Ryan Newman received a push of its coequipero Kurt Busch in the last return to give to proprietor Roger Penske its first triumph him in the 500 Miles of Daytona.
And what triumph was. Edition of the “Great American Race” was 50ª and the Dodge de Penske contained a very exciting attack in the last return by the coequiperos in the Joe Gibbs Toyota, Tony Stewart and Kyle Busch.
The race, one of most competitive in the history of Daytona, with 42 changes of leader in the line of goal, was defined by very little.
Anyone of 10 to 15 pilots could have won when the green flag waved for the last duel of three returns. Three yellow flags in last the 25 returns ordered the alignment.
In a point, Jeff Burton was the leader in a resumption and finished in 13º place. In another resumption, Juan Pablo Montoya was second and finished outside the 20 first.
Dale Earnhardt Jr battled with its Chevrolet most of the day and finalized ninth, but he rose from his seats to the multitude of 200.000 several times when he tried to go away to the front. A pair arrived from times, but it could not stay.
In order to close the 10 first behind winner Newman, Busch, Stewart and of Busch, the minor, arrived Reed Sorenson, Elliott Sadler, Kasey Kahne, Robby Gordon, Earnhardt and Greg Biffle.
Bobby Labonte was 11º, followed by Brian Vickers, Jeff Burton, Kevin Harvick and the ex- winner of the 500 Miles of Indianapolis, Sam Hornish Jr.
Tetracampeón Jeff Gordon was contender, but it retired of the race by problems in the suspension. The defending champion, Jimmie Johnson, were problems most of and he became jumbled in an accident near the aim that finished with its aspirations.
In fact, it was not a good day for the Hendrick Motorsports because Casey Mears, that today made a race consistent, also was involved in an accident near the end.
Also it was the first victory of Newman in the 500 Miles of Daytona.
After a sensational previous spectacle to the race that would have embarrassed to Cecil B. DeMille, the best pilots of the world took the sunny green flag in and a behind schedule magnificent one from Sunday. The Daytona International Speedway did not scrimp expenses for the 50 anniversary of the 500 Miles of Daytona.
Artists of several decades, that included Chubby Checker, Kool and the Gang, Michael McDonald and Brooks and Dunn, acted in front of 200.000 fans as retorts of cars of past winners rolled in the track.
The multitude also included ex- winners such as Fred Lorenzen, A.J. Foyt, Mario Andretti, and Junior Johnson.
When the cars finished their returns, it appeared the meat of hen in the arms when the Thunderbirds of the Air Force flew by the track. Certainly he was one of those magical moments in the sport.
The pilots who started in the first row, Johnson and Michael Waltrip, yielded quickly before the coequiperos in the Joe Gibbs, Stewart and Denny Hamlin.
From the first return to the first shutdown in pits under green flag around return 35, Hamlin interchanged the leadership with Stewart, Gordon, Kyle Busch and Dave Blaney. Earnhardt reported a vibration in its Chevy, but it remained to stone shot of the leadership.
Johnson also made suction with the leaders, like Hornish, that was particularly impressive in the suction within the 10 first. Hornish has a experience limited in Glass Sprint of NASCAR, because a handful of races ran only.
The ex- champion Matt Kenseth and Carl Edwards also put their Ford of the Roush in the group of leaders.
Sadler beat to him to the wall near the mark of the 70 returns and had to make a shutdown in pits not programmed.
Joe Nemechek retired of the fight before half of the race with mechanical problems.
The first yellow flag of the day fell in return 79 due to parts in the track. The majority of the contingent entered pits with Kurt Busch, its smaller brother, Kyle, and Kenseth at the top of the contingent in the resumption.
In the middle of the race, it was Kyle Busch that it back led to the group with Ryan Newman of him. Greg Biffle went third party, soon Gordon, followed of Hamlin, Kenseth, Kurt Busch, Earnhardt, David Ragan, Martin Truex Jr, Casey Mears and Kahne.

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