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52nd Daytona 500: Wait ... wait ... now go!

McMurray wins dash with Junior

Posted: February 15, 2010 at 5:04 a.m.

Jamie McMurray became the 10th driver in NASCAR history to win the Daytona 500 on a last-lap pass and the ninth different driver to win the race in the past nine seasons. His victory Sunday at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., came at the end of a race that was red flagged twice because of a pothole in the race surface.

Jamie McMurray became the 10th driver in NASCAR history to win the Daytona 500 on a last-lap pass and the ninth different driver to win the race in the past nine seasons. His victory Sunday at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., came at the end of a race that was red flagged twice because of a pothole in the race surface.

Jamie McMurray held off Dale Earnhardt Jr. to win the Daytona 500 on Sunday, a finish so thrilling it just about made up for a pothole that nearly derailed the Super Bowl of NASCAR.

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