Day two of Daytona Speedweeks saw two different races on the new Daytona surface, the ARCA race and the Budweiser Shootout. The ARCA race was won by Bobby Gerhart. This was his 7th win at Daytona.
The Budweiser Shootout was a very different race to say the least. The two car break aways made the race ridiculous(whether for the good or the bad). After a close 3 wide finish, Kurt Busch was deemed the winner of the race after Denny Hamlin was black flagged for passing below the double yellow line. Hamlin said he went below the line so he wouldn't flip Ryan Newman. There were a record number of lead changes in the race.
The two Daytona 500 practice sessions were won by Mark Martin, however speeds were not very high compared to Budweiser Shootout practice. This was a result of just single car runs for qualifying practice.
Other news included an announcement that Jay Guy will be the crew chief for the 71 team and that NASCAR will not make a restrictor plate change as of now, but did make cooling packages for cars different to try and minimize the two car drafting. After the Shootout, it is uncertain what NASCAR will do.
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