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[the H team]

kenseth had an issue with overheating when pitting. they were trying to get all the old water & any air out while trying to cool down the rad. kenseth complained that the temp gauge was all over the place when driving.

[the H team]

Lap 69 -- Matt Kenseth had a big problem on the stop, his car spouting a huge geyser of water.

[the H team]

Lap 76 -- Martin Truex Jr. is leading the charge to the outside, and he takes the lead from Greg Biffle.
Lap 74 -- Jeff Burton is back to sixth place, and he has Martin Truex Jr. to his outside.
Lap 72 -- Greg Biffle, Marcos Ambrose, Kyle Busch, Clint Bowyer and Joey Logano are single file up front.

[the H team]

Lap 78 -- Martin Truex Jr. had Denny Hamlin behind him for a moment, but Hamlin jumped up top to the lead the group on the high side.

[the H team]

caution on lap 82= jeff gordon's engine blew up. apparently the temp gauge wasn't working properly & didn't register there was a problem

[the H team]

biffle won the race off pit road, followed by ambrose

[Argo53]

the Daytona 500 has officially started. no muss, no fuss, start the cars & away we go.

Didn't take too long for the muss and fuss to start!

[the H team]

lap 86 ready to go back to green. biffle labonte & truex

[the H team]

Didn't take too long for the muss and fuss to start!

you got that right. at least it has settled down some since the first 16 laps

[the H team]

ambrose to 3rd

[the H team]

5th caution out for lebonte spinning due to ambrose getting the left rear bumper. lebonte saves it from hitting the wall, gets stuck in the mud.

[the H team]

diagnosis of a broken crank on jeff's car. they're trying to find out why since the gauges were reading normal

[the H team]

Lap 89 -- Terry Labonte comes onto pit road after getting very briefly stuck in the wet grass of the trioval.
Lap 88 -- YELLOW FL&G NO. 5: Terry Labonte gets turned off the nose of Marcos Ambrose coming off Turn 4.

[the H team]

Lap 90 -- Elliott Sadler is on pit road, but don't look for many other takes with a $200,000 bonus up for grabs in 10 laps.

[the H team]

back to green fl&g racing, biffle, truex & ambrose