horses. casey mears comes from a grace racing family. well-known throughout california and indianapolis. he had one sprint win. he ran hard and has not led the race yet. seven times the sprint unlimited has been won by a driver who led only the last lap. >> most of those times it wasn't much of the last lap. >> think about these guys, this restart with the cars all bunched up the way they are that will play into a guy's hands back in the pack a little bit. if they are not tied very long, that can play into dale earn hard's s. >> laps to go. they beat all the pieces and running six.

>> i heard that before. >> there is the field. that brings them off turn number four with nine laps to go. leading two chevrolets. a lone ford in the top dozen. as we get ready to restart will this be the final restart? he breaks out. they were to get down behind the teammate. that's what you do with the wrecked car. hit it again. i don't care. >> he made a jump to the outside and harvick filled the middle. >> 19 cars wobbling around a bit. you don't reckon he has a tire,

do you? he's on the straight away. >> third, fourth and fifth. behind matt and martin truex. eight laps to go. she is parked at the lap. going around. tony stewart goes around. >> four cars. >> kirk bush and greg bifle, a hard hit there. and he answered your question before. >> he hit the inside wall hard.

>> he is out of the inside wall. kirk bush will not be so fortunate i think. and tony stewart who had such optimism. stewart in a great frame of mind. doesn't make the checkered flag tonight. the signal to safety officials that he is okay. we will watch kevin harvick make a move and mears moves with him. then it's on. let's have a look here. kyle bush on the outside. looks like the 18 and the four team makes a contact and drifts it up in front of kyle bush.

that's right down the hill. another near miss. going up and not sure he can see the 16. >> they hit the wall here. pow. i don't know which one hit it but they did right where the wall curves out and right where he hit it. the left of the screen. >> did it look like the way tony stewart went across and he got loose? >> it did. i'm not sure they made contact, but the air off of the 16 is what is around them. that is incredibly hard hit. here comes -- neither could control their car and i don't think either could see him. >> i'm so thankful we have the

barriers now. i think the initial contact player is when they started up and that got the 14. he didn't threaten to jump on that. >> jeff gordon. >> red flag is displayed and the cars that can take that has done so. we listen in to the team audio.

>> everybody had a lot more than everybody else. >> i'm good. >> thank goodness. that is one of the hardest hit speed we have seen here in a while. >> danica patrick had something similar to this a couple ever years ago back there. it's running pretty fast. all of that blue foam you see, impact foam inside each door of the race cars. when you see this in realtime, the driver is sitting there and sees the wall coming and there is nothing he can do.

i survived that and bam, where did he come from. >> great physical conditioning and well researched. well constructed safety equipment inside these race cars. and against that retaining wall. everybody is okay. >> because this is a special race, they brought the car to the red flag again. they are allowing them to work on the cars and all of the drivers, the cars got four fresh tires and filled them up with fuel and everybody will have good tires to make this last run. >> a little bit of a shootout here. just enough to make it really exciting. larry is there anything left that doesn't have some damage? >> maybe matt is up at the front because that was definitely the safest place to be. i think who this plays in favor

of is dale earnhardt jr. he has a fast race car. >> kevin harvick used to complain that he had a hitten horseshoe and has jeff gordon picked that up and he had narrow escapes. >> i don't think if he borrowed it. he is going through a couple of wrecks without making any serious contact. harvick is setting there in good shape and the two gibbs cars a 20 and a 19th, it may be strong contenders contenders. still hanging in there. >> we will restart and it's far from over. let's get a race recap from chris meyers. >> for has been a crazy wreck fest. 25 drivers here in the unlimited this evening. dale earnhardt jr. 24th to the front and led 13 laps before the caution in the last 25. we had a wreck. >> they are getting in the trial but he was into the

outside wall and a few other cars as well. that brought us to the caution. >> nascar had the lead after going to the center and the technology advanced to officiating and it affects tonight. that was involved and got the glory with 12 or 14. >> mcmurray got hit in the back and he said he got loose. murray said yeah, i got loose off the ground in the back. that causes a crash. >> a great move with 19 to go. in front of martin truex who led much of the race. >> right there behind him, those cars are strong. it looks like he lost the tire and got in and spun around and collected austin dylan and a couple of other cars. this big crash will take us to the checkered flag i hope. >> moments ago, you see between kyle bush and tony stewart and

the red slamming right in through the wall. i certainly hope he is okay. >> after the wall kurt bush hit him. what a job jeff gordon did. watch him with the reflexes. right through there. i wonder if there is much damage. >> the final unlimited with the daytona 500. he had interesting comments on the pregame show. let's check in with matt. >> . >> sir have aing the damage he has duct tape and he had the contact and the back left corner of the hood. that's broken and duct tape gets that back down and helps the aerodynamics and helps it work on the corner area as well. slight cosmetic damage for them.

