Ricky Stenhouse gets 2nd career NASCAR win, this time at Daytona

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. raced to his second victory of the season — and second on a restrictor-plate track — Saturday night, winning the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway.

Stenhouse picked up his first career NASCAR Cup Series win in May at Talladega.

Just like last time, girlfriend Danica Patrick was there to greet him in victory lane — she had wrecked out shortly before and was the first person at his car window when he pulled in to celebrate.

Bowyer gave Ford Performance a 1-2 finish for the manufacturer and engine builder Doug Yates.

The race had been billed as the final at Daytona for Dale Earnhardt Jr., who is retiring at the end of the season.

[...] he opens the door wider and wider every time he speaks about racing in the future, and winning the pole for Saturday night made him eligible for an exhibition race next February.

[...] Earnhardt worked his way back inside the top 10 and was sixth and pushing hard, demanding on his radio to know who was in front of Kevin Harvick, when he hooked Harvick to trigger a multicar crash.

Harvick said he got a flat tire right before the contact.