Earnhardt Jr., who had a dominant No. 8 Budweiser Chevrolet all day, was .060 seconds -- about a car-length -- ahead of Dale Earnhardt, Inc. teammate Michael Waltrip's No. 15 NAPA Chevrolet at the line. The victory was the first this season for Chevrolet.

It was the third time since the 2001 Daytona 500 that Earnhardt Jr. and Waltrip had finished 1-2 on restrictor plate tracks. Waltrip won at Daytona and Earnhardt Jr. won the 2001 Pepsi 400, Daytona's summer race as well as last fall's EA Sports 500 here. More