Daytona 500

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Bayne becomes the youngest Daytona 500 winner in history, and he earns Ford's 600th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory. This is Ford's 12th Daytona 500 win, and Bayne is the 10th different Ford driver to win this event.

TREVOR BAYNE WINS THE DAYTONA 500! Part-time driver Trevor Bayne just won the Great American Race for the famed Wood Bros. organization!

WHITE FLAG - Trevor Bayne leads!

Bobby Labonte gives a huge push to Bayne on the restart!

GREEN-WHITE-CHECKER RESTART NO. 2 - Lap 206: Trevor Bayne, who turned 20 yesterday, leads.

There will be a second attempt at a Green-White-Checker finish.

Radio chatter on Lap 203: "I ain't coming in, unless they tell me." Robby Gordon. (He may have equipment hanging off car)

CAUTION 16 - Lap 202: Dale Jr. wrecks! He got hit by Robby Gordon and goes into the wall! In front of them, Newman checked up and got hit by Allmendinger, and goes into the wall.

David Ragan gets black flagged for passing before the green flag drops.

Radio chatter on Lap 202: All right David, it’s all yours. Let’s do it.”

RESTART - GREEN WHITE CHECKER FINISH No. 1 - We are in overtime. David Ragan leads with two laps remaining! Just a reminder, there can be up to three green/white/checker finishes - but if the yellow comes out once the white flag is displayed though, the race is over.

Radio chatter on Lap 200: Kyle Busch: "I told you it doesn't matter how long you can push because it's going to be a green white checkered"

Lap 199: Dale Jr. comes into the pits - he has a left rear flat tire! Letarte: "Four tires and gas just to be safe" | Junior: "I ran through the grass on that wreck"

Who is the guy leading the Daytona 500 with just a few laps remaining? Lee Spencer spoke to David Ragan earlier this week - WATCH VIDEO

Radio chatter on Lap 197: No. 88 crew chief Steve Letarte: "Save me some gas it will be a green white checker for the money"

CAUTION 15 - Lap 196: Oh no! Regan Smith gets bumped by Kurt Busch hard and he goes into the wall - hitting Ryan Newman and Clint Bowyer in the process. Busch was bumped hard by Stewart, giving him the head of speed that sends him into Smith. Denny Hamlin, who was behind Newman, also gets damage. That's a lot of win-contending cars taken out there.

4 LAPS LEFT - 3-Wide, two deep at the line - Newman leads, but it's far from over.

5 LAPS TO GO - Smith/Kurt Busch tandem looks stout out front.

Rea White: Blaney is five spots from the Golden Corral promotion (kids eat free with a top 10 finish)

6 LAPS REMAINING - Regan Smith - who was involved in an accident earlier - takes the lead! Kurt Busch right behind him.

7 LAPS REMAINING - Hamlin loses touch with Newman, Bowyer takes lead!

8 LAPS TO GO - Defending Daytona 500 winner Jamie McMurray goes a lap down - late engine woes cost him a chance to repeat.

9 LAPS TO GO - Earnhardt/Stewart tandem fading - Bowyer/Kyle Busch looks like biggest challengers to Newman/Hamlin

10 LAPS TO GO - Newman leads, he and Hamlin are pulling away!

Lap 187: What bad luck! Steve Wallace comes into thepits for a likely flat tire.

Lap 186: Newman/Hamlin tandem leads, Stewart/Earnhardt coming.

RESTART - Lap 185: Former Daytona 500 winner Ryan Newman leads with 15 laps remaining.

Lap 184: 4 being pushed into the garage

CAUTION 14 - Lap 182: Smoke coming from Carl Edwards' car. Almost at the same time, Kasey Kahne pancacked the wall in Turn 3. Edwards ran over the brake rotor.

Lap 177: Martin Truex Jr. gets turned coming off Turn 4 and speeds down pit road. He slows it down as much as he can, so NASCAR won't penalize him for it - but he's without a drafting partner and in trouble now.

Lap 176: David Ragan to the lead! Trevor Bayne gives him the shove he needs.

Lap 174: They are racing three-wide coming off Turn 4 - amazing racing.

Lap 171: Dale Jr. took the lead on the backstretch, but nobody went with him and he fell through the middle of the field by the time they reached the line.

RESTART - Lap 170: Denny Hamlin leads. Newman, Ragan, Bayne and Earnhardt are your top five.

CAUTION 13 - Brad Keselowski spins and hits the wall in Turn 3. Regan Smith gets damaged as well. Robby Gordon got into the back of Keselowski to cause the spin, and then hits Smith. Montoya and Steven Wallace both narrowly avoid Keselowski - great saves!

