Nascar. In car camera, visor camera, radio access, heartbeat monitors. Its unbelievable what were able to do. Drivers who have won consecutive in the other room. Cale yarborough 1983 and 84. Sterling marlin 1984 and 85. Denny trying to join an exclusive list here. He will have lane choice on the restart and will go green, white, checkered. Chris buescher having moved from chevrolet to the ford camp in 2020. Lined up in second. Kevin harvick, clint bowyer, ryan newman. What always is as rules change, whether its the power plant, aerodynamics, a body style that they can continue to have you know, that way almost a vision where they can either avoid wrecks or find out how to get the momentum, get the push, make the passes. It just seems like denny hamlin is one of those guys. Quite a bit of fluid on the back straightaway from radiators, coolers. Speedy dry put down and the jet dryer trying to make quick work of that. Now the field is rolling and pit road will be open. Before we have nascar overtime. Thats Bubba Wallace below the line in the 43 looking for pit road. Kyle larson, Chase Elliott and austin dillon. All those chevys coming to pit road. Kyle larson, 20 races in the off season. Hes raced all around the world and won half of them including the chili bowl. A big checkoff there. Theres a bunch of incredibly talented race car drivers that come to nascar, and we get the privilege of days like today watching these guys, the best of the best out here in the stock cars. 2 1 2 mile high bank speedway. Fun to watch. They have to get every bit of that talent out of the race cars and themselves in the final laps. Interesting dark horses in the final ten. Michael mcdowells been good. Justin haley had to race his way into the daytona 500 on thursday. A winner here previously. Hes in ninth. Rookie john Hunter Nemechek, Second Generation driver, starting his rookie season for front row. Number 38. Big rookie class. The biggest i can remember in years. Six drivers including the top three from last years xfinity series. To campaign the entire 2020 season in nascar cup racing. Its kind of been an up and down day for those rookies. John Hunter Nemechek in tenth. Brennan poole who got the free pass back at lap 30. Christopher bell and tyler reddick. Cole custer and quinn houff out of the race. Theres Brennan Poole and Christopher Bell has got issues. A lot of right front damage there. And after that big hit, boy, they have patched up joey loganos penske mustang. At this point, you have to look at it. It looks like a modified car, not a stock car. You know, mike, i so badly want to say, its still anybodys race but denny hamlin has been so impressive the way hes been able when he loses the lead, to get it back. Did you he does have one guy behind him newmans still not out of this thing, neither is bowyer, but theres one guy that stood out to me that when it comes down to the final laps of the race, find a Little Something extra. Hes won this before. Thats going to be harvick. And since long before you joined our fox coverage, we have called Kevin Harvick the closer. No matter how competitive he may or may not be. The closer, kind of get in it, in contention for the win. If hamlin chooses the outside lane, busch will have his teammate ryan newman lined up behind him. Hamlin has no friends at the front. None. By that i mean hes the only toyota from the seed. Not only that, not only is he the lone toyota, those other drivers you have somebody like Chris Buescher who wants to win their first daytona five. He had it last year. So in overtime we go green, white, checker. Its a twolap shootout. If the under green, the next flag will end the race. Nascar says we will take as many tries as it takes. It might take a few. Heres a little radio from the always entertaining clint bowyer. Going up. Was i here when the lights come on . Yeah, they got out to the scoring loop. Dammit. Well do fine here. Stay focused. Weve got that far. We have a lot of fords around us. Well be fine. So what bowyer is upset about is which lane he will have to restart in based on his current position. I think he felt like he was ahead of newman would have been in the outside lane. On the last lap theyll use a camera to determine those positions, but before that he had the previous sometimes it will go several feet. The last timing loop you crossed so that nobody when the caution comes out has to gas it to try to establish your position. Its already been established by the time the caution light comes on. So, larry, lane choice on the outside for hamlin. Are you surprised at all . No, im not. Thats the discussion jamie mcwhy having it. Putting the teammates 3wu78 p jer bumper to bumper. If im ryan newman, i want pay back on denny hamlin. When we hamlin won four laps in his 2007500 win. He won with a lastlap pass in overtime. Here we go. Green, white, checkers. Were coming to overtime sponsored by credit one bank. 18 lead lap cars trying