Monday, July 6, 2015

Earnhardt Jr. grabs fourth career Daytona win

Dale Earnhardt Jr. wins his second race of the season (both in plate races) and Denny Hamlin slides into third. 
Dale Earnhardt Jr. dominated from the start of the Coke Zero 400 late Sunday until its early-morning finish Monday.

A wild weekend that saw qualifying canceled and a three-hour race delay ended with a massive wreck that sent Austin Dillon's car airborne over three rows of cars and into the fence on the final lap. By the time the smoke and debris cleared at the dampened Daytona finish line, Earnhardt emerged with his second win of the 2015 season.

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Earnhardt, the pole sitter by default of the wet weather, led for 97 of the 161 laps. It was his fourth career win at Daytona.

Jimmie Johnson, who led for 35 laps, finished second. Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick and Kurt Busch rounded out the top five.

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