RESTART - Lap 163: Former Daytona 500 winner Ryan Newman leads!

Lap 161: Ryan Newman in the lead after the pit stops - record 61st lead change.

Lap 160: Drivers come in for pit stops - this could be the Money Stop. Brad Keselowski misses his pit stall and will have to stop again.

CAUTION 12 - Lap 158: Travis Kvapil hits the wall in Turn 3. New record for number of cautions in the Daytona 500.

Lap 153: Ryan Newman and Denny Hamlin work the tandem past Earnhardt/Smith. This is the 60th lead change of the day - tied for most in Daytona 500 history.

Lap 148: Regan Smith shoves Dale Jr. to the lead!

Lap 147: No breakaway this time – HUGE packs of cars.

RESTART - Lap 146: Martin Truex Jr. in the lead.

Radio chatter on Lap 144: Letarte: "I want to confirm that tires are not an issue for you." | Junior: "Nope, stay out"

Lap 144: A few stragglers come onto pit road - but not all.

CAUTION 11 - Lap 142: Greg Biffle and Juan Pablo Montoya crash on the frontstretch! Cars scramble all around them, racing onto pit road and anywhere else. Montoya got into the back of Biffle, they slammed off each other, and spun out.

SPEED.com's Tom Jensen: Roger Penske is 70 today. On pit road, I asked Greg Penske what he got dad for his birthday. He wouldn't tell me.

Lee Spencer reports: Furniture Row's Mark McArdle says there is concern with the 78 engine (ECR) considering what has happened to Nos. 29 and 31. "Doing what we can to manage it."

RESTART - Lap 140: Clint Bowyer in the lead. Menard, Stewart, Kyle Busch and Truex are your top five.

Radio chatter on Lap 138: Letarte to Dale Jr.  - "You're doing a good job there. Oh boy, keeping the temps where we need them"

Rea White: Teams are looking out for more than engines in this heat; they are making sure that their drivers have plenty to drink as well.

SPEED.com's Tom Jensen says: 4 former Daytona 500 winners - Kenseth, Johnson, Jeff Gordon and Harvick are now out or out of contention

Rea White says: For the first time in a while, single-car accidents have multicar implications: Every time someone crashes, someone else is left searching for a new partner.

Lap 135: We are quickly approaching the track record of 60 lead changes in this race.

CAUTION 10 - Lap 134: Kenseth got bumped off-center by teammate Greg Biffle and loses control, slams the wall and then slides through the grass and drivers behind him try to avoid.

RESTART - Lap 128: Martin Truex Jr. in the lead. Tony Stewart misses a shift on the restart, but he's chugging along now.

Lee Spencer says: Remember ... since drivers are riding the brakes up front and coming to a slamming stop from 190 mph to 55 mph in 160 feet. Most teams are using the caliber of brakes that they would use at Martinsville Speedway

Lap 125: Teams come in for service. Lots of fuel only stops, some right side tire only stops as well.

Radio chatter on Lap 123: Junior: "I don't want to let that many guys get by me again...we can go and pick them off: Letarte: "Smoke, we're coming to get gas only if you want to tell Darian (Grubb, his crew chief)"

CAUTION 9 - Lap 123: Travis Kvapil is limping on to pit road.

Radio chatter on Lap 120: Tony Stewart to Dale Jr.: "There's no where to go here, we might as well back off for a while"

Lap 117: Jamie McMurray falls off the pace slightly. He's dropping back to pick up teammate Montoya so they can draft together again.

Radio chatter on Lap 113: Smoke: "You're losing me" | Junior: "I went to half throttlle"

RESTART - Lap 110: Robby Gordon back out front for the second time today. Expect to see Dale Jr. and Tony Stewart work together soon - Radio chatter: Stewart to Junior on the radio: "I'm not trying to get in the middle of that (expletive)...I'm just staying back...if you want to switch partners let me know." Dale Jr.: "Cool, that's what I've been thinking"

Radio chatter on Lap 108 (As teams pit): No. 1 crew to McMurray - "Do not get wrecked on pit road" .

CAUTION 8 - Lap 107: Juan Pablo Montoya spins coming off Turn 4. Spotter: "No damage, no damage, just four flat spotted tires" Montoya: "I just kept getting loose"

Lap 100 - HALFWAY: Martin Truex Jr. took the lead right as we reached the halfway point of the Daytona 500.

Radio chatter on Lap 99: Drivers are being reminded to keep an eye on their temps

Lap 94: Bowyer is looking for Menard on track. Menard is "unhooked" and Bowyer is without a drafting partner after Burton's engine malfunction.

