the dale jr. fans and dale jr. can't believe i. the final lap of the race and denny hamlin jumps out to the league. we come to the finish and it's the closest finish in the history of the daytona 500. denny hamlin just edges out martin jr. by a couple of inches. look how close that finish is. denny hamlin wins the great american race. this is the first daytona 500 victory for hamlin and joe gibbs racing. here's the top seven drivers and the points earned for the finish today. hamlin winning the 500 is a milestone in his career. >> you know, toyota, four of the top five. and myself and fed ex and, gosh. tutun four is probably the trickiest part of this racetrack. >> what a finish at the daytona 500. next weekend nascar heads to atlanta motor speedway. >>>the inca wrestling team is having the best weekend ever in school history. jets winning their first ever team state championship this weekend. the first team wrestling state championship from a buncombe county school. the jets beat out north henderson and hickory ridge by three poin

and dale jr. loses it. he hit the wall nose-first. and dale would be okay, but the fans dale jr. has, i can't really say the same thing there. and hamlin running up high. he dives low and ken smith and martin and truex junior. and this is the closest finish ever. take a look at the photofinish.hamlin gets the win. again the closest finish in 58 years of the daytona 500. >> i can't figure out what i did. so happy to get this win. >> reporter: so here's how they finished. hamlin, 1/100 of a second. kyle busch, third. kensmith 14th. johnson, 18th. what a ride. liberty men's basketball team dropped both teams in their home stand. the flames lost the radford on against presbyterian. 79-73. coaches and players both went into a lackadaisical defensive attitude. >> i think we're being complacent, just thinking that all teams are going to shoot bad againstis and over the top. >> complacent, if that's the word that they use. it's hard to be complacent when it's emphasized in practice. we're going through stuff that we've never been through. we've not been in a conference championship. this

turns out dale, jr. was right. 20-year-old chase elliott, leading them to green at the super speedway. the new driver of the 24 would go from first to last in a hurry. 20 laps in, elliott gets loose, and hang on. slams into the infield grass, all but tearing off the front of his car. elliott would finish 37th. that was just the start of the trouble for the hendrick boys. 30 to go, dale earnhardt, jr. wall, and his bid for a third daytona 500 title comes to an end. dale, jr. fans disappointed, as the race comes to a close. final lap, 4 toyotas running up front, led by matt kenseth. denny hamlin in the 11 gets a push from kevin harvick to get a run on kenseth and martin truex, jr. no more room, as kenseth heads into the wall. hamlin and truex, jr. racing to the start-finish line. hamlin wins a photo finish, edging martin truex, jr. by 6 inches to win his first daytona 500. >> this is such a team victory. joe gibbs racing, he told me a week ago, all these sidebar races are getting old. let's go win the real

gets by denny hamlin of course dale jr almost always a threat on won the daytona five hundred twice and he won his fifth daytona bowl win last night let's go to race too. it was calm for fifty nine laps and then theres the last lap the storm kyle busch's out from that was good because he came home with the wind is behind him. jimmie johnson matt kenseth martin truex jr done and up to the junkyard with their cars what a mess that was a bush was back to dale jr to get his thoughts on how to race at daytona you walk through this maze all day long making choices on right or less straight and you know it it when it comes >>> tonight, the showdown in the south just hours away now. donald trump after taking on the pope, taking on another giant, apple. >>> the showdown in nevada. hillary clinton and bernie sanders. and this evening, the early gift for clinton. >>> inside the rescue, one passenger trapped. >>> and the dramatic fire whorls, the whipping winds in chicago. >> your money tonight, are you passing up free money? >>> and america remembering harper lee and her work, read by generati

dale jr. loses the control and hits the wall nose first. and dale was okay, but dale jr. fans, not going to turn out as well. and kensmith in the lead. and hamlin running up the side. a little touch. and that 2-man race to the line. hamlin and truex junior. it's a photo finish. and take a look by 1/100 of a second. hamlin wins. it's the closest finish ever in 58 years of the great american race. on matt and i was hoping that he knew i was there before he closed the door. and i hated that he got a bad finish. i'm beside myself on what happened, because it happened so quickly. i didn't have time to enjoy it. >> reporter: take some time, my friend. hamlin, 1/100 of a second. johnson, 18th. what a ride it was. the liberty men's basketball squad coming off a different sort of ride. after a 7-game winning streak. the flames lost to radford and presbyterian. pointed to a lackadaisical defensive attitude. >> we're being complacent. when you win seven games in a row, you become a target. >> complacent, if that's the word they used. it's hard to be complacent when it's emphasized s

