"Drew, Matt and the Cat"
When a driver wrecks a couple of cars at Daytona, you could be in for a long afternoon, especially starting 39th, as did Roush Fenway Racing's Matt Kenseth. But if that driver has quick enough pit work, and can put the car in the right place at the right time, anything can happen--just ask Matt what happened when he passed then leader Elliott Sadler on lap 146 and then the last of eight cautions flew the next lap later. The 2003 NASCAR Sprint Cup champion won the 51st Daytona 500, when NASCAR called the race after 152 laps. 2007 winner Kevin "Happy" Harvick finished 2nd; A. J. Allmendinger 3rd (a popular podium finish and some say not the last one for the driver from Los Gatos, California) Clint Bowyer 4th and Sadler 5th. Rookie phenom Joey Logano was in an accident and wrecked out 43rd...Kyle Busch led 88 laps and was caught up in the "big one"--he was credited with 41st. Tony Stewart led 15 laps and came home 8th...his teammate Ryan Newman not so lucky--36th after all his woes.
We'll be catching breakfast at the Daytona 500 Experience with Kenseth (middle), crew chief Drew Blickensderfer (left) and team owner Jack Roush (right) tomorrow.
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