Lap 93: That's the second ECR engine to blow up in this race. Not good news for contending drivers McMurray, Menard, Montoya and Bowyer.

Lap 92: Jeff Burton's engine is blowing up! He's slowly creeping around Turns 3 and 4 and his day is done. Burton: "Any time the light would go on I would bail out"

Radio chatter on Lap 91: Juan Pablo Montoya: "I need to swap. I NEED TO SWAP"

Lap 90: Roughly seven two-car packs are in the lead pack (1.559 seconds seperates the first to last driver in that group).

Lap 88: In the infield, you can see Kevin Harvick's hauler leaving the racetrack. Tough exit for one of the prerace favorites.

Lap 88: The RCR train of Bowyer/Burton back up front.

Lap 87: Martin Truex Jr. to the lead.

What was it like on pit road before the race? Check out SPEED.com's photo gallery.

Lap 81: Earnhardt nipped at the line by 0.005 seconds by Jamie McMurray - who drives for Earnhardt Ganassi Racing. Earnhardt connections all around.

Lap 80: That roar you hear - yeah, that's Junior Nation. Their man is in the lead with Kahne pushing.

RESTART - Lap 79: Dale Earnhardt Jr. leads after the pit stops. This is his first green flag lap he leads today.

Radio chatter on Lap 77: Letarte: "I'm going for a walk...I'm going down to see our friends..."

Radio chatter on Lap 76: Jeff Burton to Clint Bowyer: "Something we need to work on ... I think you need to give us a little more notice on when we're catching people."

CAUTION 7 - Lap 76: Travis Kvapil hits the wall in Turn 2 to bring out the yellow.

Radio chatter on Lap 75: Dale Jr.: I'm ready to switch because (Kahne is freakin') wrecking me

Lap 74: Greg Biffle is damaged, but he is pushing teammate Carl Edwards as if he had a perfect car. Pretty interesting to see if they continue working together like this.

Lap 73: Clint Bowyer leads with Bowyer pushing him. Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kasey Kahne lurking right behind them.

Lap 65: David Reutimann back out after time in garage.

Lap 64: Kurt Busch is out front again. Remember, he's won the Budweiser Shootout and the Gatorade Duel this Speedweeks already.

RESTART - Lap 60: Juan Pablo Montoya leads.

Lap 59: Jeff Gordon back on track after spending time in the garage.

Radio chatter on Lap 59: Earnhardt - "It makes me nervous when I'm in the middle three wide, you don't need anyone backing up to you...when you're three wide you just hold the bitch down on the floor until someone gets there"

Lee Spencer: 6 had to be pushed out of his pits...: the 56 blocked him in

Radio chatter on Lap 57: Crew chief Steve Letarte: "How's the handling is it an issue at all?" Junior: "Nah, that's crazy talk"

Lee Spencer: 225, 240 -- oil and water temps for Dale Earnhardt Jr. (in farenheit)

CAUTION 6 - Lap 56: Brian Vickers stops on track and brings out the yellow. So much for his repaired ride.

Lap 54: Clint Bowyer, Jeff Burton tandem to the front. After lengthy repairs, Brian Vickers is back on track - with a new look number 83 on the right side too!

Lap 52: Paul Menard is back out front. He's looking stout so far today.

Radio chatter on Lap 50: Dale Jr.: "I think everybody's brain is fried. They don't know where they need to be..this race is tough on your head"

RESTART - Lap 50: Terry Labonte stayed out and is your new leader.

Radio chatter on Lap 48: Dale Jr.: "If we cant be the leader, I dont want to be racing three-wide for 4th...they're going to hit the wall a little more"

Lap 48: Teams come in for service. Greg Biffle out of the garage and back on track.

Radio chatter on Lap 47: Dale Jr. - "I'm having a hard time working with Truex. I don't know what he needs. I dont know what he's looking for"

CAUTION 5 - Lap 46: Robert Richardson hits the inside wall on the frontstretch and slides through the grass. Single car incident.

Lap 46: Dave Blaney to the lead!

Lap 45: Side-by-side to the line! Keselowski still leads, but he's got plenty of company behind him.

Brian Keselowski’s thoughts as the crash, one that he almost missed as he successfully dodged through traffic once, unfolded: “I missed it, I missed it, I missed it. Yes, I got back to the gas and, ah, here comes this other one.”

Lap 43: Five-time defending champion Jimmie Johnson goes back to the garage.

Lap 40: Jimmie Johnson goes back on track after spending time in garage after big accident.

