Heading into Daytona Speedweeks, the three-car Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Sprint Cup team was figured to be lone of the favorites pro the Daytona 500. Nothing with the intention of happened in Thursday’s following Gatorade Duel by Daytona International Speedway disabused somebody of with the intention of notion.
Jeff Burton led an RCR 1-2, crossing the start-finish line solely .005 seconds yet to be of partner Clint Bowyer in the following Duel and reaffirming the team’s spot as lone of the favorites pro Sunday’s Daytona 500.
Burton and Bowyer used the two-car recruit to perfection, screening bounty of muscle, pulling away from the meadow by the aim of the rush.
Finishing in third was the surprising Michael Waltrip, who got a late-race get behind from Kyle Busch. The real bombshell was fifth-place finisher Brian Keselowski, who drove a five-year-old Ray Evernham-built get out of to earn a conveying spot into the Daytona 500. Also racing their way into the lofty rush were Travis Kvapil and Dave Blaney.
The RCR drivers raced in lockstep until the final immediately, as Bowyer jumped made known of line by the continue little, solely as he did las October by Talladega Superspeedway to pass fellow RCR driver Kevin Harvick pro the victory. But Burton held on, attentively fending rancid Bowyer pro the victory.
Among the surprises all through the rush was Trevor Bayne, who hard-pressed four-time Sprint Cup champion Jeff Gordon effectively pro 59 of the 60 laps, previous to the two separated and given up the ghost on the continue lick up, with Gordon dying 12th and Bayne 19th. But along with the RCR trio and Duel One/Bud Shootout winner Kurt Busch, Gordon and Bayne may possibly get on to approximately blast on Sunday, too.
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