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Denny Hamlin edged out Martin Truex Jr. by inches at the finish line to win his first Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway in Florida on Sunday afternoon.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The Latest from Daytona 500 media day on Tuesday (all times local):

Jimmie Johnson won the Daytona 500 on Sunday, holding off Dale Earnhardt Jr., Mark Martin, Brad Keselowski and Ryan Newman to win the first points race of the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. Pole-sitter Danica Patrick finished eighth. Earlier in the race on lap 90, Patrick became the first woman to lead a lap at the Daytona 500...

The 55th running of the Daytona 500 has already made history as Danica Patrick became the first woman to capture a pole in the Sprint Cup Series.

Danica Patrick beat all the boys at qualifying on Sunday for the Daytona 500, edging Jeff Gordon for the top starting position for next weekend's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series kickoff.

Join WIBX 950 on Saturday night as the NASCAR Sprint Cup returns for round two at Daytona and the Coke Zero 400.

Rain has again pushed back the Daytona 500. NASCAR officials are now hoping to get the race in tonight.