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.
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