Breaking: Matt Kenseth wins rain shortened 152 lap Daytona 500

ESPN ^ | February 15, 2009 | the eagle has landed

[TheEaglehasLanded]

Daytona Twist: Kenseth Wins Matt Kenseth can thank a monster wreck and rainstorm for winning the 51st Daytona 500 on Sunday

1 Matt Kenseth [+] 17 --

2 Kevin Harvick [+] 29 0.762 sec

3 AJ Allmendinger [+] 44 1.382 sec

4 Clint Bowyer [+] 33 1.903 sec

5 Elliott Sadler [+] 19 2.575 sec

6 David Ragan [+] 6 3.801 sec

7 Michael Waltrip [+] 55 4.627 sec

8 Tony Stewart [+] 14 5.549 sec

9 Reed Sorenson [+] 43 6.793 sec

10 Kurt Busch [+] 2 7.253 sec

11 Martin Truex Jr. [+] 1 7.842 sec

12 David Reutimann [+] 00 8.752 sec

13 Jeff Gordon [+] 24 9.507 sec

14 Juan Pablo Montoya [+] 42 10.008 sec

15 Casey Mears [+] 07 11.028 sec

16 Mark Martin [+] 5 11.964 sec

17 Marcos Ambrose [+] 47 13.052 sec

18 Carl Edwards [+] 99 13.727 sec

19 John Andretti [+] 34 14.197 sec

20 Regan Smith [+] 78 14.412 sec

21 Bobby Labonte [+] 96 15.966 sec

22 Bill Elliott [+] 21 16.475 sec

23 Terry Labonte [+] 66 17.263 sec

24 Scott Riggs [+] 36 17.673 sec

25 Denny Hamlin [+] 11 17.899 sec

26 Dale Earnhardt Jr. [+] 88 18.591 sec

27 Jeff Burton [+] 31 19.344 sec

28 Jimmie Johnson [+] 48 19.726 sec

29 Aric Almirola [+] 8 23.284 sec

30 Greg Biffle [+] 16 27.249 sec

31 Kasey Kahne [+] 9 28.876 sec

32 Scott Speed [+] 82 1 lap(s)

33 Sam Hornish Jr. [+] 77 1 lap(s)

34 David Stremme [+] 12 1 lap(s)

35 Robby Gordon [+] 7 1 lap(s)

36 Ryan Newman [+] 39 2 lap(s)

37 Jamie McMurray [+] 26 13 lap(s)

38 Paul Menard [+] 98 13 lap(s)

39 Brian Vickers [+] 83 18 lap(s)

40 Jeremy Mayfield [+] 41 26 lap(s)

41 Kyle Busch [+] 18 28 lap(s)

42 Travis Kvapil [+] 28 62 lap(s)

43 Joey Logano [+] 20 72 lap(s)

*Points = Season Pts + Today's Projected Pts *Status = Projected Change of Rank in Point Standings

