Sprint Cup | Dale Earnhardt Jr. Wins the Daytona 500
By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—In a race that started in broad daylight and ended 42 minutes before midnight, and with a swatch of tape covering part of his grille, Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the rain-interrupted 56th running of the Daytona 500 Sunday night at Daytona International Speedway. Earnhardt was a car-length ahead of Denny Hamlin when NASCAR threw the seventh caution of the race a split second before Earnhardt crossed the finish line to win the Great American Race for the second time in his career. Under NASCAR's new Chase for the Sprint Cup format, Earnhardt's 20th career…
