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Daytona 500: A Complete Look at How the Top Ten Finished at Daytona

The Daytona 500 2011 was a highly competitive and hotly contested battle. In a day that saw 74 lead changes 23 different leaders, it was ultimately the factors that led to 16 cautions that dictated the top ten finishers.20-year-old rookie took the checkered flag to become the youngest Daytona 500 champion.His victory became possible after the man he was help pushing around the track, Dave Ragan, was black-flagged for passing to early on the first of two green/white/checkered restarts. Ragan ended up finishing 14th.Bayne held off a late charge by blocking off Carl Edwards, David Gilliland, Bobby Labonte, Kurt Busch and Juan Pablo Montaya, who finished second through sixth respectively.Regan Smith, Kyle Busch, Paul Menard and Mark Martin roun...

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