# Driver Car Points Status 1 Matt Kenseth [+] 17 190

2 Kevin Harvick [+] 29 170 (-1)

3 AJ Allmendinger [+] 44 165 (-2)

4 Elliott Sadler [+] 19 160 (-3)

5 Clint Bowyer [+] 33 160 (-4)

6 David Ragan [+] 6 150 (-5)

7 Tony Stewart [+] 14 147 (-6)

8 Michael Waltrip [+] 55 146 (-7)

9 Reed Sorenson [+] 43 138 (-8)

10 Martin Truex Jr. [+] 1 135 (-9)

11 Kurt Busch [+] 2 134 (-10)

12 Jeff Gordon [+] 24 129 (-11)

13 David Reutimann [+] 00 127 (-12)

14 Juan Pablo Montoya [+] 42 121 (-13)

15 Mark Martin [+] 5 120 (-14)

16 Casey Mears [+] 07 118 (-15)

17 Marcos Ambrose [+] 47 112 (-16)

18 Carl Edwards [+] 99 109 (-17)

19 John Andretti [+] 34 106 (-18)

20 Bobby Labonte [+] 96 105 (-19)

21 Regan Smith [+] 78 103 (-20)

22 Bill Elliott [+] 21 97 (-21)

23 Terry Labonte [+] 66 94 (-22)

24 Scott Riggs [+] 36 91 (-23)

25 Dale Earnhardt Jr. [+] 88 90 (-24)

26 Denny Hamlin [+] 11 88 (-25)

27 Jeff Burton [+] 31 82 (-26)

28 Jimmie Johnson [+] 48 79 (-27)

29 Aric Almirola [+] 8 76 (-28)

30 Greg Biffle [+] 16 73 (-29)

31 Kasey Kahne [+] 9 70 (-30)

32 Sam Hornish Jr. [+] 77 69 (-31)

33 Scott Speed [+] 82 67 (-32)

34 David Stremme [+] 12 61 (-33)

35 Robby Gordon [+] 7 58 (-34)

36 Ryan Newman [+] 39 55 (-35)

37 Jamie McMurray [+] 26 52 (-36)

38 Kyle Busch [+] 18 50 (-37)

39 Paul Menard [+] 98 49 (-38)

40 Brian Vickers [+] 83 46 (-39)

41 Jeremy Mayfield [+] 41 43 (-40)

42 Travis Kvapil [+] 28 37 (-41)

43 Joey Logano [+] 20 34 (-42)

Driver: Select Driver Allmendinger, AJAlmirola, AricAmbrose, MarcosAndretti, JohnBiffle, GregBowyer, ClintBurton, JeffBusch, KurtBusch, KyleEarnhardt Jr., DaleEdwards, CarlElliott, BillGordon, JeffGordon, RobbyHamlin, DennyHarvick, KevinHornish Jr., SamJohnson, JimmieKahne, KaseyKenseth, MattKvapil, TravisLabonte, BobbyLabonte, TerryLogano, JoeyMartin, MarkMayfield, JeremyMcMurray, JamieMears, CaseyMenard, PaulMontoya, Juan PabloNewman, RyanRagan, DavidReutimann, DavidRiggs, ScottSadler, ElliottSmith, ReganSorenson, ReedSpeed, ScottStewart, TonyStremme, DavidTruex Jr., MartinVickers, BrianWaltrip, Michael POS 1 Matt Kenseth #17 Manufacturer: Ford Sponsor: DeWalt Team: Roush Fenway Racing Crew Chief: Drew Blickensderfer Tire: Goodyear

Last Lap: 0.000 sec Fastest Lap: 12 Last Lap: 71.494 mph Fastest Lap: 47.160 sec Behind: 0.000 sec Fastest Lap: 190.840 mph Pit Stops: 5 Laps Led: 0 Status: car active on track

2008 Stats: Totals | Wins/Poles | Averages | Other

# Driver Pts Earnings 1 Jimmie Johnson 6,684 $7,381,786 2 Carl Edwards 6,615 $8,201,725 3 Greg Biffle 6,467 $5,533,114 4 Kevin Harvick 6,408 $5,595,754 5 Clint Bowyer 6,381 $4,545,720 6 Jeff Burton 6,335 $5,538,106 7 Jeff Gordon 6,316 $5,951,245 8 Denny Hamlin 6,214 $5,516,364 9 Tony Stewart 6,202 $6,242,307 10 Kyle Busch 6,186 $6,589,695 11 Matt Kenseth 6,184 $5,502,869 12 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 6,127 $4,491,765 13 David Ragan 4,299 $3,976,738 14 Kasey Kahne 4,085 $7,246,359 15 Martin Truex Jr. 3,839 $4,702,954 16 Jamie McMurray 3,809 $4,095,653 17 Ryan Newman 3,735 $6,236,436 18 Kurt Busch 3,635 $4,497,086 19 Brian Vickers 3,580 $3,559,575 20 Casey Mears 3,527 $3,964,170 21 Bobby Labonte 3,448 $4,664,756 22 David Reutimann 3,397 $3,341,230 23 Travis Kvapil 3,384 $4,250,752 24 Elliott Sadler 3,364 $4,466,243 25 Juan Pablo Montoya 3,329 $4,405,288 26 Paul Menard 3,151 $3,559,135 27 David Gilliland 3,064 $3,729,188 28 Mark Martin 3,022 $3,583,430 29 Michael Waltrip 2,889 $3,620,188 30 Dave Blaney 2,851 $3,408,711 31 Scott Riggs 2,797 $3,426,766 32 Reed Sorenson 2,795 $4,263,343 33 Robby Gordon 2,770 $3,816,362 34 Regan Smith 2,672 $3,243,845 35 Sam Hornish Jr. 2,523 $4,547,374 36 AJ Allmendinger 2,436 $2,386,452 37 Joe Nemechek 1,989 $2,681,757 38 Patrick Carpentier 1,794 $1,966,141 39 Bill Elliott 1,528 $1,911,660 40 Michael McDowell 1,466 $1,757,650 41 J.J. Yeley 1,263 $1,801,455 42 Aric Almirola 1,075 $1,356,811 43 Ken Schrader 1,040 $1,304,501 44 Kyle Petty 879 $1,435,104 45 Marcos Ambrose 844 $1,112,281 46 Terry Labonte 811 $939,617 47 Tony Raines 800 $847,075 48 Mike Skinner 734 $879,897 49 Dario Franchitti 606 $1,008,351 50 Jeremy Mayfield 578 $848,175