Lap 37: Menard and Bowyer surely aren't worried about their engines. They are hooked up and powered to the front with Menard leading.

Lap 35: Also involved in the big crash was the feel-good story of the Daytona 500 - Brian Keselowski. Very tough break for him and his family-owned team after such a terrific race on Thursday that earned him a spot in the race.

RESTART - Lap 34: Jamie McMurray leads the field to the green.

Lap 34: Following that incident, 29 cars remain on the lead lap.

SPEED.com's Tome Jensen on Lap 34: This accident and Harvick's motor failure greatly improve chances of Dale Earnhardt Jr. victory

Lap 33: "It don't matter (about the damage). Our chances to win the Daytona 500 are over," Jeff Gordon to FOX's Steve Byrnes.

Radio chatter on Lap 32: Dale Jr.: "It dont drive bad, but under caution it's doing some weird (expletive)."

Lap 32: Richard Childress Racing is working on diagnosing the problem that doomed Harvick. Harvick dumped a piston, bent the oil pan and tore up the block.

Lap 31: Dale Jr. isn't the only one to lose his teammates in that crash. Martin Truex Jr. had two teammates before this wreck - not anymore.

Radio chatter on Lap 31: Dale Earnhardt Jr.: "It aint going to be hard to find a teammate"

SPEED.com's Tom Jensen: Suddenly, Jamie McMurray and Kurt Busch look like favorites to win today

Radio chatter on Lap 30: Steve Letarte to Dale Jr.: "You're a solo man out there" Junior cant believe he's lost his teammates.

SPEED.com's Tom Jensen: Three Hendrick, one JGR, one RCR, one Roush car out already.

CAUTION 4 - Lap 29: Oh no, it's the big one in Turn 3! 17, 87, 43, 38, 71, 5, 83, 00, 48, 16, 9, 24 and 15 all involved! Incident started when Michael Waltrip bumped teammate David Reutimann to begin the multicar wreck.

Lap 27: Three-wide coming to the line! Clint Bowyer leads with Dale Earnhardt Jr. pushing him.

RESTART - Lap 26: Clint Bowyer leads. That's the good news for Richard Childress Racing. The bad? Paul Menard's team thinks they may be having engine issues like teammate Harvick.

SPEED.com's Tom Jensen: With new points system, this is awful start for Harvick.

Lee Spencer says on Lap 25: 152 races ago -- last time Harvick had an engine failure

Radio chatter on Lap 25: Crew chief Shane WIlson to Clint Bowyer: "Our fuel mileage is pretty good"

SPEED.com's Tom Jensen: Kevin  Harvick on Friday — "The gun is loaded and sitting on the counter and you just don’t want them to pick it up because they’re terrified of everything that’s going on." He was referring to his engine guys.

Lap 24: FOX TV replays show that Jeff Gordon got into the back of Robby Gordon's car "pretty hard" as Harvick's engine blew up in Turn 2.

Lap 24: Teams coming back for fuel - only four teams stayed out.

Radio chatter on Lap 23: Dale Earnhardt Jr. - "I saw the light on the gauge….I don’t know if you saw any water there…" Steve Letarte - "You say you saw the pressure and the water?" Dale Jr: "Yes sir…I didn’t see any water"

CAUTION 3 - Lap 22: Kevin Harvick's engine blows up in Turn 2! Wow! Big surprise for one of the prerace favorites - and must have the other teams using Earnhardt Childress Engines (Earnhardt Ganassi Racing and Richard Childress Racing teams) scratching their heads).

Lap 22: Montoya/McMurray tandem to the lead!

Lap 21: McMurray/Montoya swap so Montoya leads the tandem now - drop back a bit, but it was a great switch.

Lee Spencer says on Lap 20: When I asked Earnhardt Ganassi Racing president Steve Lauletta whether he has signed Juan Pablo Montoya, he answered: I think he wants to win the Daytona 500 first

Lap 20: Menard is not giving up at the front - he continues to lead.

Lap 19: Queue up the Jaws theme - McMurray is now second alongside Menard.

Lap 18: Menard/Stewart tandem take the lead. Defending Daytona 500 winner McMurray and teammate Montoya are closing on the leaders though - they are fifth and sixth.

Lap 16: Bobby Labonte leads - he and Keselowski swapped positions in the tandem.

Lap 15: Dale Jr. does not pit, seems that his tire is OK.

RESTART - Lap 15: Brad Keselowski leads.

Lap 14 radio chatter: Dale Earnahrdt Jr. - "I feel like I have a flat" Crew chief Letarte - "I'd rather you'd pit now than later"

Lap 13: Harvick's team wondering how much damage there is on the car.