dale earnhardt jr./duel 1 winner:"....it's such a tough balance because you got to go out there and race to win but but you can't tear up the car but but you got a race like tear up the car doesnt matter so it's really just crossing your fingers and hoping to get there to the finish with the car in one piece but we did so i was real happy with that." to duel number 2. and joe gibbs racing..with a trio of trouble up front.. kyle busch, matt kenseth and carl edwards running nose to tail up front.. final lap.the 1 jamie mcmurray blocks the 48 of jimmie johnson.. johnson gets loose and is bouncing off kurt busch..and into the path of kenseth..and aj allmendinger and martin truex jr.. and a mele occurs. kyle busch...led 36 of 60 laps..for the duel win.. hokies have settled on brian mitchell of west virginia..to coach defensive backs... mitchell replaces the departed torrian gray..who left for florida. the 47 year old has spent the past three seasons coaching on dan holgorsen's west virginia staff.. he has th

had kyle busch and dale earnhardt, jr. taking the races, one at 7:00 and one at 9:00 and dale earnhardt, jr. getting the big win last night and it happened to be on the anniversary of the death of his father, 15 years ago. it was a momentous occasion for him. bittersweet and he said there was no better way to honor his dad than to win the race last night. we'll send it back to the studio. where ryan and luanne are headlines. >> luanne: good morning. thank you. police in miami are now boycotting beyonce. >> ryan: in response to her music video formation and highlights police brutality and yesterday we told you about police officers didn't want to work the extra work to do security at the upcoming concert and now in miami, they've voted to boycott the concert altogether but the video put all police in a negative light, police say yes. and a cultural studies scholar says no. >> it is not necessarily a confrontation. what some people have suggested. but it is a way to say that even without institutional power that you as one pe

not pleased and the dale jr. fans can't believe it. we come down to the final lap of the race and it gets interesting. hamlin makes the unbelievable move on the inside and jumps into the lead with martin jr. as we come to the finish line it's the closest finish in the history of the daytona 500. hamlin wins bay cup of inches. hamlin wins the great american race. the first daytona 50 victory for here's the top seven. for hamlin winning the daytona 500 is a dream come true. >> it's such a huge team victory. joe gibbs racing, he sat and told me the side bar races are getting old. let's win the real one. to win it for the boss after 23 years is -- there is no better feeling than what i have right now. >> incredible finish at daytona. this is the tenth time hamlin raced the daytona 500 and the tenth time was the charm for him. former north henderson star hagan hit his first home run of the season. breaking a 5-5 tie against ucla and led to a victory. carolina beat the bruins 14-5 today. the tar heels improve to 2-1 on the season. carolina wi

he was okay, but his day was over, and the dale jr fans can't believe it! so we come down to the final lap of the race. matt kenseth in the lead, but denny hamlin makes inside, and jumps out into the lead with martin truex jr. we come to the finish line, and it's the closes finish in the history of the daytona 500. denny hamlin beats out martin truex jr by a couple of inches to win the great american race. it's the first daytona 500 victory for denny hamlin, and joe gibbs racing. here's the top seven drivers, and the points each driver earned for their finish today. for denny hamlin, winning the daytona 500 is a milestone in his career. it's such a huge team victory. joe gibbs racing. he sat over here a 3 week ago, and told me all these sidebar races are getting old. let's go win the real one. so, to win it for the boss after 23 years, it's just, there is no better feeling than what i have right now. this is the tenth time 500, and the tenth time was the charm. have a great start to your day. i'm luke 3 3 here is a look at current conditions.. in our next ha

stalled in the grass. >> and, the -- before the race got started. >> fans frustration with dale earnhardt, jr., goes too. >> almost like chase eliott. >> and he was a favorite. >> dale earnhardt, jr. appears to be out of the datona 500. >> and danica and biffle get tangled. >> and, turns around in the grass and fortunately turns himself as well, the out wall... >> fox 35 is your destination, for all things daytona. >> photo-finish. in a photo finish. look at that. inches, about 4 inches. separated denny hamlin from martin truex. >> there you go, take a good look at the photo in the e datona 500. denny hamlin, inching out martin truex truex, jr., an unbelievably dramatic finish. we continue our live team coverage at the speedway. >> and ryan elijah is live in the fan zone and adam shadoff at victory lane. you a picture-perfect day for a race! >> ryan: you couldn't state any better and we have had so many years we had to look at the regard and finish tuesday morning and daytona has seen it all. not today? >> it was a picture-perfect day, so many fans from the north enjoyed tremendous central fl