to win the daytona 500. Green flag got loose. Spun some tires. Contact. Is that bowyer . Andcdowell. Oh, man. And cautions out. Well try it again. He was already upset starting in that row. He would have been out of that had he been one of those further up. And he has damage on right front and justin haley had contact. Looked like somebody spun a tire. I thought hailey maybe went to the outside. Heres clint bowyer. The 12 comes up to the rear bumper of the 6. Maybe it was bowyer had some contact from behind from the 34 of mcdowell. Sent him up into haille haley. I knew they made contact. I wasnt sure where it came from. We saw this the other night in the in one of the duels. Was that the maybe the clash. A similar thing where they came to the line and spun the tires. Ryan newman, that was ryan newman spinning the tires and William Byron as they tried to accelerate under the green flag. Now theres a good bit of damage left rear on Christopher Bell to continue to have issues. Bowyers not out of it. Neither is Michael Mcdowell. I think the contact that was made there, i think they can fix it. Whether or not theyre going have any track position to still win this race. So these laps are counting under caution but the completion of the race will come with another try at green, white, checker until we get it right. Counting bell, still 18 cars on the lead lap capable of winning this. Bowyer comes to pit road after doing a little bit of agricultural racing here. Next on fox, 911 lone star followed by prod gall prodigal son. Heres another view of the blimp. Watch the 34 of mcdowell. The bump to bowyer who turns into haley. Again, similar to what we saw in the clash. Im not so sure that that that was necessarily caused by mcdowells contact. It was so slight. Just wondering if the slightest amount of contact didnt come as bowyer spun the tears a little bit. Bowyer and haley continue after damage repair. And we listened in on Michael Mcdowell and company. Im not sure what he did there but he was spinning out. I tried to get away from him on the inside there and he clob jertd me. Well, thats Michael Mcdowell. Basically saying he didnt feel like he mate contact sending him around. Bowyer runs a sized farm. I dont think its a sod farm though, is it, sniek. No, its not. So well try again with mcdowell, bowyer and haley at the back of the field. That will move up ryan blaney to fourth, Kevin Harvick fifth and cory lajoie to sixth place. Wow. Lajoie Third Generation and he gave a great speech at the hall of fame a letter. He sure did. He brought a letter. He thought that he might come across Rick Hendrick. Knowing that Jimmie Johnson might be retiring and they need a driver to fill that seat, handed him a letter to Rick Hendrick. Saw him backstage at the hall of fame. He was finishing up his presentation and happened to see Rick Hendrick one on one behind the stage and handed him that letter and said, sir, i dont know if im what youre looking for, but id like you to read this letter. I think that spoke volumes about cory lajoie and his passion for the sport. I guarantee you that meant a lot to rick. As ive long told my kids. Bowyer back in for a few more repairs trying to make that mustang a little more aerodynamic as he comes back up. Boy, thanks to all of our fox tv crew thats with us all year long on the nascar trail from february to june. Most of them were at the super bowl and all have been back. The replays have been incredible. They give you incredible looks at the action unfolding like this. As we said earlier, most of our crew hasnt been home since before the super bowl 3 1 2 weeks now and tomorrow theyre all headed for las vegas to set up and get us up and running for next weeks race. Remember that torrential downpour we had last night. I saw a lot of those guys completely sack rur rated because we were out in the you willments. Then phoenix, then back to the east coast. The 2020 nascar cup season as they chase the bill france cup. What do you say, mike, were going to try this again. Same song, second verse. Is it second or add some space . So were headed west. Fox trucks and all the haulers will load up sunday and then on to phoenix. All at 3 p. M. Eastern time and thats what they do with the lineup. A little bit of a shakeup. Now newman, what is he in fourth position . He goes to second. Chris buescher gets shuffled back. When that caution came out, that inside row must have been shuffled back. Heres ryan blaney is who denny hamlin has chosen to line up behind him and hopefully push him along the way. I dont like the chances of the roush fenway team, ryan newman with his new teammate, Chris Buescher. There they are on the inside, the first two rows. Whats interesting, this time its going to let them line up. Lap 207, the longest daytona 500 ever. The only toyota in the top 15 is hamlin. He is followed by seven fords and then six chevrolets. One more time, for green, white, checkers. See