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Chris Buescher finished fifth in the Go Bowling 235 at the DAYTONA Road Course at Daytona International Speedway Road Course on Sunday.

Buescher’s top-five finish, the second time he has achieved that result this year, added 32 points to his season total. Buescher is now 22nd in the NASCAR Cup Series standings with 403 points. A total of 16 drivers make the playoffs.

Buescher started in 21st position. The sixth-year driver has one career victory, with five top-five finishes and 16 results inside the top 10.

The Prosper, Texas native’s starting and finishing positions compared favorably to his career averages, starting four spots higher than his career mark of 24.8 and completing the race 17 places ahead of his 22.2 career average finish.

Buescher’s fifth-place finish was against 39 other drivers. The race endured four cautions and seven caution laps. There were 13 lead changes.

Chase Elliott finished first in the race, and Denny Hamlin finished second. Martin Truex Jr crossed the finish line third, with Jimmie Johnson securing fourth place. Buescher rounded out the top five.

After Elliott won the first stage, Hamlin drove the No. 11 car to victory in Stage 2.

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Jimmie Johnson finished fourth in the Go Bowling 235 at the DAYTONA Road Course at Daytona International Speedway Road Course on Sunday.

Johnson’s top-five finish, the third time he has achieved that result this year, added 41 points to his season total. Johnson now sits at No. 15 in the NASCAR Cup Series standings with 552 points.

Johnson started in 11th position. The 20th-year driver has piled up 83 career victories, with 229 top-five finishes and 370 results inside the top 10.

The El Cajon, California native’s starting and finishing positions compared favorably to his career averages, starting two spots higher than his career mark of 12.7 and completing the race 10 places ahead of his 13.9 career average finish.

Johnson’s fourth-place finish came against 39 other drivers. The race endured four cautions and seven caution laps. Prior to the checkered flag there were 13 lead changes.

Chase Elliott earned the victory in the race, followed by Denny Hamlin in second place and Martin Truex Jr in third place. Johnson took fourth ahead of Chris Buescher’s No. 5 finish.

After Elliott won Stage 1, Hamlin drove the No. 11 car to the win in Stage 2.

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Michael McDowell rounded out the top 10 in the Go Bowling 235 at the DAYTONA Road Course at Daytona International Speedway Road Course on Sunday.

The top-10 finish for McDowell, his third of the year, added 27 points to his season total. McDowell is now 23rd in the NASCAR Cup Series standings with 403 points.

McDowell started in 30th position. The 13th-year driver has picked up three top-five and 10 top-10 finishes in his career.

The Glendale, Arizona native began the race one spot behind his career mark of 28.9, but finished 21 places ahead of his career average of 31.1.

McDowell battled against 39 other drivers on the way to his 10th-place finish. The race endured four cautions and seven caution laps. There were 13 lead changes.

Chase Elliott earned the victory in the race, and Denny Hamlin finished second. Martin Truex Jr placed third, Jimmie Johnson brought home fourth, and Chris Buescher finished off the top five.

After Elliott won Stage 1, Hamlin drove the No. 11 car to the win in Stage 2.

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Parker Kligerman finished eighth in the Sunoco 159 at Daytona International Speedway Road Course on Sunday.

The top-10 finish for Kligerman added 29 points to his season total.

Kligerman started in 16th position. The 10th-year driver has earned two career victories, with 16 top-five finishes and 37 results inside the top 10.

The Westport, Connecticut native’s starting and finishing positions compared favorably to his career averages, starting one spot higher than his career mark of 16.8 and completing the race six places ahead of his 14.4 career average finish.

Kligerman’s eighth-place finish came against 38 other drivers. The race endured five cautions and seven caution laps. Prior to the checkered flag there were 10 lead changes.

Sheldon Creed brought home the win in the race, and Brett Moffitt finished second. Raphael Lessard placed third, Matt Crafton took fourth, and Austin Hill closed out the top five.

After Moffitt won Stage 1, Creed seized control and won Stage 2 before taking the checkered flag.

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Austin Hill finished fifth in the Sunoco 159 at Daytona International Speedway Road Course on Sunday.

Hill’s top-five finish added 48 points to his season total. Hill now sits at No. 1 in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series standings with 476 points.

Hill started in fourth position and led one lap in the race. The seventh-year driver has secured five career victories, with 13 top-five finishes and 30 results inside the top 10.

The Winston, Georgia native’s starting and finishing positions compared favorably to his career averages, starting 12 spots higher than his career mark of 15.8 and completing the race 12 places ahead of his 16.7 career average finish.

Hill’s fifth-place finish came against a field of 38 drivers. The race endured five cautions and seven caution laps. There were 10 lead changes.

Sheldon Creed earned the checkered flag in the race, and Brett Moffitt finished second. Raphael Lessard placed third, with Matt Crafton securing fourth place. Hill rounded out the top five.

After Moffitt won Stage 1, Creed took control and won Stage 2 before earning the checkered flag.

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Matt Crafton finished fourth in the Sunoco 159 at Daytona International Speedway Road Course on Sunday.

Crafton’s top-five finish added 33 points to his season total. Crafton is now No. 7 in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series standings with 375 points. A total of 10 drivers qualify for the postseason.

Crafton started in 12th position and led seven laps in the race, holding the lead a total of three times. The 21st-year driver has tallied 15 career victories, with 121 top-five finishes and 279 results inside the top 10.

The Tulare, California native’s starting and finishing positions compared favorably to his career averages, starting at his career mark of 12.2 and completing the race seven places ahead of his 11.2 career average finish.

Crafton took on a field of 38 drivers on the way to his fourth-place finish. The race endured five cautions and seven caution laps. Prior to the checkered flag there were 10 lead changes.

