Nascar – Hamlin wins the Daytona 500

Denny Hamlin (Joe Gibbs Racing) remporte pour la première fois le Daytona 500 (Floride), décrochant ainsi son 27e succès en Sprint Cup et son ticket pour le Chase. Si le pilote de la Toyota n°11 a été le plus grand leader de l’épreuve avec 95 tours couverts en tête, il a arraché la Victory Lane en s’imposant avec un centième d’avance sur la Toyota de Martin Truex Jr (Furniture Row Racing), offrant la première victoire à son équipe sur cette épreuve depuis 1993. C’est le pus petit écart jamais enregistré dans cette course.

Matt Kenseth (Joe Gibbs Racing) seemed untouchable in the final part of the race, but the driver of the No. 20 Camry almost lost control of his car in the final corner while trying to block the path of his teammate and he did not only takes 14th place.

Kyle Busch (Joe Gibbs) completes the top three ahead of Kevin Harvick (Stewart-Haas Racing) and Carl Edwards who allowed Joe Gibbs Racing to place three of its four cars in the top five. Joey Logano (Team Penske) took sixth place.

Jimmie Johnson (Hendrick Motorsports) placed 16th after receiving a drive-through following an error made by his team during a pit stop. Chase Elliott (Hendrick Motorsports), Jeff Gordon's replacement, saw his hopes dashed at the start of the race when he made a mistake.