There is a single word to describe the victory of Ward Burton in Daytona: Incredible. Burton was able to gain the 500 miles of Daytona, the most important race of the calendar of Nascar, after dividing 44º.The impact of the triumph of Burton was still greater when the American, with his Dodge Intrepid, left the Chevrolet Montecar it back, to the Pontiac Firebird and Ford Taurus. General Motors were the great loser of the day, since all bet that a Montecar it would remain with the prestigious test. More, considering that five cars of the mark had classified within the five first. It was not either for Pontiac, mark that tapeworm chances to win, whereas four Ford although it could not prevail placed Taurus in the five first positions.Burton only assumed the leadership of the competition lacking five returns for the end of the same. Until that moment Sterling Marlin he was the leader, with another Dodge, but Marlin was penalized so that their mechanics worked on the car when the race had been stopped.Once the green flag fluttered, as soon as three turns remained to conclude debilitating the 500 miles. Ward Burton headed the squad decidedly, but immediately Elliott Sadler and Geoffrey Bodine, both with Ford, began to watch it. In a battle without quarter, it plates against plate, Burton reached to cross the line of goal two tenth of advantage on Sadler. Without doubts, one of the most spectacular outcomes of the last times. “My car behaved very well in the resumptions. They would have of having been within my car to verify as a fit end feels so. With Elliott we rolled wheel wheel, even reached to descry its face. He was simply exciting”, commented Burton, that besides its victory adjudged $1,389,017.Elliott Sadler returned to obtain a good result here in Daytona. The American already had secured the third position in “Pepsi 400”, disputed the season last in this same scene. “This is really very good. Our Pit-stops was incredible throughout all the race. Wise person who he decisive serious resumption, and also was allows of which as much I eat Burton we had to take distance from the squad. He is he pushes why it from back and we could make a little difference”, adding, “I am in favor very happy of this result and congratulate equipment by the work in Pits”, ended up saying Sadler.Behind both pilots an authentic battle untied. Geoffrey Bodine, Kurt Busch, Michael Waltrip, Mark Martin and Ryan Newman fought elbow elbow to stay enters the five first. All these pilots lead Ford Taurus, with the exception of Waltrip, with the best classified Montecar it. We remember that Waltrip was the winner of one of the races “Gatorade 125”.Another one of the candidates to the victory was Dale Earnhardt Jr Lamentably Dale broke one of its tires and damaged the suspension. Finally Earnhardt Jr finished 29º with 171 returns completed on 200 agreed.During last the 60 returns of race five yellow flags by multiple accidents were registered. The last one of the incidents only took place to six returns of the end, when Sterling Marlin lost the control of its Dodge and finished in I graze, like the Montecar it of Jeff Gordon. With so many cautions in track, the average of the winner was reduced to 142,971 mph, one of lowest of the file of Daytona.The triumph of Ward Burton consolidates definitively to the Dodge mark in the Winston Cup, after several years of absence in the category. This most important triumph represents the profit of the legendary mark after its return.The next date of Nascar will dispute the 24 of February in the oval of North Carolina.
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