Gatorade Duel #2
Welcome Race Fans to the second Gatorade Duel 150 at Daytona, this race will set the remainder of the starting grid for the Daytona 500!
Here is your starting lineup.
2 R Wallace 47.051
48 J Johnson 47.084
5 K Busch 47.094
18 B Labonte 47.167
16 G Biffle 47.187
1 M Truex Jr. 47.196
20 T Stewart 47.209
40 S Marlin 47.221
36 B Said 47.252
77 T Kvapil 47.281
42 J McMurray 47.329
43 J Green 47.349
10 S Riggs 47.362
6 M Martin 47.397
01 J Nemechek 47.434
45 K Petty 47.442
52 L Gunselman 47.465
99 C Edwards 47.482
14 J Andretti 47.498
07 D Blaney 47.533
7 R Gordon 47.554
22 S Wimmer 47.575
92 S Barrett 47.61
12 R Newman 47.621
93 G Bodine 47.64
13 G Sacks 47.702
4 M Wallace 47.718
55 D Cope 47.763
66 H Sadler 47.785
Lap 0: Rusty Wallace and Jimmie Johnson would lead us to green!
Lap 1: Kyle Busch would lead the opening lap, but Greg Biffle would catch him on the back straight.
Lap 2: Greg Biffle would hold the lead to the line, as the field jousts behind him.
Lap 3: Hendrick Horsepower would prove crucial, with Boris Said taking the lead, with his MB2 teammates in behind.
Lap 4: Scott Riggs would pull ahead of his teammate, while Larry Gunselman and John Andretti duel Said for the transfer spots.
Lap 5: Joe Nemecheck would take hold of the lead, as Robby Gordon and Stanton Barrett engage in the fight for the transfer positions.
Lap 6: John Andretti would take the lead on the back straight, but barely edges Mark Martin
Lap 7: Mark martin would hold the lead firmly for a handful of laps, with go or go homers Robby Gordon and Stanton Barrett in tow.
Lap 9: But Sterling Marlin would take hold of the lead at the line to start lap 9
Lap 10: But Geoffery Bodine would lead a few laps, as he races for the transfer position, with Derrike Cope behind.
Lap 12: Dave Blaney would find his way to the front
Lap 16: Eventually Sterling Marlin would retake the lead, and what about Mike Wallace pushing towards the front, Joe Nemechek also finds himself at the pointy end of the spearhead one more.
Lap 18: Kyle Busch would retake the lead
Lap 19: Sterling Marlin would start dueling Rusty Wallace for the top spot, with Kyle, Riggs, and Nemechek in hot pursuit.
Lap 20: Rusty Wallace would end up coming out on top, but could not hold off Scott Riggs, who is making a strong showing
Lap 21: And Riggs would lead yet another lap
Lap 22: But would give up the spot to John Andretti
Lap 24: Ryan Newman would put Penske Power up at the front
Lap 25: But Sterling Marlin once again showed his plate race prowess.
Lap 27: Joe Nemechek would find the lead again.
Lap 30: Dave Blaney would take the spot away from Nemechek, but would be jumped by Labonte down the backstraight
Lap 31: Bobby Labonte would take point
Lap 35: But HUGE trouble out of turn 4, Bodine, Edwards, and Barrett get together, and Edcwards would catch Andretti, Petty, and Sadler in the pileup!
As Pit stops occured, Jamie McMurray, Greg Sacks, Jeff Green, among others would stay out, but Sacks would run out of fuel before the green.
Lap 40: The Race goes green one more, and McMurray gets a huge jump, Jeff Green has fuel Pickup issues, and the field slows down!
Lap 41: But McMurray runs out of fuel coming to the line, and Robby Gordon and Said manage to jump the gaggle of cars and pull away!
Lap 44: But They would eventually be caught and enveloped by the chasing pack, which would be lead by Kyle Busch
Lap 48: As the leaders come up to the drivers who pit after the green, Jimmie Johnson would jump the pack and take the lead.
Lap 58: Scott Wimmer would take the front, could he snag a win?
Lap 60: No he would not, as Dave Blaney would win Gatorade Duel #2!
Robby Gordon and Mike Wallace raced their way in by a fair margin, using the lap traffic to pull a gap.
Race Results
F S # DRIVER INTERVAL LAPS LED POINTS STATUS
1 20 07 D Blaney 174.929 60 6 180 Running
2 7 20 T Stewart -0.07 60 1 175 Running
3 4 18 B Labonte -0.16 60 6 170 Running
4 22 22 S Wimmer -0.18 60 2 165 Running
5 27 4 M Wallace -0.27 60 0 155 Running
6 3 5 K Busch2 -1.19 60 6 155 Running
7 2 48 J Johnson -1.28 60 11* 156 Running
8 21 7 R Gordon -1.71 60 4 147 Running
9 9 36 B Said -2.39 60 0 138 Running
10 1 2 R Wallace -2.49 60 1 139 Running
11 13 10 S Riggs -8.72 60 1 135 Running
12 28 55 D Cope -8.82 60 0 127 Running
13 8 40 S Marlin -8.90 60 5 129 Running
14 26 13 G Sacks -8.99 60 0 121 Running
15 24 12 R Newman -9.12 60 1 123 Running
16 6 1 M Truex Jr. -42.71 60 0 115 Running
17 15 01 J Nemechek -42.89 60 5 117 Running
18 14 6 M Martin -46.26 60 2 114 Running
19 10 77 T Kvapil -1L 59 0 106 Running
20 18 99 C Edwards -1L 59 0 103 Running
21 12 43 J Green -1L 59 0 100 Running
22 11 42 J McMurray -1L 59 5 102 Running
23 29 66 H Sadler -1L 59 0 94 Running
24 25 93 G Bodine -1L 59 0 91 Running
25 17 52 L Gunselman -2L 58 0 88 Running
26 16 45 K Petty -5L 55 0 85 Retired
27 5 16 G Biffle -16L 44 1 87 Piston
28 19 14 J Andretti -23L 37 3 84 Retired
29 23 92 S Barrett -23L 37 0 76 Retired
Lap Leaders
Driver Laps
Kyle Busch2 1
Greg Biffle 2
Boris Said 3
Scott Riggs 4
Joe Nemechek 5
John Andretti 6
Mark Martin 7-8
Sterling Marlin 9
Geoffery Bodine 10-11
Dave Blaney 12-15
Sterling Marlin 16-17
Kyle Busch2 18
Sterling Marlin 19
Rusty Wallace 20
Scott Riggs 21
John Andretti 22-23
Ryan Newman 24
Sterling Marlin 25-26
Joe Nemechek 27-29
Dave Blaney 30
Bobby Labonte 31-35
Jamie McMurray 36-39
Robby Gordon 40-43
Kyle Busch2 44-47
Jimmie Johnson 48-57
Scott Wimmer 58-59
Dave Blaney 60
Number of lead changes: 26
Number of leaders: 17
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