It was a wild night at Daytona but when the checkered flag flew, Kevin Harvick, No. 28 Shell-Pennzoil Chevrolet, scored his second victory of the season and extended his lead in the standings to 212 points with eight races remaining until the start of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.
After rain delayed the start of the scheduled 160-lap/400-mile race for approximately one hour and thirty minutes, Harvick survived nine caution flags, a multi-car wreck on lap 147 that involved 19 cars resulting in a 19-plus minute red flag and a green-white checkered finish that extended the race five laps to claim the victory. He led eight times for a total of 28 laps.
Team Chevy drivers captured four of the top-five finishing positions tonight. Jeff Gordon, No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet finished third and led five times for a 13-lap total. He jumped three positions in the points to second behind Harvick.
Kasey Kahne (Ford-2nd) completed the top-five finished.
Dale Earnhardt, Jr., No. 88 National Guard 8 Soldiers 8 Missions/AMP Energy Chevrolet, finished fourth and now sits 11th in the Chase standings after 18 races.
The fifth place finisher was Jeff Burton, No. 31 Caterpillar Chevrolet. He led four times for 11 laps and remains eighth in the point standings.
Tony Stewart, No. 14 Burger King Chevrolet, remains ninth in points after finishing 25th, also as a result of the multi-car wreck.
Mark Martin, No. 5 CARQUEST Auto Parts/GoDaddy.com Chevrolet, was another victim of the wreck. With a 28th place finish, he dropped to 13th in the standings, 39 points out of the Chase top-12.
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 2 9 Kasey Kahne Ford 3 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 4 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 5 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 6 99 Carl Edwards Ford 7 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 8 83 Reed Sorenson Toyota 9 71 Mike Bliss Chevrolet 10 82 Scott Speed Toyota 11 0 David Reutimann Toyota 12 7 Robby Gordon Toyota 13 36 Steve Park Toyota 14 34 Kevin Conway * Ford 15 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 16 9 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet 17 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 18 98 Paul Menard Ford 19 46 J.J. Yeley Dodge 20 16 Greg Biffle Ford 21 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge 22 19 Elliott Sadler Ford 23 37 Robert Richardson Jr. Ford 24 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 25 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 26 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 27 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 28 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet 29 20 Joey Logano Toyota 30 12 Brad Keselowski Dodge 31 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 32 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota 33 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 34 38 Travis Kvapil Ford 35 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 36 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford 37 26 David Stremme Ford 38 6 David Ragan Ford 39 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 40 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 41 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 42 13 Max Papis Toyota 43 66 Dave Blaney Toyota
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