one of the favorites though at th500 was little e, dale earnhardt jr. he spins out with 30 laps to go. final lap, the man with two first names, matt kenseth pushed out of first by danny hamlin who wins by 4 inches. one of the closest races in daytona 500 history! look at that! h! first time toyota racing has without the 2 all-stars in the line up, winners of two straight and heat are heating up. after the suspension whiteside with the historic night and big man with 29 boards in 23 minutes and 's a 20-20 game for the last 20 years. >> and just talking about bring the energy off the bnch and guys are playing faster. >> my teammates made it easy for me and pushing the break. >> that's sports. i'm donovan and campbell. robbin and jeff, back to you. >> bbin: that will do it for this late edition of 7 news first at 5. >> jeff: i'm jeff lennox. we'll see you back here at 6 depere, wi >>> the worse neighbors in america. >>> speeding cars, wild causes. gunshots day and night. then natalie cole's grieving family. why they are so upset with this grammy's tribute.

six to go...when sprint unlimited winner denny hamlin...is outdueled..by dale jr.. the 88 with the move to the front... later...jr holds of last year's 500 winner joey logano...for the victory...in duel number one. to duel number 2. and joe gibbs racing..with a trio of trouble up front.. kyle busch, matt kenseth and carl edwards running nose to tail up front.. final lap.the 1 jamie mcmurray blocks the 48 of jimmie johnson.. johnson gets loose and is bouncing off kurt busch..and into the path of kenseth..and aj allmendinger and martin truex jr.. and a mele occurs. kyle busch...led 36 of 60 laps..for the duel win.. new developments in the trial of one of the baltimore police officers charged in the death of freddie gray. # and.. helping to reveal a water crisis hundreds of miles away.. the next step virginia tech researchers are taking to improve tap water in flint, michigan. leah kinder:" the kids are very excited about it, they're excited to sign up, and excited about the opportunity to give back." a roanoke county school is honoring two students who recently passed

dale earnhardt, jr. wasn't happy about his 36th place finish in sunday's daytona 500, but clearly, the driver of the 88 hasn't lost his sense of humor. >> [music playing] marc: dale, jr. tweeting, "those offseason piano lessons are paying off." i don't think fellow driver brad keselowski watched the whole video before tweeting back, he to play piano with so little time off. a player p.m., as you can see. it tricked me, as well. carol: john: cool, stable layer on top of us. hopefully that will protect us from the severe weather in alabama and through the florida panhandle but is moving quickly in our direction. we could see heavy thunderstorms late tonight and early tomorrow morning. we will keep you updated. chris and dale will be here tomorrow morning. the world a president has to grapple with. sometimes you can't even imagine. that's the job. and she's the one who's proven she can get it done. ...securing a massive reduction in nuclear weapons... ...standing up against the abuse of women... ...protecti

and dale jr. in third. busch, stenhouse jr. johnson, blaknee. and hamlin will start in 10th. n.b.a. all-star game is and all eyes will be on kobe bryant. and thompson and curry would move on to the finals. in the finals. curry hits three out of five. and thompson says challenge accepted. and ice water in his face. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. and clay thompson, your 2016 three point championship. and orlando's gordon. he tells the fans, it's over. it's mine. the back two handed 3monday brings a wintry mess of a day.p-type: we'll see a mixture of everything. snow/sleet/freezing rain. timing: snowfall will spread the area overnight sunday and last into monday morning. monday afternoon, the snow will change to sleet and freezing rain. this will last through tuesday afternoon, when it changes over to plain rain.accumulations: snowfall totals will be the highest in lesser amounts south and east. >>> welcome to "world news tonight." remembering justice antonin scalia. and now, the battle to replace him. the conservative titan of america's highest court. brilliant, sharp, provocative. his sudden death i

