Daytona 500 Race Winner: Matt Kenseth

Race Fast Facts
Daytona International Speedway
54th Annual Daytona 500 
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Tue, February 28, 2012 @ 01:10 AM Eastern
Race Winner: Matt Kenseth
Age: 39
Team : No. 17 - Best Buy Ford
Owner: John Henry
Crew Chief: Jimmy Fennig
Matt Kenseth won the 54th Annual Daytona 500 , 

his 22nd victory in 437 

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
Kenseth is the ninth driver to win multiple

 Daytona 500s. 

His first Daytona 500 victory came in the 

rain-shortened 2009 event.
This is Roush Fenway Racing's 300th NASCAR

 national Series victory

 (126 wins in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series; 124 in the 

NASCAR Nationwide Series;

 50 in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series).
Kenseth also won his Gatorade Duel at Daytona race. 

The last driver to win both a Duel and the Daytona 500

 was Dale Earnhardt Jr. 

in 2004.
This is his second victory and 12th top-10 finish 

in 25 races at

 Daytona International Speedway.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. (second) posted his 14th top-10 finish 

in 25 races at

 Daytona International Speedway. 
Greg Biffle (third) posted his fifth top-10 finish in

 19 races at

 Daytona International Speedway.