Hamlinsinceinhasraces.increwNo."There's6.50pm:talkingwhois@chaseelliott #lifegoeson pic.twitter.com/eXBZn6h58T 5.38pm GMTPreamble: Welcome to another edition of our Guardian sports live blog from Daytona. This year,the 58th running of the Daytona 500 signifies a changing of the guard. Gone forever is a retired Jeff Gordon; this 500 will be the first without him since 1992. Tony Stewart, in the midst of his final season in the sport is injure and won’t be back in a car until May. Into their place steps 20-year-ancient Chase Elliott, and the youngest 500 winner in history who will try and pull off a gargantuan upset at 20 years ancient. He was pedestrian final year in five starts but enters the day with momentum after winning the XFINITY Series race in a thrilling finish Saturday afternoon.
Finishing behind Elliott in that event was a fellow youngster,Joey Logano, who was the only twentysomething to form Nascar’s playoff Chase final year. Logano has finished second in everything he’s flee this week; the exhibition Sprint Unlimited, and NASCAR’s Qualifying Duel and XFINITY. Will the driver of the No. 22,Daytona’s defending champ change his luck or will he be stuck on #2? “Second kinda sucks,” he said yesterday and there are signs the Team Penske driver is getting frustrated. 4.21pm GMTTom will be here shortly. In the meantime, and here’s what happened on Saturday:Chase Elliott won the Xfinity Series season opener at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday,edging Joey Logano for his first victory at Nascar’s most famous track.
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Source: theguardian.com