chevrolet won the daytona 500 this year.
chevrolet won the daytona 500 this year.
what kind of car won the daytona 500 this year?
chevrolet
bullet::::- 2014: for the second year in a row, a rookie won the pole position for the daytona 500, in this case austin dillon in his first ride in the newly renumbered no. 3 chevrolet ss for richard childress racing, the first time the no. 3 had been used in a nascar cup series race since dale earnhardt's death (the car had been no. 29 with its previous driver, kevin harvick, who moved to stewart-haas racing for 2014). the race is also nicknamed the ten hours of daytona, as the green flag was dropped at 1:30 pm and the cars took the checkered flag just after 11:30 pm est, due to a lengthy 6-hour 22-minute delay just 39 laps into the race for thunderstorms and a tornado warning in the area. dillon started off leading the first lap, but faded back afterwards. denny hamlin, kurt busch, kyle busch and paul menard were the strongest cars during the first 40 laps. martin truex, jr., who had switched to a backup car after a last-lap crash during his duel, was the first driver out, blowing an engine five laps before the red flag. when the race restarted around 8:45 pm est, the race saw much more intense competition due to cooler track temperatures and increased tire grip. although the threat of rain became persistent after lap 150, the storm bands stalled long enough to allow the race to run the full distance. in the last sixty laps, the lead changed hands primarily between dale earnhardt, jr. and the roush fenway fords of carl edwards and greg biffle. a five-car crash at the back of the field with seven laps to go set the field up for a two lap shootout on the final restart. earnhardt, jr. held off denny hamlin, jeff gordon and brad keselowski over the last two laps, ending when a six-car crash in turn 4 resulted in a yellow chequer finish, giving earnhardt his second daytona 500, exactly ten years and one week after he won his first 500. this was the third straight daytona 500 to be won by a past winner of the race, after kenseth in 2012 and johnson in 2013, and the third daytona 500 won by a car with the number no. 88 (as dale jarrett won the 1996 and 2000 races with the no. 88 for yates racing). thanks to the introduction of a slightly taller rear spoiler to increase drag and downforce in the cars following criticism of a lack of green-flag passing in the previous year's 500, there were 19 leaders and 43 lead changes overall during the race.
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