>> firing the energies and yellow display. by the time we get the green flag, what a great story this would be in the final attempt. he has a great car here late. >> karl edwards on the team on in. >> hey, matt. we don't want to have a repeat of that. and then after we get everything clear we will have that that way. that's the way i see it. that would be great. >> in his new 19 after his years. 11 of them. karl edwards, head back upstairs. the one who can avoid the finish in terms of avoiding another

wreck. the finish 1st. 1st finish. laps to go right now. matt kemp and karl edwards and two toyotas and truex and harvick and meres and larson. kyle bush's toyota and the ford. >> that's here. we are getting back down to it. coming around with four to go and hopefully get 1 to go to go back to green. >> february is american heart month and fox sports support. the crowd recognizes the american heart association's commitment to building healthier lives. visit fox sports support.com for more information.

too many men over the wall and he is being told his car goes to the tail end of the field. now, the pro officiating system when it recognizes the men over the wall too early it sends a signal to that trailer and an official reviews video. too many men over the wall and by the nascar official who used to be stationed in the pit lane and now stationed on the back side along with the crew. those calls are to the tower and made official. they will go to the back. >> you are constantly under surveillance. when your car is on pit road it is being watched by a camera and maybe something that you have gotten away with it in the past. sometimes you can get by with the race like this. you are not going to get away

with that kind of stuff. >> earlier today two practice sessions for the qualifying with similar appearing and different cars than these. and tomorrow on fox nascar coverage. you will see who wins the front row. the great american race. the daytona 500 front row qualifying at 1:00 p.m. eastern only on fox and streaming live on fox sports. >> i wouldn't count out that we see some of the action tomorrow that we have seen here tonight with the group qualifying and getting the draft and the right spot. >> that's right. first time in history. first time and the group qualifying for the daytona 500. >> 49 drivers and there is a lot of desperate drivers that need a top speed. they will end up going home.

matt and new teammate karl edwards. >> i tell you what it's the 20 anden 19. if they get hooked up, they will be hard to beat. the green flags. they are pushing him in that outside line. he narrowed that out when he went three wide and he hasn't given up. he will not give up. he wants to come down in front of histomeimate and had not dragged the floor along with him. he gives them a chance to gang up on him in the back stretch. >> being like that is not always the hot tip and you will come running at you into turn three. >> karl edwards is stuck in the middle and he is starting to foul back with no help from

anyone. truex and mears on the inside with kyle bush. the off turn by himself coming to three laps to go. >> a strong car. he is taking a lead. you saw him make power moves to get the lead. can he hang on to it. that's the question. he has been mighty strong and a match. he might be the only one. truex has and 30 of them. he leads the last lap. he has to get someone to push him and that's what it's going to take without any help at all. the only thing he got was to hang on to him. >> here comes karl edwards on the 19. >> he needs help from mears. he gives karl a shove. two laps to go. >> kevin harvick's number four

car. it appears they will get up there and get the job done. >> it's aerodynamically challenged. it's not like he can follow and for him to make passes, it will be hard to do. joey lagano trying to give harvick and bush and can't quite get to him in the straight away. and they come on turn three and four coming into the white. >> up and into the wall. >> some of that aerodynamic problems he had. up the middle, kyle out in front.

