The talk heading into Sunday revolved around Danica Patrick starting from the pole position looking to make history. She would lead a lap, first woman to do so at the Daytona 500, and managed to stay near the head of the pack the entire race.
However, it wasn't Danica's moment; it belonged to Jimmie Johnson as he would end up winning his 2nd Daytona 500. Johnson managed to grab the lead with less than 10 laps to go and managed to hold off surging drivers like Dale Earnhardt Jr. to grab the checkered flag. Dale Jr. would end up finishing 2nd and Mark Martin finished in 3rd. Danica Patrick fell 5 spots in the final lap and would finish in 8th.
Great day for the motorsports world despite the turbulent one that had preceded it. Johnson was able to regain some of his dominance to start the season off. Could it be a sign of things to come? Last time Johnson had won the Daytona 500 was in 2006. He would end up winning the Sprint Cup that year and the following 4 years. Nothing is guaranteed in motorsports but you can't start the season better than a win at Daytona.
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