Nascar – Kurt Busch creates a surprise at Daytona 500

Kurt Busch added the Daytona 500 to his list of achievements at the end of a particularly eventful edition. The driver of the No. 41 Ford successfully overtook leader Kyle Larson (Chip Ganassi Racing) on ​​the final lap to place himself out of reach of the competitors and offer success for the debut of the association between Ford and Stewart-Haas Racing.

“I couldn’t believe no one was coming back for me, admitted the winner. I then understood that I could go all the way. I no longer knew where we were in the segments, I only thought about driving. I found myself at a point in my career where no one wanted to give me a wheel anymore. It’s a great comeback. »

Ryan Blaney (Wood Brothers Racing) has long been one of the favorites and takes 2nd place ahead of A.J Allmendinger (JTG Daugherty Racing), while Aric Almirola (Richard Petty Motorsports) and Paul Menard (Richard Childress Racing) complete the top five. Joey Logano (Team Penske) was only able to take 6th place after falling in the peloton, finding himself isolated after playing at the front.

Martin Truex Jr (Furniture Row Racing) was hopeful of turning the page on last year where the driver of the Toyota No. 78 had lost the victory by a hundredth, but the latter took the wrong line in the final moments and only crossed the line in 13th place.

The race was disrupted by several “Big Ones” eliminating several contenders for victory. Denny Hamlin (Joe Gibbs Racing), the winner of the 2016 edition, was only able to take 17th place after being involved in one of them. His teammates Daniel Suarez, Matt Kenseth and Kyle Busch retired, although the driver of the No. 18 Toyota was able to win the first segment. Kevin Harvick (Stewart-Haas Racing), winner of the second, finished 22nd after also being caught in an accident.

Jimmie Johnson (Hendrick Motorsports), the reigning champion of the 2016 season, was one of the first contenders for victory to dismount since he will only be classified 34th.