Denny Hamlins finger out the window. Hell signal to ryan blaney when he wants to go. There he goes look at those eyes on deny hamlin looking in his mirror. Whats ryan blaney going to do . Right now he does want him to lock on to him. They get separated a little bit on the back straightaway. Through the speedy dry. Buescher not able to help newman. Cant get close enough to push him. Denny has to be careful not to get too far out there. Here comes newman. Big run. Denny put the block on him. Great job not causing a wreck on that block. White flag under green. Next flag will end the race and its there. Newman has his. Chase elliott around. Spinning around. Still green. Still green and here they come. Here comes blaney. Ryan blaney up by ryan newman. Newman backed up to blaney, big run coming here. To the inside. Newman to the front. Nothing denny hamlin can do. What can ryan blaney now do. Here comes a push from denny hamlin. This things not over yet. Not at all. Ryan newman off turn four for the final time. Blaney to the outside. To the inside. Here comes hamlin up the outside. Crash into the wall. Into the air goes newman. Upside down. In a shower of sparks on his roof. Ryan newman comes across the line fourth. And comes to rest. Scoring unofficial between him lynn and blaney as far as who crossed the finish line first. Newman got turned, went up in the air as he came down was hit by another car and launched skyward coming down on his roof. The amr safety team is there quickly. Tend to ryan newman. A fist pump from denny hamlin who has won the daytona 500 for the second year in a row. Third time overall. Coach gibbs leads his team in prayer. Denny hamlin, ryan blaney, too close to call. Our scoring monitor gives us interval to one one hundredth of a second. It was closer than that. Denny hamlin has now won three of the last five daytona 500s. Goes to third on the alltime list. Third win at daytona in his 29th start. Fourth daytona 500 win for joe gibbs racing. Unofficially the second closest 500 finish in history. Both of which won by denny hamlin and this one against ryan blaney. Denny hamlin and joe gibbs racing. Biggest single day prize in stock car racing is theirs yet again. And denny hamlin will head for victory lane. We will update we come back. You make everything. Groovy. Done yet . Yeah, yeah, sorry, sorry. You sure . Hmm. Mmm. Come on, come on, wild thing. If you ride, you get it. Geico motorcycle. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. [wood rolling] alexios, add toilet paper to the shopping list. [chiseling on stone] oh, and camel milk. And a chicken. And moisturizer. Narrator its the fight of illour lifetime. Where well make a stand for honesty, national unity, and basic decency. 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Yeah, ryan blaney gets to his rear bumper. Nothing denny hamlin can do other than try to tuck right into the rear bumper of ryan blaney which he does an excellent job of. Newman gets a pretty good run to turn four but here comes a huge run by ryan blaney. Tries to go to the outside, then the inside. They lock bumpers and turns ryan newman around. Upside down. Cory lajoie coming along making contact. Just lifting newmans car up and over. Comes to rest on its roof. Here is the second closest finish in daytona 500 history. It is ryan blaney finishing second. Blaney tried the top side. Tried to get low. Ryan newman goes around and the car goes to its roof and heres the on rushingry lajoie picking it up and over. Give you further updates on ryan numb as they become available to us. Theyre working now on helping him out of the car. Denny hamlin and his crew though have reason to celebrate in daytona. Heres jamie little. Well, there is a little celebration, but it is a subdued victory lane right now. Denny, as a race car driver in these moments, the highs, the lows, how do you describe this style of racing, the adrenaline and the bravery it takes. I think we take for granted sometimes how safe the cars are but, you know, number one, were praying for ryan. Worked really well with ryan through this whole race and, you know, obviously he got turned right there. Proud of our whole fedex team. I dont even know what to say. Its so unexpected. I knew they were going to come with a big run there. My job was to just make sure i didnt put a block that was going to wreck me. Live to race another corner. We got to the 12s bumper, got to pushing him there. I knew i was going to give him a big run and the race wasnt over. And obviously it worked out well for us there at the end but proud of this whole fedex team, toyota, coke. Jordan brand. Great to have my girls here. Great to have the team celebrating back to back. I cant even tell you what it means to me. Denny, it doesnt matter what crew chief you have, what rules package, what year it is. Three times now, what is it about you and this style of racing and daytona . Yeah, i feel like im a student to