NASCAR Tickets - Rain, Crash Overtake Daytona 500

There was no down-to-the-wire photo finish in NASCAR's Daytona 500 race on Feb. 15, but there was plenty of excitement during the big day, especially for Roush Fenway Racing's Matt Kenseth, who took his first Daytona victory after one incredible back-and-forth display of stock car action. Kenseth was named the winner of Sunday's race at the Daytona International Speedway after the race was called short due to rain after drivers completed 152 of a scheduled 200 laps.
Matt Kenseth started the day at Daytona toward the back of the pack, racing in a backup car due to a crash in Thursday's qualifying race in his usual No. 17 Ford.

Kenseth worked his way up and avoided the massive pileup of the day to take the lead from Elliott Sadler in the final lap of green-flag action, snagging his first Daytona victory and 17th career win in a total of 329 starts. No. 29 Kevin Harvick had a second place finish after Kenseth, while No. 44 A.J. Allmendinger, No. 33 Clint Bowyer and No. 19 Elliott Sadler rounded out the top five of the Daytona 500. No. 6 David Ragan, No. 14 Tony Stewart, No. 55 Michael Waltrip, No. 43 Reed Sorenson and No. 1 Martin Truex Jr. (who led the first lap of the race) finished out the top 10 positions of Sunday's race.

While the Daytona 500 was a great excitement for Matt Kenseth, it was more than disappointing for a number of drivers including Kyle Busch, who had an early departure from the winner's circle after a momentous pileup late in the race left him (and especially his car) down and out. After leading the race for 88 laps, Busch was taken out on lap 124 of the Daytona race thanks to a tiff between Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Brian Vickers, in which Vickers blocked a move from Earnhardt and Earnhardt responded with a swift jerk to the right, taking out six cars in the process and leaving Kyle Busch, Kurt Busch, Robby Gordon, Jamie McMurray, Brian Vickers and Denny Hamlin dispersed all over the track in a cloud of dust. While Kyle Busch's day was shot after his car suffered massive damage from the crash, No. 2 Kurt Busch went on and landed a Top 12 spot in the race at the end of the day. Earnhardt finished in 26th place after getting back on track.

The Daytona 500 was a significant victory for Matt Kenseth, as he sets the precedent for the up-and-coming NASCAR season. The Sprint Series heads next to Southern California's Fontana on Feb. 22 for the Auto Club 500 at the Auto Club Speedway, and Las Vegas, Atlanta, Bristol and Martinsville are all next up to keep NASCAR fans entertained during the month of March. To get in on all the thrilling stock car action, get NASCAR tickets from StubHub and head down to the speedway to watch Dale Earnhardt Jr. redeem himself and Kyle Busch work his way back up to the top of the game!

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