Tonight NASCAR ran two 150 mile races this evening to set the starting line up for Sunday’s 56th annual Daytona 500. The first duel was ran clean and green with most of the action coming in the second race.
Matt Kenseth drove to the victory this evening with a spectacular three wide finish at the line. Kenseth led the most laps of any driver and certainly had one of the best cars of the evening. He won the race by 0.022 seconds ahead of Kevin Harvick.
Later on during post-race technical inspection, NASCAR deemed the No. 4 of Kevin Harvick illegal from a split in the track bar that exceeded the maximum allowance. NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams are allowed no more than a three inch split and the No. 4 exceeded that limit. No penalties will be given.
The second duel was clean and green until the exit of turn four coming to the checkers. Jimmie Johnson ran out of fuel, which caught Jamie McMurray off guard and started a wreck involving numerous cars. It sent Clint Bowyer into the air but was able to drive his car to pit road. Denny Hamlin was able to score his second Speedweeks victory this weekend.
Drivers who will miss the field for the 56th annual Daytona 500 are: Eric McClure, Ryan Truex, Joe Nemechek, Morgan Shepherd and Michael McDowell.
See below for full starting line up:
POS |
DRIVER |
MANUFACTURER |
CAR |
SPEED |
1 |
Austin Dillon |
Chevrolet |
3 |
196.019 mph |
2 |
Martin Truex Jr. |
Chevrolet |
 |
195.852 mph |
3 |
Matt Kenseth |
Toyota |
 |
194.574 mph |
4 |
Denny Hamlin |
Toyota |
 |
194.477 mph |
5 |
Kasey Kahne |
Chevrolet |
 |
194.544 mph |
6 |
Jeff Gordon |
Chevrolet |
 |
195.042 mph |
7 |
Marcos Ambrose |
Ford |
 |
194.894 mph |
8 |
Kurt Busch |
Chevrolet |
41 |
194.078 mph |
9 |
Dale Earnhardt Jr. |
Chevrolet |
 |
195.211 mph |
10 |
Paul Menard |
Chevrolet |
 |
194.919 mph |
11 |
Josh Wise |
Ford |
 |
192.061 mph |
12 |
Brian Scott |
Chevrolet |
 |
194.776 mph |
13 |
Aric Almirola |
Ford |
 |
194.658 mph |
14 |
Trevor Bayne |
Ford |
 |
194.334 mph |
15 |
AJ Allmendinger |
Chevrolet |
 |
194.108 mph |
16 |
Kyle Larson |
Chevrolet |
 |
194.410 mph |
17 |
David Gilliland |
Ford |
 |
193.736 mph |
18 |
Landon Cassill |
Chevrolet |
40 |
193.732 mph |
19 |
Ryan Newman |
Chevrolet |
 |
195.707 mph |
20 |
Clint Bowyer |
Toyota |
 |
194.523 mph |
21 |
Tony Stewart |
Chevrolet |
 |
193.365 mph |
22 |
Jamie McMurray |
Chevrolet |
 |
192.695 mph |
23 |
Cole Whitt |
Toyota |
 |
192.538 mph |
24 |
Terry Labonte |
Ford |
 |
192.135 mph |
25 |
Greg Biffle |
Ford |
 |
195.818 mph |
26 |
Bobby Labonte |
Chevrolet |
 |
191.493 mph |
27 |
Danica Patrick |
Chevrolet |
 |
194.380 mph |
28 |
Casey Mears |
Chevrolet |
 |
194.582 mph |
29 |
Alex Bowman |
Toyota |
23 |
189.685 mph |
30 |
Carl Edwards |
Ford |
 |
195.712 mph |
31 |
Brian Vickers |
Toyota |
 |
192.798 mph |
32 |
Jimmie Johnson |
Chevrolet |
 |
194.637 mph |
33 |
Brad Keselowski |
Ford |
 |
195.296 mph |
34 |
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. |
Ford |
 |
195.004 mph |
35 |
Joey Logano |
Ford |
 |
194.582 mph |
36 |
Michael Annett |
Chevrolet |
 |
194.574 mph |
37 |
Kyle Busch |
Toyota |
 |
194.502 mph |
38 |
Kevin Harvick |
Chevrolet |
4 |
194.422 mph |
39 |
Reed Sorenson |
Chevrolet |
 |
194.066 mph |
40 |
Justin Allgaier |
Chevrolet |
 |
193.815 mph |
41 |
Parker Kligerman |
Toyota |
 |
193.594 mph |
42 |
Michael Waltrip |
Toyota |
66 |
193.428 mph |
43 |
David Ragan |
Ford |
 |
192.328 mph |
Via: ESPN.com
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