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In case you missed the "fun" and "excitement" of the first 185 laps of yesterday's "Super Bowl of racing" — and our tremendous coverage — you missed out on a really superb nap. But if you missed the last 15 laps — you missed a helluva good show. It wasn't just for the close finish, it was because it was such a wild finish. As cars headed up the frontstretch towards the finish on the final lap — and as more than a dozen drivers thought they had a shot at history — a little friend named "chaos" paid a visit to Daytona International Speedway. You see, while race leaders Kevin Harvick and Mark Martin were jockeying for the lead, behind them cars began spinning into the walls and into the infield like a slot car set running with just a bit too much juice. With one car careening wildly toward the pits, and others shooting off into walls and other cars, we saw one of the oddest things we've yet seen in a race, Clint Bowyer's #07 Jack Daniel's Chevrolet, sliding upside down like a matchbox car, on fire, past the finish line. Beyond the flag-line, the car hit the infield, flipping back over onto it's wheels. I mean, we knew NASCAR was easier than your average racing circuit, but we never realized it was easy enough that you could finish a race upside down and oh yes, on fire. Full gallery of Bowyer's hoonage below, proving yet again that Jack Daniel's and racing don't normally mix — unless of course you're a viewer.
All photos by: Jonathan Ferrey and Jamie Squire / Getty Images Sport
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With ESPN coming back to NASCAR after six years, and Fox Sports and SPEED having to share the SpeedWeek races, it certainly made for interesting television. Here is a link for more TV discussion.
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Too bad Clint wasn't sponsored by Maker's Mark. I like that better.
Calling that fiasco of a finish exciting is like saying that Britney Spears' downward spiral is exciting. Just because it's spectacular doesn't mean it's good racing, it's good crashing.
Them ol' boys up in Lynchburg must've had a hoot over it...and Mr. Daniel himself would've liked all the exposure his proudct got when the #07 car's race finish was replayed over and over...
too bad he couldn't have slid across the finish line upside down to win. that'd make a good movie ending!
they'd need lonnie anderson for someother scenes though, and she's kinda old.
oh, well.
Too bad Clint wasn't sponsored by Maker's Mark. I like that better.
Ah, Maker's Mark. Damn good bourbon. I'm touring their distillery in April, where I'll get to sample from some barrels.
Maker's Mark is the truth.
Jack Daniels: Helping people flip cars since 1866.
I saw this once before on Stroker Ace. Was Clint wearing a chicken suit? Only a guy that came up threw the NASCAR Midwest Series could finish like that and then land back on his wheels!! Those Midwest guys can drive better than the southern boys and Clint just proved it!
(Man that movie should have won some awards!)
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