# getting set out here, they will get such a run out here. the one-year winless streak coming to an end. edwards, here they come with truex in the 78th are going to be right there as they come off turn four. >> larry martin has got the look. >> truex looks to the inside and he comes to the high side and matt wins the sprint unlimited. >> that thing was strong, baby. >> yeah, buddy. nice work. that was fun. good job, guys. >> mark truex you have to be happy with that second place finish. i thought he had to start to win. karl edwards his teammate. i'm not sure how much he was willing to help martin truex in

that situation. >> the best previous finish in this race is third. it is the seventh time that joe gibbs racing will go to victory lane in the unlimited. >> you know what i like about his car? it's the only 1 that is not all banged up. martin truex caught him and he came right down the cover. >> you know how you can tell how much harder he was running that last lap coming in? the thing was bombing out. he carried it in there as hard as he could. >> that's a good sign of how hard he had it. he turned that thing down to the lomb bine. >> harvick and logano taking their frustrations out in sheet metal as they come to pit road.

on the last few races of the 2o 14 season. pushing over to those two cars. >> no but i like that the crew members while standing guard, they are content to let the two talk it out. #

that will be the end of that for now. boy the way, he was pulled action way by a member of his team. he will head for victory lane and here is the cause of the upset between joey and kevin. >> i thought it might be aerodynamically challenge and that's what put it up on the race track, but you can see a lot like what jamie was talking about. matt yoakum is with him. >> he a conversation and what was the discussion with harvick? >> kevin being kevin like he is. like everywhere else. new year's and it's trying to help really. we had a run and keep pushing

and apparently i was doing 78 all night and it was working. we got in the corner and he got tight and they got in the fence and trying to help. he doesn't understand that he was trying to help. trying to help out and get to the front and win this thing. you go for the win and the second or third or fourth place doesn't mean anything. >> thanks joey. chris? >> not happy with the 22. it got heated. what did you say to joey? >> i said i didn't appreciate it. you know where and how far you can push and you can't push him up against the fence. just proud of them. they fixed the car and did everything they needed to do. just really dumb driving there at the end. you have to be aggressive and you can't lose your head. >> a heck of annest. this car is pete up. kevin harvick comes home 11th and joey across the finish line

in 6th. while we sort that out, wisconsin's matt climbs from his toyota a winner at daytona in the sprint unlimited. jamie little is there to greet him. >> what are a race it was. he led 21 laps and it was a long year for you. winless and you kickoff the season with a win. what does it mean for and you your team. >> that was fun to win at daytona. he was proud of his whole team and new editions and a lot of great personnel at the shot. they are working really fast. it's a get week and that's the first thing we look for. i thank them for the power and that's this year and they got a great partner to make this all happen. the two-time daytona 500 winner. they look out for him next

sunday. >> a great drive and driving away from the field was matt ken sick. after the race fireworks between harvick and logano. 13 of 25 cars crashed out of the race, but in the end, matt drove away from the field the win of the sprint unlimited.

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or go to sprint.com/half price. jeff gordon is with our matt yoakum. >> jeff gordon finished seventh tonight and i don't know how many times you both are on the race track. there is a lot on there and many that you didn't see. yeah i was kind of happy to survive some of those but we had an awesome race car and i thought they won the race and we were able to dish them when they got in behind. i thought we were in great shape. i got in the inside lane. couldn't get going. yeah, we just kind of fell back and working back up and getting damage. all in all it was a fun race and this thing is wild and that's what it will be like at the end of the daytona 500. i'm excited about the way our car performed and really excited about the predictions.

thank you. >> last year martin truex led one lap all season. it being looks like you just needed a dance partner tonight. the race was over when they got by for the lead and it was tough to pass them. he is really, really good here. apparently better blocker than i am, but can't say enough about anybody on the furniture. what a hot rod. i really needed that. these guys really needed a shot in the arm and really proud of their efforts and excited this year and hopefully it's something we can go out and do. >> the most laps and the story beneath the surface. his girlfriend battling cancer and going for treatments.

happy valentine's day to him. i hope you rally to come back and join us soon. truex not only an inspiration with hads girlfriend on the track. a guy we can watch with a long shot with the daytona 500 as we look from qualifying a week from tomorrow. >> you talked about the way that he was able to block him. when he was out in front and taking care of business and winning the daytona 500. at martin truex jr. and the top five unlimited and those two guys were the underdogs that he can pull off the big win sunday afternoon. burnsy, i love you. we appreciate you. >> local news coming up and the qualifying on fox. 1:00 eastern. you will be part of that. michael waltrip will have time in and around and talk about the interesting format here. sit do