It took over three days to complete the 2012 Daytona 500, but we can call Matt Kenseth the winner of the 54th Great American Race. This is his second victory at the Daytona International Speedway, winning it in 2009. But his 2012 victory will probably be the more memorable win. With rain postponing the race from Sunday to a prime time slot on Monday and with double-digit cautions flags and a two-hour delay to repair the track following Juan Pablo Montoya's crash and the subsequent jet fuel-induced fire on Tuesday, Kenseth, the racers and fans may never see such a confluence of events like that at a race ever again.
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Denver's Furniture Row racing saw Regan Smith and the No. 78 car start out by maintaining a top-five spot for the first 50 laps, but he wound up finishing in 24th place. Though he was involved in a multi-car wreck with just 14 laps left in the race, Smith was able to have the damaged repaired and be back out on the course to finish the race.
Here are the results for the Daytona 500:
- Matt Kenseth
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Greg Biffle
- Denny Hamlin
- Jeff Burton
- Paul Menard
- Kevin Harvick
- Carl Edwards
- Joey Logano
- Mark Martin
- Clint Bowyer
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Marcos Ambrose
- Bobby Labonte
- Dave Blaney
- Tony Stewart
- Kyle Busch
- Terry Labonte
- Tony Raines
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- Ryan Newman
- Landon Cassill
- David Gilliland
- Regan Smith
- Casey Mears
- David Reutimann
- Elliott Sadler
- Joe Nemechek
- Kasey Kahne
- Michael McDowell
- Jamie McMurray
- Brad Keselowski
- Aric Almirola
- AJ Allmendinger
- Trevor Bayne
- Juan Pablo Montoya
- David Stremme
- Danica Patrick
- Kurt Busch
- Jeff Gordon
- Robby Gordon
- Jimmie Johnson
- David Ragan
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