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With three last victories in the five races disputed in Daytona, Michael Waltrip has become the king of Daytona after adjudging the most important race of the calendar of Nascar, Daytona 500.
Waltrip has only been able to win in this type of scenes and races long play. The certain thing is that in this occasion the “mother nature” gave an invaluable aid him to Waltrip, since the anticipated race to 200 returns, was trimmed in little more than half (109) in the rain that got worse on the drawn up one.
“He is absolutely incredible that just when I reached the first position rain began to fall”, it began saying the pilot of Chevrolet, “Today it was wishing that rain becomes present and finally it arrived.”
The favorite for the victory and teammate of Waltrip, Dale Earnhardt Jr, suffered with a fault in the battery of its car let that it without chances fight by the victory. Also Earnhardt Jr helped its Waltrip companion to take the leadership from the right race before the storm made its appearance in Daytona.
“Tapeworm a plan”, explained Waltrip, “Wise person which tapeworm that to do, and that was to have left I behind Junior. I did that exactly and I gain the victory”, adding, “is nothing like winning in Daytona, he is something spectacular”, it ended up saying.
The first victory of Waltrip arrived in edition 2001 of Daytona, in that one occasion dyed of tragedy after the fatal accident of its friend and owner of equipment, Dale Earnhardt. In this Waltrip opportunity Johnson had to battle with Jimmie (Chevrolet), to whom only surpassed to three returns of which the commissioners of Nascar stopped the race. In fact in graderías of I supermake oval the annoyance sensation became present in the spectators, who had to be satisfied to a spectacle shorter of the habitual thing and signed by the climatic inconveniences.
Kurt Busch, with a Ford Taurus, was classified second after to have started from the last places of grilla. Behind Busch they encolumnaron Jimmie Johnson (Chevrolet), Kevin Harvick (Chevrolet), Mark Martin (Ford), Robby Gordon (Chevrolet), the defending champion Tony Stewart (now with Chevrolet instead of Pontiac), Jeremy Mayfield (with the best Dodge), Mike Wallace (Dodge) and closing the ten first Dale Jarrett (Ford).
Not to lose the custom the spectacular accidents were present in Daytona. In this case Ryan Newman, making debut with his new car, a Dodge Intrepid instead of Ford Taurus, it carried out a violent accident with upset including.
The incident took place in curve four, when Ken Schrader struck the wall. Newman could not avoid the impact against the wall. As a result of this one of his tires one followed, causing that its car rose from the tube by the air flow that circulated underneath the same. Luckyly the structure of survival of its Dodge was not become deformed and Ryan could leave walking its car remainder, although for a moment the worse thing was afraid.
“What happened, I could not avoid it. The impact was quite strong and immediately I included/understood that everything did not go to be to strike the wall”, said Newman and with reason since the worse thing arrived later.
On the other hand Schrader mentioned: “This I am not the way of would have liked to finish the race, the car felt very well but that now no longer counts now”, said a demoralized Ken Schrader.
The certain thing is that in Daytona the accidents are current currency and in this edition they were not absent. Altogether six yellow flags were registered.
The close one to Nascar will be within one week in North Carolina.

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