dale jr. led after round one. blaknee follow. the cavs thought they had sealed their first win at the stadium in 21 years. and grace and allen, did he travel or not? that's what everybody is talking about today. and u.v.a. says they'll be ready for the next game. >> just refocus. we played a good game today, but we have areas that we can improve in. and we'll come back tomorrow and watch and learn from it and be ready for monday's game. >> i told my guys you battled. and we'll learn and grow from it. and there's things that we've got to adjust. >> reporter: week six of "full court press" is in the books. catch it on wset.com. make sure to follow the abc-13 "full court press" facebook page or on twitter at 13 sports and we will keep you up to date on when your favorite team is playing. the seminole's booker is long range. and the f.s.u. bench going nuts. and rodriguez takes it to the bank for three. and mcellen is going to spot it up from the quarter. he's with 20. and hurricanes win 67-65. and the tar heels hosting pitt today. pa

for jr--it's more about driving style..and his instincts--when he's dueling at the birthplace of speed- dale earnhardt jr/2 time daytona winner: "yeah you don't come in with a strategy you just have a style of driving that you just do all the time you don't start the race going you know what we're going to take the lead on that block this were in a password in a pit on this lap we're gonna hold them off you don't make this plan there's no real their strategy to what the pit crew is going to do and what making choices based on instinct and what's happening around him." the hokies are back in action tonight.. at miami--- to take on the 11th ranked hurricanes-- that's a 9pm tip from south florida... and 20th ranked duke is at number 5 north carolina... that's also at 9 pm tonight... a big evening..in the acc hoops world.. vhsl conference hoops action.. maroons at lynchburg... and at least one women's group is calling for sponsors to suspend their endorsements with peyton manning until the sexual harrassment suit he's mentioned in...is investigated and settled.. cut it out vandy led by 17 at one

michael waldrop and jimmy johnson and dale earnhardt, jr. were the field of 40 to have won more than once. could it happen today in race number 58 or could we see a first time winner take the flag at the sold out daytona international speedway. been better. green flag is waved by ken griffey, jr. a race to forget. just 20 laps in this guy gets bumped and his fender buckles and his car towed to the garage and returns back and finishes in 37th place. now dale earnhardt, jr. makes a move and his day is done. and matt kensick led by 40 laps and ken hamlin. ken sick drops to 14th place and here comes hamlin. denny hamlin takes the checkered flag and a photo finish. just like the very first daytona 500 in 1959. wins about 4-inches. one hundredth of a second. and hamlin wins the first daytona 500 after starting at almost drops the heavy trophy, 50-pound but he will take it and earns his first championship. >>> obviously the biggest win of my career by far. hadn't won this race in 23 years and i hadn't won it in 11 tries. it could not be more perfec

. >>> johnson in first, followed by dale jr., kyle busch. jimmie johnson said he was honored to be in the same breath with earnhardt. >> frank: great forecast. >> karen: yeah, for the next several days. beautiful tomorrow. after a little bit of light rain. however, we're dodging a few more showers on tuesday. unsettled wednesday. it goes downhill later in the week. could see a wintery mix. >> frank: oscars coming up in here. go to our facebook page and twitter tonight. there. you can get involved. the show. captioning company" >>> welcome to "world news tonight." two days until super tuesday. but first, a racially charged controversy for donald trump. critics claiming trump refused to condemn the ku klux klan. great, right now. >> sanders admitting he was decimated. but vowing, he's not out. >>> rookie officer killed. the female police officer gunned down on her first day on the job. the call for help that turned deadly. and what we're learning tonight about the alleged gunman. >>> trapped in midair. like this. the 87-year-old pilot trapped

s race to lose. this is dale, jr.'s day. and i was cracking up this morning. did you see the favorite sun? did you know that dale named the car that he's driving? >> no. >> do you want to take a guess at what he named her? amelia. he's calling his car amelia. for what reason, i'm not sure. but dale and amelia are the ones that jeff is picking as the guy. this is the race to lose. >> ought to be a good time. >> hey, let's find out what's going on weather wise. we're sending it back to jayme king, live in the studio today. fantastic out here. >> exactly, guys. let's bring the folks at home up to date now, showing race time temperatures around 75. then we'll go to 67, scattering of clouds about 6:00. again, bookmarks showing that on either side, both early and late, fantastic out there at the speedway. and we've had our weather obstacles over the last several years for sure, but a nice day overall featuring 70s for the interior. temperatures add orlando, 75. 62 at titusville and daytona so the sun, massage, local weather

