CHAPTER 1 MAKING HISTORY It's race day in Daytona Beach Florida The Daytona 500 always opens the NASCAR racing season On this day February 21 2016 stock cars whirl around the track 27 The drivers are on the last lap Denny Hamlin 11 cuts inside as Matt Kenseth 20 loses the lead in the 2016 Daytona 500
FUN FACT The first Daytona 500 was in 1958 Lee Petty won by only 2 feet 0 6 m They have driven nearly 500 miles 807 km Matt Kenseth speeds around the first turn He is in the lead with Martin Truex Jr behind him Denny Hamlin is in fourth place On the final turn Hamlin passes the third place car Then he pulls
even with Truex Hamlin darts left and Kenseth falls behind Hamlin 11 crosses the finish line a split second ahead of Truex 78 to win the Daytona 500