# Driver Wins Poles 1 Carl Edwards 9 1 2 Kyle Busch 8 2 3 Jimmie Johnson 7 6 4 Greg Biffle 2 2 5 Jeff Burton 2 0 6 Kasey Kahne 2 2 7 Clint Bowyer 1 0 8 Denny Hamlin 1 1 9 Tony Stewart 1 0 10 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1 1 11 Ryan Newman 1 1 12 Kurt Busch 1 0 13 Kevin Harvick 0 0 14 Jeff Gordon 0 4 15 Matt Kenseth 0 0 16 David Ragan 0 0 17 Martin Truex Jr. 0 0 18 Jamie McMurray 0 0 19 Brian Vickers 0 1 20 Casey Mears 0 0 21 Bobby Labonte 0 0 22 David Reutimann 0 1 23 Travis Kvapil 0 1 24 Elliott Sadler 0 0 25 Juan Pablo Montoya 0 0 26 Paul Menard 0 1 27 David Gilliland 0 0 28 Mark Martin 0 0 29 Michael Waltrip 0 0 30 Dave Blaney 0 0 31 Scott Riggs 0 0 32 Reed Sorenson 0 0 33 Robby Gordon 0 0 34 Regan Smith 0 0 35 Sam Hornish Jr. 0 0 36 AJ Allmendinger 0 0 37 Joe Nemechek 0 1 38 Patrick Carpentier 0 1 39 Bill Elliott 0 0 40 Michael McDowell 0 0 41 J.J. Yeley 0 0 42 Aric Almirola 0 0 43 Ken Schrader 0 0 44 Kyle Petty 0 0 45 Marcos Ambrose 0 0 46 Terry Labonte 0 0 47 Tony Raines 0 0 48 Mike Skinner 0 0 49 Dario Franchitti 0 0 50 Jeremy Mayfield 0 0

# Driver Start Pos Finish Pos 1 Jimmie Johnson 8.87 10.90 2 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 10.10 12.80 3 Jeff Gordon 10.62 13.95 4 Mark Martin 11.30 12.89 5 Kyle Busch 11.87 12.74 6 Carl Edwards 12.64 9.46 7 Greg Biffle 13.67 12.59 8 Kenny Wallace 14.00 21.00 9 Denny Hamlin 15.13 14.31 10 Ryan Newman 16.05 19.51 11 Kasey Kahne 16.08 16.23 12 Boris Said 16.25 29.75 13 Matt Kenseth 16.32 16.16 14 Tony Stewart 16.59 14.23 15 Martin Truex Jr. 16.64 18.15 16 David Ragan 16.84 15.03 17 Kevin Harvick 17.29 12.26 18 Elliott Sadler 17.92 23.68 19 Jamie McMurray 19.21 20.31 20 Kurt Busch 19.28 21.36 21 Jon Wood 20.33 34.00 22 Jeff Burton 20.50 12.82 23 Clint Bowyer 20.56 14.41 24 Aric Almirola 20.58 24.83 25 Brian Vickers 20.74 19.95 26 Casey Mears 21.39 21.18 27 Mike Wallace 23.00 30.50 28 Juan Pablo Montoya 23.08 23.42 29 David Reutimann 23.68 22.53 30 AJ Allmendinger 23.83 23.23 31 Paul Menard 23.90 24.90 32 Sterling Marlin 24.00 32.00 33 Bobby Labonte 24.21 21.71 34 Patrick Carpentier 24.54 29.15 35 Scott Riggs 24.72 25.42 36 Dale Jarrett 25.00 24.25 37 Travis Kvapil 25.13 22.79 38 Regan Smith 25.25 27.75 39 Reed Sorenson 25.45 26.40 40 Dave Blaney 25.50 26.32 41 Mike Skinner 26.46 32.18 42 Ron Fellows 27.00 21.00 43 Scott Pruett 27.00 38.00 44 Sam Hornish Jr. 27.42 27.87 45 Jeremy Mayfield 27.78 29.11 46 Dario Franchitti 27.82 33.55 47 David Gilliland 28.39 25.10 48 Scott Speed 28.40 30.60 49 Tony Raines 28.50 29.75 50 Bill Elliott 28.57 27.70

