonna push him today look at 21 coming inside to give him a big push where did brian black come from one of the legato rear shakes yeah 42 he's out of gas who else is going to get away well i think he's ok he's still going to the game 47 get up behind on the 21st give him a push he might get there but i don't know i think this could be kurt busch's day he looks like he's coming home a winner kurt bush has been bridesmaid at the daytona 500 here they come out of the turn four for the last time of las vegas 2004 series champion kurt bush for gene haas and tony stewart wins the daytona 500. wow wow it's the first time he's ever won the 500. what's up with that he pushed his then penske teammate to victory and that's the only tony gibson is you? there he's too old to get excited tony gibson grew up on the road at daytona international speedway and now he's going to win love you guys thank you thank you almarolla moved late in the season to stuart haas racing and he's one lap away from the flag a frames in the Daytona 500 well he did what his crew chief told him you have the advantage hold on yeah he just gotta keep those two side by side behind him keep working those lanes i like the inside placing the corner in the outer lane of Immediately, Dylan, where will he go there, oh Álvaro, he goes and here he comes with the number three. i think it's richard childress austin dillon's grandpa great job that's what i mean you wanted i love houston yes you won it yes sir it's over you won congratulations one lap to go two connecticut yankees chasing hamlin and bush wow what movement all right and that's what he's going to need he's got to back up the priest he's not going to be able to do it he just has to get that push for the priests he's going to have to hit the brakes here but he's got kyle bush in the outside lane logano andpriests grew up together in quarter lane connecticut and logano looks under top lane kyle bush in top lane legato in bottom mcdowell the second yellow car where will it go so interesting mcdowell decided to go with kyle bush but here comes eric jones on the inside denny hamlin hamlet outside turn number four not side by side battle of the finish line this time denny hamlin wins his second daytona 500 and wins it for coach gibbs in toyota in car 11 wow what a day da jd for joe gibbs to all that team that's the stuff of stories right there that was meant to be a white flag under a green flag next time the race will be over and newman is there newman got stuck on his rear bumper just like he did oh demolition behind from chase elliott round circling still green and here they come and here comes blaney ryan bladey up behind ryan newman trying to get him to hamlet newman backed up to bladey big run coming here to the inside newman to the front nothing denny hamlin could do what ryan blaney can now do here comes a push from denny hamlin oh this ain't over yet not at all ryan newman out of turn four for the last time blaney to the outside to inside here comes hamilton the outside clash on the wall in the air goes newman face down in a shower of sparks on his roof ryan newman crosses the line in fourth and stops scoring unofficial between hamlin and blaney as to who crossed the line for meta first to go around newman went airborne on his way down was hit by another car and thrown into the sky landing on his roof amr security is there quickly to attend to ryan newman a punch from denny hamlin who has won the daytona 500 for the second year in a row you