Lap 12: Kyle Busch takes the opportunity to come in for more service during this caution. Crew chief Rogers tells Busch his steering is off center but the toe is good

Lap 12: 36 collides with the 29 as he's exitting his pit. 29 coming out of his stall, 36 trying to come into his.

Lap 12: Several teams come in for fuel, and some more want tires and fuel. Unlike in year's past when drivers would go when the jack drops after a tire change, crew chiefs are asking some to leave when they tell them to - it's taking longer to fuel than to change tires.

Lap 11: WOW! Dale Jr. almost got spun around by Martin Truex Jr. on the frontstretch. He and Truex dove low on the frontstretch trying to race for position when the yellow came out.

CAUTION 2 - Lap 11: J.J. Yeley's car is smoking and brings out the yellow.

Radio chatter on Lap 10: Spotter Eddie Dhondt tells the 18 not to worry, cars that spun yesterday were there at the end

Lap 10: Jeff Gordon leads for the first time this afternoon! The two-time Daytona 500 winner is looking good.

Lap 9: Allmendinger up front. Dale

RESTART - Lap 8: Kevin Harvick leads. AJ Allmendinger second. Kenseth behind Harvick, Martin behind Allmendinger.

Radio chatter: Kyle Busch - "Let's everyone take a breath and relax, we've done this before"

Radio chatter - Kyle Busch's crew chief Dave Rogers had the crew check the toe: "Are you telling me it's ok? We'll bearbond the back when we come back in."

Lap 6: Some drivers come down pit road for service. Hamlin almost ran into Menard on pit road!

Radio chatter: Kyle Busch - "I had to check up. They were three-wide. This (expletive) is out of control."

CAUTION 1 - Lap 4: Kyle Busch spins coming off Turn 2. Got bumped by Michael Waltrip coming out of the Turn and spun - but he saves it and has some damage on the left side - but less than expected.

Lap 4: AJ Allmendinger, who started 13th, is in the lead!

Lap 3: Kurt Busch gets back to fhe front. Expect MANY lead changes today.

Lap 2: The tandem of Harvick and Kenseth, which worked very well in Thursday's Gatorade Duels, muscles to the front.

Rea White: Drivers are talking to their teammates prior to start of race, establishing radio contact and plans, too ...

Lap 1: Kurt Busch hooks up with Regan Smith behind him and is in front to start. Dale Earnhardt Jr. up to 35th.

GREEN FLAG! Boogity, boogity, boogity - let's go racin' boys! Kurt Busch leads the field to the green.

Lee Spencer: Junior will line up behind the 32 when they drop back. Tells crew chief Steve Letarte "to beat it through my skull...because I'm not really listening to you..."

SPEED.com's Tom Jensen: Happiest guy on pit road this a.m.? Brian Keselowski, no question.

Prerace radio chatter: Dale Earnhardt Jr. - "Junior: I want to thank you guys for all your work, you probably had to work harder than you should have...Have a safe day on pit road..."

Prerace radio chatter: Jeff Gordon - "If it's not too crazy remind me when it's lap 3"

SPEED.com's Tom Jensen: Talked to a crew chief this morning. Said he could run all of Daytona 500 and half Coke Zero 400 on one set of tires

Remember, Daytona International Speedway will have a moment of silence during Lap 3 to honor Dale Earnhardt.

Prerace note from Lee Spencer: No. 88 spotter TJ Majors gave Dale Earnhardt Jr. the countdown to his stall. Junior had issues yesterday in the Nationwide Series race distinguishing the 5 from the 88.

1:22 p.m. ET: Cars are rolling off pit road. As a reminder, four cars are going to the rear of the field - Dale Earnhardt Jr., David Ragan, Joey Logano and David Reutimann (all for switching to backup cars).

1:17 p.m. ET: GENTLEMEN, START YOUR ENGINES!

Prerace note: Looking at the stands today, it looks like a packed house at the gigantic Daytona International Speedway for today's Great American Race.

Prerace note from Rea White: McMurray, Edwards, Gordon, Newman all had their babies on pit road today.

1:13 p.m. ET: Prerace festivities are complete. It's almost time to get started.

1:10 p.m. ET: It's time for the invocation and national anthem.

1:06 p.m. ET: Tweet from Denny Hamlin - "Its.. Game... Time." Want to follow what all the drivers and teams tweet today? Check them all out here

12:55 p.m. ET: Driver introductions are complete, it's almost time to go racing!

What's everyone tweeting about today? Check out the Pizza Hut NASCAR Buzz page.

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