Sheldon Creed secured the win in the race, followed by Brett Moffitt in second place and Raphael Lessard in third place. Crafton took fourth in front of Austin Hill’s No. 5 finish.

After Moffitt won Stage 1, Creed seized control and won Stage 2 before driving to victory.

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Raphael Lessard finished third in the Sunoco 159 at Daytona International Speedway Road Course on Sunday.

Lessard’s top-five finish added 38 points to his season total. Lessard now ranks 13th in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series standings with 285 points. A total of 10 drivers qualify for the postseason.

Lessard started in 10th position and led three laps in the race. The second-year driver has three top-10 finishes in his career.

The St.-Joseph de Beauce, Canada native’s starting and finishing positions compared favorably to his career averages, starting two spots higher than his career mark of 11.9 and completing the race 11 places ahead of his 14.2 career average finish.

Lessard competed with a field of 38 drivers on the way to his third-place finish. The race endured five cautions and seven caution laps. There were 10 lead changes.

Sheldon Creed secured the victory in the race, followed by Brett Moffitt in second place. Behind Lessard’s third-place finish, Matt Crafton secured fourth, and Austin Hill finished off the top five.

After Moffitt won Stage 1, Creed grabbed control and won Stage 2 before driving to victory.

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Austin Wayne Self finished 11th in the Sunoco 159 at Daytona International Speedway Road Course on Sunday after heading into the race with an average finish position of 22.9 this season.

Self’s result added 28 points to his season total.

Self started in 23rd position. The fifth-year driver has picked up two top-five and seven top-10 finishes in his career.

The Austin, Texas native began the race one spot behind his career mark of 21.7, but finished eight places ahead of his career average of 18.9.

Self’s 11th-place finish was against 38 other drivers. The race endured five cautions and seven caution laps. Prior to the checkered flag there were 10 lead changes.

Sheldon Creed took the checkered flag in the race, and Brett Moffitt finished second. Raphael Lessard placed third, Matt Crafton brought home fourth, and Austin Hill finished off the top five.

After Moffitt won Stage 1, Creed seized control and won Stage 2 before earning the checkered flag.

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Twists and turns are no match for Chase Elliott.

With now four of his eight career wins happening on non-oval tracks, the 24-year-old continues to prove he can successfully steer his No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet both left and right. He has mastered the art of road-course racing, which is not as common in NASCAR. In addition to Elliott, only three drivers in the sport’s history have ever won at three different road courses — Geoff Bodine, Rusty Wallace and Ricky Rudd.

“I’ve just had really good cars I think more than anything,” Elliott said.

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There has to be more to it.

“I mean, he’s just a very talented driver,” said Alan Gustafson, Elliott’s crew chief. “With any good driver, they have the ability to slow things down, and when you’re running a new track or running at the speeds they run, they can slow it down to where they can make the right decisions and adjustments, and he does a fabulous job of that. Really from the first time I worked with him at a road course, I knew he was really good and just needed some experience and needed to understand the cars.”

Elliott earned his second 2020 victory in Sunday’s race at the Daytona International Speedway Road Course with absolutely no previous exposure beyond simulator time. The Go Bowling 235 was the NASCAR Cup Series’ debut on the famed road course. The 14-turn layout spans 3.61 miles and includes a portion of the high-banked oval as well as a tight infield section.

Throughout the 65-lap event, Elliott led three times for a race-high 34 laps, including the final 13 circuits. He did have to hold off his competition — mainly runner-up Denny Hamlin — on a late-race restart with three laps to go, too.

Elliott beat Hamlin to the finish line by .202 seconds.

“I think he takes a little bit untraditional lines,” Hamlin said. “I think he does a great job of staying out of the rubber. I think his car really does a lot of good things that you would like for your car to do. Their car doesn’t move around a whole lot, with roll and pitch and whatnot. So I think they’ve really got a great road-course setup, and he executes it, and that’s going to equal a lot of success.”

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The only road course on the Cup Series schedule Elliott has yet to win on is the 12-turn, 2.52-mile Sonoma Raceway. Because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the California track was scratched from the 2020 schedule. As was Watkins Glen International in New York, where Elliott won his first-ever Cup race in 2018. He has two victories — the other in 2019 — on that 2.45-mile, seven-turn course. The Daytona Road Course actually replaced Watkins Glen on this year’s schedule.

Elliott’s other win was on the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval (2019), which, like the Daytona Road Course, incorporates part of the oval into its layout. The Charlotte Roval debuted its 2.32 miles over 17 turns in 2018, too, so it’s still new.

And Elliott still conquered it in a timely fashion.

“I think he’s a world-class race car driver,” Gustafson said. “Certainly a world-class road racer.”

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Harrison Burton finished eighth in the UNOH 188 at the DAYTONA Road Course at Daytona International Speedway Road Course on Saturday.

The top-10 finish for Burton, his 12th of the year, added 37 points to his season total. He has 645 total points, good enough for fifth place in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.

Burton started in ninth position. The second-year driver has earned two career victories, with 10 top-five finishes and 17 results inside the top 10.

The Huntersville, North Carolina native began the race one spot behind his career mark of 8.1, but finished six places ahead of his career average of 13.6.

Burton’s eighth-place finish was against a field of 38 drivers. The race endured seven cautions and eight caution laps. There were seven lead changes.

Austin Cindric earned the victory in the race, and Brandon Jones finished second. Noah Gragson crossed the finish line third, AJ Allmendinger took fourth, and Andy Lally rounded out the top five.

After Cindric won the first stage, Chase Briscoe drove the No. 98 car to victory in Stage 2.

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