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NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 1 57TH ANNUAL DAYTONA 500 DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY Daytona Beach, FL - February 22, 2015 2.5-Mile Paved Tri-Oval 203 Laps - 507.5 Miles Purse: $19,809,272 TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 8 minutes, 2 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 161.939 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: Under Caution Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 5 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 203 47 4 125.3 $1,586,503 Running 6 31 2 11 4 Kevin Harvick Budweiser/Jimmy John's Chevrolet 203 42 116.3 1,157,195 Running 3 3 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr Nationwide Chevrolet 203 42 1 124.9 855,720 Running 1 32 4 42 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Express Toyota 203 41 1 109.9 680,483 Running 3 4 5 2 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet 203 40 1 104.9 615,932 Running 4 39 6 41 13 Casey Mears GEICO Chevrolet 203 39 1 63.1 470,178 Running 1 1 7 9 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota 203 37 88.4 437,178 Running 8 10 78 Martin Truex Jr Furniture Row/Visser Precision Chevrolet 203 37 1 98.4 404,153 Running 1 1 9 13 5 Kasey Kahne Farmers Insurance Chevrolet 203 35 104.5 375,045 Running 10 8 16 Greg Biffle Ortho Ford 203 35 1 91.5 387,991 Running 1 2 11 26 38 David Gilliland Love's Travel Stops Ford 203 33 61.3 364,341 Running 12 38 9 Sam Hornish Jr Twisted Tea Ford 203 32 76.1 366,678 Running 13 27 46 Michael Annett Pilot/Flying J Chevrolet 203 32 1 74.4 330,945 Running 1 1 14 30 3 Austin Dillon DOW Chevrolet 203 30 73.4 364,944 Running 15 33 43 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 203 29 59.4 363,106 Running 16 24 41 Regan Smith (i) Haas Automation Chevrolet 203 0 69.3 340,283 Running 17 28 34 David Ragan Kentucky Fried Chicken Ford 203 27 45.1 321,108 Running 18 4 18 Matt Crafton (i) M&M's Crispy Toyota 203 0 54.7 382,849 Running 19 36 83 Johnny Sauter (i) Dustless Blasting Toyota 203 0 50.2 333,128 Running 20 40 47 AJ Allmendinger Kroger/USO Chevrolet 203 25 1 48.1 348,803 Running 1 1 21 20 10 Danica Patrick GoDaddy Chevrolet 203 23 69.6 331,453 Running 22 19 35 Cole Whitt Speed Stick Ford 203 22 54.8 331,312 Running 23 6 19 Carl Edwards Arris Toyota 203 22 1 88.2 335,603 Running 2 3 24 43 32 Bobby Labonte C & J Energy Services Ford 203 20 39.3 321,103 Running 25 21 27 Paul Menard Peak/Menards Chevrolet 203 19 81.1 327,565 Running 26 34 55 Michael Waltrip Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 203 18 43.7 346,942 Running 27 15 1 Jamie McMurray Cessna/McDonald's Chevrolet 203 17 79.0 348,081 Running 28 31 33 Ty Dillon (i) Cheerios/Kroger Chevrolet 203 0 72.0 317,190 Running 29 32 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Fastenal Ford 203 15 72.3 325,503 Running 30 37 6 Trevor Bayne AdvoCare Ford 203 14 61.8 357,815 Running 31 23 95 Michael McDowell Thrivent Financial Ford 203 13 64.8 313,590 Running 32 14 44 Reed Sorenson Golden Corral Chevrolet 203 12 39.2 314,228 Running 33 1 24 Jeff Gordon Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet 203 13 2 106.7 599,926 Running 6 87 34 29 42 Kyle Larson Target Chevrolet 202 10 54.8 342,023 Accident 35 35 20 Matt Kenseth Dollar General Toyota 202 9 55.0 351,801 Running 36 16 66 Mike Wallace Crazy Vapors/X8 Energy Gum Toyota 199 8 26.8 313,883 Running 37 18 51 Justin Allgaier Brandt Chevrolet 197 7 61.3 318,883 Accident 38 22 31 Ryan Newman Caterpillar Chevrolet 184 6 43.2 314,903 Running 39 12 21 Ryan Blaney (i) Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford 175 0 52.2 281,003 Engine 40 25 23 J.J. Yeley (i) MAXIM Fantasy App/Dr. Pepper Toyota 161 0 43.8 273,790 Running 1 1 41 39 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Ford 160 3 76.6 318,056 Engine 42 7 14 Tony Stewart Bass Pro Shops/Mobil 1 Chevrolet 72 2 59.5 299,629 Accident 43 17 40 Landon Cassill (i) CarsForSale.com Chevrolet 18 0 26.4 262,390 Engine # Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender. (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series Bonus points: includes winner (3), lap leader (1) & most laps led (1) points Failed to qualify: (6) #62 Brian Scott; #29 Justin Marks; #30 Ron Hornaday Jr; #26 Jeb Burton; #7 Alex Bowman; #98 Josh Wise Race Comments: Joey Logano won the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway, his