From nascar.com
Joey Logano drove his No. 22 Penske Racing Ford in Daytona International Speedway Victory Lane, celebrating his first-ever Daytona 500 victory on Sunday. Logano -- who in 2009 at the age of 19 became the youngest winner in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series history -- emerged from a tight pack of pre-race favourites on a green-white-checkered overtime restart and held off reigning Cup champion Kevin Harvick as the caution and checkered flag flew to win at Daytona.
The final restart came after a six-minute red-flag period caused by a Justin Allgaier wreck on the frontstretch and created the kind of frantic finish fans are accustomed to in NASCAR's biggest race. "I can't believe it," said Logano, whose previous best finish in this race was ninth in 2012. "That is really amazing. The Daytona 500. Oh my God. Are you kidding me?” said Logano after the race.
Defending Daytona 500 winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished third, frustrated after having what he thought was a race-winning car. Denny Hamlin and Jimmie Johnson rounded out the top five. Jeff Gordon, who started on the pole for the race and led six times for a race-best 87 laps, was collected in a last-lap wreck on the backstretch. But he drove his dinged-up No. 24 Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet around the track to take his final Daytona 500 checkered flag in 33rd place.
2015 Daytona 500 unofficial results: Pos. Driver Time behind Laps 1 JOEY LOGANO -- 203 2 KEVIN HARVICK 1.006 203 3 DALE EARNHARDT JR. 1.193 203 4 DENNY HAMLIN 1.761 203 5 JIMMIE JOHNSON 2.102 203 6 CASEY MEARS 2.578 203 7 CLINT BOWYER 2.779 203 8 MARTIN TRUEX JR. 3.167 203 9 KASEY KAHNE 3.34 203 10 GREG BIFFLE 3.373 203 11 DAVID GILLILAND 3.573 203 12 SAM HORNISH JR. 3.765 203 13 MICHAEL ANNETT 4.141 203 14 AUSTIN DILLON 4.239 203 15 ARIC ALMIROLA 4.646 203 16 REGAN SMITH(I) 8.236 203 17 DAVID RAGAN 8.317 203 18 JOHNNY SAUTER(I) 8.612 203 19 MATT CRAFTON(I) 9.992 203 20 AJ ALLMENDINGER 12.213 203 21 DANICA PATRICK 12.471 203 22 COLE WHITT 13.696 203 23 JAMIE MCMURRAY 17.234 203 24 CARL EDWARDS 17.301 203 25 MICHAEL WALTRIP 17.41 203 26 BOBBY LABONTE 17.43 203 27 PAUL MENARD 19.941 203 28 TY DILLON(I) 23.167 203 29 RICKY STENHOUSE JR. 23.632 203 30 TREVOR BAYNE 30.003 203 31 MICHAEL MCDOWELL 32.673 203 32 REED SORENSON 50.105 203 33 JEFF GORDON 1:8.921 203 34 KYLE LARSON 0.787 202 35 MATT KENSETH 1 LAP 202 36 MIKE WALLACE 4 LAPS 199 37 JUSTIN ALLGAIER 6 LAPS 197 38 RYAN NEWMAN 19 LAPS 184 39 RYAN BLANEY(I) 28 LAPS 175 40 JJ YELEY(I) 42 LAPS 161 41 BRAD KESELOWSKI 43 LAPS 160 42 TONY STEWART 131 LAPS 72 43 LANDON CASSILL 185 LAPS 18
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