# Driver Top Finish Top 5 Top 10 1 Jimmie Johnson 1 15 22 2 Carl Edwards 1 19 27 3 Greg Biffle 1 12 17 4 Clint Bowyer 1 7 17 5 Jeff Burton 1 7 19 6 Denny Hamlin 1 12 19 7 Tony Stewart 1 10 16 8 Kyle Busch 1 17 21 9 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1 10 17 10 Kasey Kahne 1 4 14 11 Ryan Newman 1 2 8 12 Kurt Busch 1 5 10 13 AJ Allmendinger 1 0 2 14 Kevin Harvick 2 7 18 15 Jeff Gordon 2 13 19 16 Matt Kenseth 2 8 20 17 Brian Vickers 2 4 6 18 Juan Pablo Montoya 2 2 3 19 Paul Menard 2 1 1 20 David Gilliland 2 1 2 21 Michael Waltrip 2 1 2 22 Reed Sorenson 2 1 2 23 Sam Hornish Jr. 2 0 0 24 David Ragan 3 6 14 25 Jamie McMurray 3 4 10 26 Mark Martin 3 4 10 27 J.J. Yeley 3 1 1 28 Marcos Ambrose 3 1 1 29 Martin Truex Jr. 4 3 11 30 Casey Mears 4 1 6 31 Elliott Sadler 4 2 8 32 Bobby Labonte 6 0 2 33 David Reutimann 6 0 4 34 Travis Kvapil 6 0 4 35 Robby Gordon 6 0 3 36 Dave Blaney 7 0 2 37 Scott Riggs 7 0 1 38 Aric Almirola 8 0 1 39 Kenny Wallace 8 0 0 40 Dale Jarrett 9 0 0 41 John Andretti 10 0 0 42 Joe Nemechek 11 0 0 43 Bill Elliott 12 0 0 44 Chad McCumbee 13 0 0 45 Ron Fellows 13 0 0 46 Regan Smith 14 0 0 47 Patrick Carpentier 14 0 0 48 Ken Schrader 15 0 0 49 Kyle Petty 15 0 0 50 Terry Labonte 16 0 0

Race/Pit Notes | Caution Report | Jayski Home

[TheEaglehasLanded]

They called a pretty good race quickly, but it looks like it will be raining in Daytona for at least the next 2 hours.

[gorush]

Go Matt! On Wisconsin. (He’s lucky he never raced against me.)

[FlingWingFlyer]

It was a quick call. Congratulations to Matt!!! As an 88 fan, I was glad to see Junior finally stand up for himself instead of taking all of the blame as he usually does.

[truegris]

This sucked need to finish a race like the 500.

[Solson]

Matt’s a heck of a nice guy and a great Christian family man! Congrats to the Wisconsin kid from Cambridge(Just east of Madison)!

[cripplecreek]

They could have waited 2 hours and given another hour to dry the track. With only 48 laps to go it would have been over by midnight.

Still better than a 101 lap race I guess.

[csmusaret]

I missed it. Can you recap what he said?

[Deadeye Division]

Cut the Keith Urban music, Digger crap and other boring chit-chat and they could have run 500 miles.

[jaz.357]

8 Tony Stewart [+] 14 5.549 sec

Whatthe fraggrughhArrughhhh!

Just Damn!

[cripplecreek]

They didn’t even start till 4 did they?

[trumandogz]

152 Laps.

How many left turns is that?

[jaz.357]

P.S.

GOODYEAR TIRES FRIGGIN SUCK!

[TheConservativeParty]

Matt hails from Cambridge, WI. Just 15 miles from here. Way to go Matt!

[FlingWingFlyer]

He was pretty hot and said that what happened was not intentional. He said that he was just racing as hard as he could and was trying to win. It was nice to see him finally stop taking the blame for everything that happens on the track.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I think its a wrap.

[csmusaret]

I saw the replays and I couldn’t figure out who was at fault. I guess thas racin.

[GRRRRR]

green flag was 330pm local time two hours too late

idiots!!!

[tina07]

yes, I agree. For a race slated to start at 2:00 it didn’t start until 4, ridiculous!

[FlingWingFlyer]

I think everyone was just anxious knowing that the rain was coming. For the blame, I'd say that both would have to share the blame. Vickers' block was really dumb and Junior should have known that he hadn't cleared Vickers enough to get back in line. That's just racing. JMO.

Darrell Waltrip did say that he liked the interview with Junior and he really liked what Junior said during the interview.

[glock rocks]

Go Bees!

Good work Robot... you deserved the win! Well done.