ninth victory in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and first Daytona 500. Prior to the start of the race, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field for the reason indicated: #18, #41 (Driver Change), #3, #6, #9, #10, #31, #32, #34, #42, #47, #83 (Backup Car). Caution Flags: 7 cautions for 26 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 20-24 (Fluid On The Track From #40 [None]); 42-45 (Car #14, 20, 21, 55, 1, 15, 2 Accident Frontstretch [None]); 107-110 (Debris Frontstretch [44]); 162-165 (Fluid On The Track From #2 And #1, 31 Accident Backstretch [42]); 177-181 (Fluid On The Track From #21 [55]); 199- 201 (Car #51, 33 Accident Frontstretch [Red 6:42] [20]); 203 (Car #24, 3, 32, 18, 47, 44, 17, 42 Accident Backstretch [None]). Lap Leaders: 27 lead changes among 12 drivers. J. Gordon 1, Johnson 2-13, J. Gordon 14-19, Yeley 20, Annett 21, Mears 22, J. Gordon 23-45, Logano 46-51, J. Gordon 52-86, Edwards 87, Hamlin 88, J. Gordon 89-107, Allmendinger 108, J. Gordon 109-111, Hamlin 112, Logano 113, Earnhardt Jr 114-145, Logano 146-153, Biffle 154-155, Logano 156-157, Johnson 158-165, Edwards 166-167, Johnson 168-180, Logano 181, Johnson 182-187, Truex Jr 188, Hamlin 189-190, Logano 191-203. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Jeff Gordon (201.293 mph. 44.711 secs.) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: Kevin Harvick 3M LAP LEADER: Jeff Gordon (87 Laps) MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM SOLVER OF THE RACE: Casey AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART AWARD: Sam Hornish Jr Mears (crew chief Robert Barker, 0.112 seconds) DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD: Jeff Gordon NASCAR SPRINT CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner: rolls over to $20,000 at next FREESCALE "WIDE OPEN": Joey Logano event++ INGERSOLL RAND POWER MOVE: Michael Annett (16 positions) SHERWIN-WILLIAMS FASTEST LAP AWARD: Carl Edwards MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Roush-Yates Engines (#22) ++Rollover money awarded at year's end, amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES TOP 16 (Wins) FREESCALE "WIDE OPEN" COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 1 - Joey Logano 47 (1) Joey Logano (#22) 5 Jeff Gordon 1 2 - Kevin Harvick 42 (0) Jimmie Johnson (#48) 4 SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 3 - Dale Earnhardt Jr 42 (0) Kevin Harvick (#4) 3 Jeb Burton 1 4 - Denny Hamlin 41 (0) INGERSOLL RAND POWER MOVE 5 - Jimmie Johnson 40 (0) 6 - Casey Mears 39 (0) Michael Annett (#46) 16 7 - Clint Bowyer 37 (0) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER 8 - Martin Truex Jr 37 (0) Roush/Yates (#22) 15 9 - Kasey Kahne 35 (0) Hendrick (#4) 14 10 - Greg Biffle 35 (0) Hendrick (#88) 14 11 - David Gilliland 33 (0) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE 12 - Sam Hornish Jr 32 (0) 13 - Michael Annett 32 (0) Kevin Harvick (#4) 1 14 - Austin Dillon 30 (0) MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM 15 - Aric Almirola 29 (0) SOLVER OF THE RACE 16 - David Ragan 27 (0) Bootie Barker (#13) 1 MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP SHERWIN-WILLIAMS FASTEST LAP AWARD Pts Wins Carl Edwards (#19) 1 Ford 47 (1) Chevrolet 42 (0) Toyota 41 (0) 3M LAP LEADER Jeff Gordon (#24) 1 AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART AWARD Sam Hornish Jr (#9) 1 DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD Jeff Gordon (#24) 1 NEXT EVENT: March 1, 2015 - 56th Annual Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, GA (500.5 Miles) (325 Laps) NOTE: The above figures are based upon team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (2/23/2015) NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications ● P.O. Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2014 NASCAR NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES DRIVER LEADERS Race #1: 57TH ANNUAL DAYTONA "500" Race Date: 02/22/2015 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 JOEY LOGANO 47 1 1 1 1 $1,621,953 2 KEVIN HARVICK 42 1 0 1 1 1,186,145 3 DALE EARNHARDT JR. 42 1 0 1 1 886,670 4 DENNY HAMLIN 41 1 0 1 1 705,933 5 JIMMIE JOHNSON 40 1 0 1 1 640,642 6 CASEY MEARS 39 1 0 0 1 508,628 7 CLINT BOWYER 37 1 0 0 1 462,378 8 MARTIN TRUEX JR. 37 1 0 0 1 488,628 9 KASEY KAHNE 35 1 0 0 1 399,495 10 GREG BIFFLE 35 1 0 0 1 415,441 11 DAVID GILLILAND 33 1 0 0 0 364,341 12 SAM HORNISH JR.