Hamlin Passes Earnhardt Jr. Late to Gain Victory in Second Duel

Denny Hamlin passed Dale Earnhardt Jr. with two laps to go and ultimately held off Clint Bowyer and Kurt Busch to gain his third career Can-Am Duel victory. Bowyer just nudged teammate Busch to finish second while AJ Allmendinger and Austin Dillon round out the Top-5.

Earnhardt Jr. led a race high 53 laps but was relegated to a sixth place finish earning five points and will enter the Daytona 500 tied with Matt Kenseth for sixth in points.

By just four one-hundredths of a second, DJ Kennington will compete in his first Daytona 500 while Reed Sorenson and Timmy Hill will load up, head home, and get ready for Atlanta.

Results from Daytona 

1. Denny Hamlin
2. Clint Bowyer
3. Kurt Busch
4. AJ Allmendinger
5. Austin Dillon
6. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
7. Danica Patrick
8. Ryan Newman
9. Kyle Larson
10. Ty Dillon
11. David Ragan
12. Michael McDowell
13. Jimmie Johnson
14. Kasey Kahne
15. DJ Kennington
16. Elliott Sadler
17. Michael Waltrip
18. Jeffrey Earnhardt
19. Erik Jones
20. Ryan Blaney
21. Timmy Hill