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And Now A Point of View of A Jay Clone at Daytona (Part 2)

And After the Most Bad Ones performed the National Anthem and Gave The Command to Fire all 44 Cars in the Great American Race, The Daytona 500

And Then the Green Flag Flew at 12:05 PM as Jeff Gordon hangs on to take an early lead with Mark Martin moving to 2nd but afterwards Mark Martin moved to 2nd but on Lap #14 something happens as the 1st Caution went knocking out about 12 Cars with Davey Allison, Kyle Petty, Kevin Harvick and Lucy Daijani are done from the Race

But a Non-Stop Lightning and Rain Delay came in for 5 1/2 hours before we went back racing

When we Restarted Pit Stops were made and then were getting closer to a Restart as Joe Nemechek gets a Lap Down and 40 Cars are left on the track but the restart occured on Lap 30.

However on Lap 40, Brad Keselowski is leading but Michael Waltrip took over for the First Time however Harry Gant and Rick Mast round out the Top 3.

But On Lap 51, Richard Petty took the lead with Kyle Busch, Mark Martin, Michael Waltrip and Mark Martin rounding out the Top 5, But 19 Laps Later Brad Keselowski took over for first place and continued in the Halfway Mark, But Caution #2 Fell on Lap 112 as 7 Cars Were taken out of the Race including Aric Almirola.

The Restart Came in on Lap 118 as Dale Earnhardt Jr. took the lead before fighting it off with Dale Earnhardt in the Top 2 until Mark Martin stepped in for first place with 25 Laps to Go, But on Lap 182, a 5 Car Accident which knocked all 5 home to end the night in.

The Restart Occurred on Lap 188 as Dale Earnhardt is leading then with 9 Laps to Go, Jeff Gordon zooms to 2nd place as Dale Sr. and Jeff are Fighting for the Win but Mark Martin came in as a 3-Way Battle for First but in the Final Lap, Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt are hoping to win but in the end Jeff Gordon survived and won the Daytona 500 but a Number of Cars were Involved in the Last Lap Crash and I Finished 3rd, Period.

RACE RESULTS

1. #24 Jeff Gordon - Dupont Chevrolet - 175+5=180 (2 TL)
2. #42 Jacob Partillo - Credit One Bank Chevrolet - 170
3. #31 Jay Jianoran - Jollibee Chevrolet - 165
4. #8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. - Budweiser Chevrolet - 160+5=165
5. #1 Kurt Busch - Gearwrench Chevrolet - 155
6. #6 Mark Martin - Valvoline Ford - 150+5=155
7. #19 Martin Truex Jr. - Auto-Owners Insurance Toyota - 146
8. #48 Jimmie Johnson - Ally Bank Chevrolet - 142
9. #2 Rusty Wallace - Miller Genuine Draft Ford - 138
10. #7 Alan Kulwicki - Hooters Ford - 134
11. #3 Dale Earnhardt - GM Goodwrench Chevrolet - 130+10=140 (3 TL, Led Most Laps)
12. #9 Chase Elliott - NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet - 127
13. #11 Denny Hamlin - FedEx Toyota - 124
14. #30 Michael Waltrip - Pennzoil Pontiac - 121+5=126 (1 TL)
15. #20 Christopher Bell - Craftsman Toyota - 118
16. #2 Brad Keselowski - Discount Tire Ford - 115+5=120 (2 TL)
17. #3 Austin Dillon - DOW Chevrolet - 112
18. #94 Bill Elliott - McDonald's Ford - 109
19. #17 Darrell Waltrip - Western Auto Chevrolet - 106
20. #43 Richard Petty - STP Chevrolet - 103+5=108
21. #22 Joey Logano - Pennzoil Ford - 100
22. #5 Ricky Rudd - Tide Chevrolet - 97
23. #44 Erik Jones - STP Chevrolet - 94
24. #71 Dave Marcis - STG High Point Bedding Chevrolet (-1) - 91
25. #88 Alex Bowman - Nationwide Chevrolet (-1) - 88
26. #27 Hut Stricklin - McDonald's Ford (-1) - 85
27. #83 Lake Speed - Purex Ford (-1) - 82
28. #87 Joe Nemechek - Dentyne Chevrolet (-2) - 79
29. #4 Ernie Irvan - Kodak Chevrolet (OUT) - 76
30. #18 Kyle Busch - M&M's Toyota (OUT) - 73
31. #94 Terry Labonte - Sunoco Oldsmobile (OUT) - 70
32. #22 Bobby Labonte - Maxwell House Pontiac (OUT) - 67
33. #1 Rick Mast - Majik Oldsmobile (OUT) - 64
34. #25 Tim Richmond - Kodiak Chevrolet (OUT) - 61
35. #26 Brett Bodine - Quaker State Ford (OUT) - 58
36. #14 Chase Briscoe - HAAS Automation Ford (OUT) - 55
37. #10 Aric Almirola - Smithfield Ford (OUT) - 52
38. #15 Geoff Bodine - Motorcraft Ford (OUT) - 49
39. #98 Derrike Cope - Bojangles Ford (OUT) - 46
40. #33 Harry Gant - Skoal Chevrolet (OUT) - 43
41. #28 Davey Allison - Texaco/Havoline Ford (OUT) - 40
42. #42 Kyle Petty - Mello Yello Chevrolet (OUT) - 37
43. #13 Lucy Dajarit - First Plus Financial Ford (OUT) - 34
44. #4 Kevin Harvick - Mobil 1 Ford (OUT) - 31