Daytona 500 2017
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All four Stewart-Haas cars were involved in that 15-car accident. Danica Patrick is out: "It looks like I had the worst of it.
"We were having such a great day and I wanted to get back to the front but just didn't happen fast enough," she said.
"We were having such a great day and I wanted to get back to the front but just didn't happen fast enough," she said.
And here's the most recent incident, which involved no less than 16 cars. Photo: Levitt/LAT
It was Trevor Bayne's #6 which made contact with Johnson there. That was a much quicker clean-up than the crash 20 laps earlier. We're nearly at a green flag.
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"Put it on the truck," sighs Jimmie Johnson as he assumes his car is out.
While we're under caution for that latest clash, here's the start of the earlier incident involving Kyle Busch that led to the race being red flagged. Photo: Harrelson/LAT
Clint Bowyer has very heavy damage and has already hopped out of his car. Joey Logano has damage to his right front as well.
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Lots of contenders involved here: Johnson, Hamlin and Harvick are just three of many.
Yellow flag
Jimmie Johnson spins out. Lots of cars involved in a big accident. The 'Big One' occurs on lap 127 of 200.
It's a three-wide Hendrick Motorsports lead. Polesitter Chase Elliott is leading with his team-mates Kasey Kahne and Jimmie Johnson.
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Earnhardt, meanwhile, has spoken in full for the first time since his exit: "I really enjoyed the whole week, I had a lot of fun.
"Everyone's support meant a lot, I'm just sorry I wasn't able to deliver a better result," adds Earnhardt, who admitted there was too much damage to repair his car. "At least we went out while leading; I don't know what happened, it just looks like Kyle lost it."
"Everyone's support meant a lot, I'm just sorry I wasn't able to deliver a better result," adds Earnhardt, who admitted there was too much damage to repair his car. "At least we went out while leading; I don't know what happened, it just looks like Kyle lost it."
Green flag
80 laps to go, Larson leads.
Keselowski led off pit road but Kyle Larson, Jimmie Johnson, Chase Elliott, Kasey Kahne and Trevor Bayne didn't pit. The green flag will be here in one lap and Larson will lead the restart with 80 laps left.
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"The Ford has been fast and we've been able to be aggressive," says Harvick. "You knew towards the end of the segment there'd be some moving and shaking because everyone wants those points."
Yellow flag
The majority of the drivers pit under caution as the pit-lane opens. Harvick adds fuel and tyres, looking to drive a long stint in stage three.
Checkered flag
Kevin Harvick wins stage two of the Daytona 500. Joey Logano and Kurt Busch take second and third, with Brad Keselowski close behind in fourth.
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Kurt Busch is pushing forward with Keselowski, but Harvick is watching that. Logano also made a move for the win but Harvick holds on to claim victory in stage two.
The top-eight are in single file and it's only a matter of time until that line breaks into two and Harvick's lead is threatened. Just one lap to go of stage two.
Five laps to go until stage two ends and Harvick is holding off Logano. The low, inside line is the place to be right now.
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Logano and Harvick make the best of the restart. Harvick in the lead, then Logano and Patrick round out the top three.
Green flag
Seven laps of stage two remaining.
Harvick, Patrick, Kurt Busch, Logano and Keselowski will make up the top five on restart. That's three Stewart-Haas Fords versus two Team Penske Fords.
Dale Jr is the first Cup driver to feel the brunt of NASCAR's new repairs rule. Had there been an unlimited time limit for his #88 team to repair the car, as in previous years, he might well have carried on.
The top eight cars are pitting. Take them out off the equation on this yellow flag and you have Kevin Harvick and Danica Patrick battling for the stage two win with 10 laps to go.
This race is over for Dale Earnhardt Jr. His #88 Chevrolet has extensive front-end damage. That's another favourite out of this race and it's not been the return to NASCAR that Dale Jr hoped for.
Yellow flag
We're on a yellow flag with 12 to go in the second stage of the Daytona 500.
There was a lot of debris after that accident but it looks like the engines are being re-fired now.
Harvick has led a number of those laps in stage two as well. He's shown great pace and at times has looked very comfortable in the lead. After an accident involving Kyle Busch and Dale Earnhardt Jr among others, this race is wide open. There are 12 laps remaining of stage two.
So we're still on that red flag after a five-car accident 108 laps into the Daytona 500. Kyle Busch won stage one of this race as polesitter Chase Elliott faded into the midfield. Busch held off Kevin Harvick, who's led the most laps this race so far.
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Matt Kenseth after leaving the care centre: "I didn't see any of it happening in front of me. We thought we had a good position and those lapped cars did some weird things.
"They crashed in front of me and I had Erik [Jones] on my hood," he said.
"They crashed in front of me and I had Erik [Jones] on my hood," he said.
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Cole Whitt, meanwhile, is the best-placed non-Chevrolet. He's sixth in his Ford Fusion.
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As it stands, Elliott Sadler in the #7 Chevrolet is the leader of the race. Jimmie Johnson and Chris Buescher, also in Chevrolets, are second and third.
Dale Jr has one minute left of that five minute allowance to get his car fixed if he is to continue in this race.
Red flag
A red flag has been flown here after that five-car accident due to debris. All cars have stopped on the front straight.
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"If I would have I would have tried to wave off as many," says Busch, when asked if he had any warning before his tyre went down.
"Obviously goodyear tyres aren't very good at holding air," he later snipes.
"Obviously goodyear tyres aren't very good at holding air," he later snipes.
Here's where NASCAR's new damage rules come in: Dale Jr's team cannot replace the mangled front-end of his car and they have about one minute left to get it back on track.
Kyle Busch with heavy damage. The back end of his Toyota came loose and it looks like his race is over. Still under a yellow flag.
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