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Denny Hamlin won one of the most thrilling Daytona 500s in history, just barely edging Martin Truex Jr. at the start/finish line on the final lap Sunday at Daytona International Speedway.
Drivers were blown away.
Wooooow!! Good job #11 team and @JoeGibbsRacing #DAYTONA500
— Daniel Suárez (@Daniel_SuarezG) February 21, 2016
Wow!!!! What a finish!! That’s a #DAYTONA500 ! Congrats to @ToyotaRacing and @dennyhamlin !
— Cameron Hayley (@CameronNHayley) February 21, 2016
Hell of a ending. Congrats @dennyhamlin and @JoeGibbsRacing. They had the field covered all day.
— Dale Earnhardt Jr. (@DaleJr) February 21, 2016
Heck of a finish!!! Told Ashley in the middle of 1&2 @dennyhamlin was going to get it. Crazy 500 miles can come down to inches gutted for MT
— Justin Allgaier (@J_Allgaier) February 21, 2016
So proud of big bro @MartinTruex_Jr
My voice will be gone tomorrow. #daytona500— Ryan Truex (@Ryan_Truex) February 21, 2016
One of the best #SpeedWeeks ever. #Happy FANS. NO Rain. #NewDaytonaSpeedway Closest #DAYTONA500 finish in history. pic.twitter.com/KbffN9YPO1
— Kenny Wallace (@Kenny_Wallace) February 21, 2016
Congrats @ToyotaRacing on your first #DAYTONA500 victory!
— Ben Kennedy (@BenKennedy11) February 21, 2016
Congrats @dennyhamlin @JoeGibbsRacing @ToyotaRacing but how about @MartinTruex_Jr great job P2. Welcome to the Toyota Team
— Todd Bodine (@Team_Onion) February 21, 2016
What a heck of a finish @DISupdates I cannot wait for @amsupdates next week. Dam what a finish.
— Todd Bodine (@Team_Onion) February 21, 2016
That was awesome. AH SUMMM #DAYTONA500
— Corey LaJoie (@CoreyLaJoie) February 21, 2016
If you didn’t like that finish you won’t like any of them! What a great show from the #DAYTONA500 props to @dennyhamlin!
— Tanner Berryhill (@tannerberryhill) February 21, 2016
Wow what an intense finish. I was really pulling for @MartinTruex_Jr there. So close
— Sergio Peña (@SergPena) February 21, 2016
Wow what a finish. Really was hoping @MartinTruex_Jr got there first but it was a battle of the side drafts to the stripe.
— Justin Marks (@JMarksDE) February 21, 2016
Congrats @dennyhamlin @ToyotaRacing @AndyJGraves on winning the #DAYTONA500
— David Stremme (@DavidStremme) February 21, 2016
You can’t look past @MartinTruex_Jr He did a great job.
— David Stremme (@DavidStremme) February 21, 2016
Congrats @dennyhamlin on the #DAYTONA500.#LifeChanging
— Jimmie Johnson (@JimmieJohnson) February 21, 2016
Proud of our effort 2day, Adam n the @mmschocolate team gave me a good car, cool to have @ToyotaRacing finish 1-2-3. Congrats @dennyhamlin
— Kyle Busch (@KyleBusch) February 21, 2016
And really happy for my buddy @dennyhamlin so cool he earned that one!!
— Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (@StenhouseJr) February 21, 2016
Bummer day, always hate to have em go like that. On to Atlanta. Congrats @dennyhamlin
— Chase Elliott (@chaseelliott) February 21, 2016
Just landed back home and seen @dennyhamlin got the W! Nice job ���� told ya he would be 1 to get it..
— Darrell Wallace Jr (@BubbaWallace) February 21, 2016