Monday, February 27, 2012

Matt Kenseth Wins the Delayed Daytona 500

For me, any NASCAR event lasts too long. This one took forever to just start and then a whole dynasty to finish. This year's Daytona 500, the Super Bowl of NASCAR, went through so much that I'm surprised that it's finally over. It spanned three days from the time it was supposed to start to when it was finally over. The event was rained out for the first time ever in the history of the race and had to be raced on Monday at noon eastern. Then, there was still rain that delayed it even more and there was speculation that it would have to be raced on Tuesday. But they managed to start the race at around 7 PM eastern. They still ended it on Tuesday, though, in the early morning hours.

The race started and there was almost an immediate crash. Somewhat the theme of the night. The race kept going through it all but had to stop around lap 160 due to Juan Pablo Montoya crashing into a safety truck under caution. All the fire from the crash and the 200 gallons of jet fuel pouring from the truck caused a delay of over two hours. They were able to continue thanks to the knowledge gained from doing the laundry. When it started again, there were more crashes and caution flags until finally it ended after a two-lap overtime finish with Matt Kenseth taking the checkered flag.

In one of the wackiest Daytona's in history, certainly the most drawn out, Matt Kenseth wins. This is actually his second win at the event as he won it back in 2009. I bet he's telling everyone right now that it was worth the wait. He had to deal with rain and fire and came out the winner. He even dealt with Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s late push for the win.

Congrats to him and thank goodness it's all over. 36 hours for anything is way too long. Thank goodness it wasn't the actual Super Bowl as the country would've lost it if that had happened. Now it's on to the next race for the drivers as they now have to hustle quickly to Phoenix.

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