Denny Hamlin came out on top in the 61st running of the Daytona 500 Sunday — not long after a string of dramatic wrecks took out much of the competition in “The Great American Race.”In all, the race had five crashes and two red flags over the final 20 laps of regulation. Hamlin raced to his second Daytona 500 victory in four years, holding off Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch. Gibbs, Joe Gibbs' eldest son who died last month after battling a degenerative neurological disease. I feel bad about that.”Defending Daytona 500 champion Austin Dillon, Chase Elliott, Ryan Blaney, Aric Almirola and Daniel Suarez were among those involved in the mess. Almirola seemingly had the wildest ride, his back wheels getting lifted off the pavement and landing on David Ragan’s windshield.

Source: Fox News February 17, 2019 23:50 UTC