NASCAR Sprint Unlimited Preview. Daytona International Speedway 2015/02/14

The starting field for this year’s race has 25 drivers. The race is based on previous winners, 2014 pole winners, and drivers who made the chase in 2014. The race should be a very interesting race that will preview what is to come in the season from the field. Don't miss this one.

2015 Entry List




1. Austin Dillon (Daytona Pole Winner 2014).
2. Brad Keselowski (Phoenix Pole Winner 2014)
3. Joey Logano (Las Vegas Pole Winner 2014)
4. Denny Hamlin (Bristol Pole Winner 2014)
5. Matt Kenseth (Auto Club Pole Winner 2014)
6. Kyle Busch (Martinsville Pole Winner 2014)
7. Tony Stewart (Texas Pole Winner 2014)
8. Kevin Harvick (Darlington Pole Winner 2014)
9. Jimmie Johnson (Charlotte Pole Winner 2014)
10. Jamie McMurray (Sonoma Pole Winner 2014),
11. David Gilliland (Daytona 2nd race Pole Winner 2014) Out Ricky Stenhouse Jr Replaces.
12. Kyle Larson (Pocono Pole Winner 2014)
13. Jeff Gordon (Watkins Glen Pole Winner 2014).
14. Kurt Busch (Previous Sprint Unlimited winner 2011)
15. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Previous Sprint Unlimited winner 2003, 2008).
16. Danica Patrick (Previous Daytona Pole Winners 2013)
17. Carl Edwards (Previous Daytona Pole Winners 2012)
18. Martin Truex Jr. (Previous Daytona Pole Winners 2009)
19. Greg Biffle (Previous Daytona Pole Winners 2004)
20. Aric Almirola (Chase 2014)
21. Kasey Kahne (Chase 2014)
22. Ryan Newman (Chase 2014)
23. Clint Bowyer
24. Paul Menard
25. Casey Mears


Sprint Unlimited 2014


Lets re cap the race from last year starting with the qualifying.

Qualifying

No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Grid
11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	1
1	Jamie McMurray	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	2
17	Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	3
18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	4
2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	5
4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	6
99	Carl Edwards	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	7
9	Marcos Ambrose	Richard Petty Motorsports	Ford	8
14	Tony Stewart	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	9
41	Kurt Busch	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	10
22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	11
10	Danica Patrick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	12
24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	13
88	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	14
32	Terry Labonte	Go FAS Racing	Ford	15
20	Matt Kenseth	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	16
31	Ryan Newman	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	17
48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	18

Race summary

Denny Hamlin led the field to the green but only led for a while. Jamie McMurray took the lead and then Kyle Busch took the lead from McMurray on lap 12,
and remained there till lap 18. Then Kevin Harvick took the lead. Lap 24 Hamlin went to the lead before Harvick took back the lead on lap 25.
On lap 30, Jimmie Johnson, in second, lost it and hit the wall on turn 4. Johnson was out. Brad Keselowski won the race off pit road to take the lead.
Hamlin retook the lead then the race's biggest crash occurred.

Matt Kenseth made contact with Joey Logano and spun and this lead to Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon, Harvick, Kurt Busch, Marcos Ambrose, Carl Edwards,
Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. and Danica Patrick being collected in a nine-car crash. The result was a red flag. The race restarted on lap 41, with Keselowski
retaking the lead not long after. Logano cycled through to the front on lap 45, before Hamlin returned to the lead and held the lead until the end of
the segment, on lap 55.

In the next segment after a mandatory pit stop. Hamlin was the first off pit road and led the field to the restart, but McMurray and Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
went into the lead before the fourth caution of the race. With twelve laps to go with Earnhardt, Jr. was at the front, but Logano returned to the lead
on the following lap. Next lap Earnhardt, Jr. was tipped by Ambrose into the wall at turn one.

The race restarted with five laps to go, and Keselowski went to the front. Hamlin took back the lead with two laps to go and ran away with the lead.

Hamlin being victorious.

Race Results

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps
1	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	75
2	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	75
3	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	75
4	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	75
5	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	75
6	1	Jamie McMurray	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	75
7	9	Marcos Ambrose	Richard Petty Motorsports	Ford	75
8	31	Ryan Newman	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	75
9	88	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	65
10	20	Matt Kenseth	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	35
11	14	Tony Stewart	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	35
12	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	35
13	99	Carl Edwards	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	35
14	41	Kurt Busch	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	35
15	17	Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	35
16	10	Danica Patrick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	35
17	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	28
18	32	Terry Labonte	Go FAS Racing	Ford	1