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Kurt Busch won the 59th annual Daytona 500 on Sunday in legendary fashion, coming to the lead in the closing laps of the first race under the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series banner.
NASCAR Nation reacted to the truly remarkable day — here are some of the best tweets.
Wasn’t our day, but the @AspenDental car was fast. IT WAS, @KurtBusch day! Congrats also to @TonyOldman41 @FordPerformance @StewartHaasRcng
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Danica Patrick (@DanicaPatrick)
February 27, 2017
Huge congrats to @KurtBusch and every single @StewartHaasRcng employee. @roushyates hp was the heat all week long. ud83dudc4d #DAYTONA500
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Clint Bowyer (@ClintBowyer)
February 27, 2017
Way to go @KurtBusch that was cool. I thoroughly enjoyed that #Daytona500
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Regan Smith (@ReganSmith)
February 26, 2017
There’s a couple old DEI #8 2004 #Daytona500 guys on @KurtBusch team. Certainly happy for @TonyOldman41 @jguarneri41 and those boys!
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. (@DaleJr)
February 26, 2017
How about that? @KurtBusch wins the #Daytona500. What a crazy, crazy race!
– Eddie Gossage (@eddiegossage)
February 26, 2017
.@KurtBusch wins his 1st #Daytona500 after a wild final few laps. What a way to start the Monster era. @NASCARonNBC #NASCAR
– Christopher Estrada (@estradawriting)
February 26, 2017
Neat….
The first race for the @MonsterEnergy NASCAR Cup Series is won by the #Haas / @MonsterEnergy car. #NASCAR
– Chris Knight (@Knighter01)
February 26, 2017
Congrats Kurt and Ashley on the big win ud83cudfc1ud83cudfc1ud83dude00
– Samantha Busch (@SamanthaBusch)
February 26, 2017
Wow, what a way to ring in the Monster Energy era.
Congrats, @KurtBusch! #Daytona500– Kristen Schneider (@KristenS_Writes)
February 26, 2017
How fitting that the Monster car wins the first ever Monster Energy #NASCAR Cup race. #Daytona500
– Nick DeGroot (@ndegroot89)
February 26, 2017
Wow, what a race?! @mattdracing runs P9 in the freaking Daytona 500! So happy for you my man. #timetoparty
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Tanner Berryhill (@tannerberryhill)
February 26, 2017
Congrats on the win @KurtBusch! #Daytona500
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Kyle Busch (@KyleBusch)
February 26, 2017
Crazy #Daytona500… gets me excited to get the season going!
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Chad Boat (@ChadBoat)
February 26, 2017
This is how Rhett watched the last laps of the #Daytona500! Congrats @KurtBusch and @TonyOldman41! #rhettlovesracing ud83cudfc1 pic.twitter.com/hOQWQADXOm
– Megan Smith (@megansmith1217)
February 26, 2017
Congrats @KurtBusch
Can’t help but think about Your #Daytona500 winning story as one of perseverance at this track.
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Brad Keselowski (@keselowski)
February 27, 2017