dale jr. startfrom the third spot sunday. second duel, bush leads and jimmie johnson makes contact car ends up on the hood of matt kenseth. they will have to use their backup cars and start in the back of the field. chase elliot has the pole for the great american race. remember on sunday, we will have the race right here on channel 7. that's sports. q'm mike dipasquale. have a great day, everyone. >>> president obama honoring his hometown chicago blackhawks. they won the stanley cup in game 6 against tampa bay last year. mr. obama telling the team he may have had a hand in their good fortune. >> president obama: iis always fun to have the stanley cup here. it truly is thehe best trophy in sports. i admit you would give me a day with it this t te around, when i could just -- um, before i was president, i just want to point out, you the blackhawks had gone almost half a century without seeing this thing. now you've got the hat trick. kind of luck i've brought to this team. >> christine: for several of the team's top players, i

dale jr. losing it all by himself and slick and would say hello to the inside wall and jr. and fifth caution. and danica going for the wild ride and bump bump into the garage. and it is this move on accident and then for the win and smallest margin of victory in history and 1/100 of a second and hamlin your day tone 500 winner and very excited. daytona's first win give the talks to him. >> and he acknowledged when he was in the second grade at 7 years old he wrote down on the piece of paper he wanted to win the daytona 500. however he could never have imagined what unfolded here in the last lap today. >> the pinnacle of my career for sure. i haven't got a championship yet and so this is obviously the biggest, biggest win for myself and it's just the circumstances. i mean jd gibbs who found me about 12-13 years ago. it's his birthday today. he's been so pivotal to myself and my team and supporting me for the last 11 years. >> i felt like i had enough momentum to keep them behind me and i did up until the last couple of feet and he shot out the last couple of inches on me rig

dale jr. on the 15th anniversary of his father's death at daytona did his father proud today. on lap 43, cole gets loose, spins out. the night. takes his fifth dual race. hamlin fifth. rookie chase elliot did well and finished sixth. >>> kyle busch leading. jimmie johnson make a run. mc murray and johnson get in to it, bad air. look what happens. kenseth, a disaster. he won't be able to fix that car. mc murray wasn't touched, believe it or not. he was second. bush third. carl edwards forth. danica 7th. daytona 500 set for sunday at 1 o'clock. >>> conference tournament finals tonight. top two seeds in both boys and girls. first the girls, smoky mountain against pisgah. smoky mountain looked like they in that third, smokey's caitlyn wood finds a wide open shay fisher. later in the third, it's haley o'neil. she'll miss the shot but watch her hustle. gets a rebound and finishes. in the fourth quarter, black bears wake up. braden lewis off the glass. brooklyn allen will lead the break. makes the great pass to maddie webb who lays it in. pisgah comes back. they stun smoky mountain 4

for jr--it's more about driving style..and his instincts--when he's dueling at the birthplace of speed- dale earnhardt jr/2 time daytona winner: "yeah you don't come in with a strategy you just have a style of driving that you just do all the time you don't start the race going you know what we're going to take the lead on that block this were in a password in a pit on this lap we're gonna hold them off you don't make this plan there's no real their strategy to what the pit crew is going to do and what they want to accomplish but the drivers just out there making choices based on instinct and what's happening around him." 20th ranked duke..at #5 north carolina to the wire. here's the final play of game.. duke wins 4 in a row..they wre down 8 with 6 min to pl;ay.. stay with us. of course you have to be 21 to shop at the abc store ... but that didn't stop a deer on the run in clifton forge. check out these pictures captured on surveillance video of a doe walking in the store and heading straight for the bourbon aisle. virginia alcoholic beverage control posted these pictures on its facebook pa

however, also a tough day for dale, jr. a crash on lap 169 knocked him out of the race. dan kay patrick knocked out on lap 183, that allows for the field to bunch up as enormous finish approaches. with 13 laps to go, matt kenseth out in front and he was in front for the final 40 laps until the final turn where he shoots up the track. between hamlin and martin truex, jr., neck-in-neck and hamlin closes by a nose in the explosive finish in daytona 500 history winning by a hundreth of a second. >> the preparation was great, my team was ready for anything, we didn't lose that lead even taking four tires when everyone >> i think just that fact that we worked as hard as we could work, we feel like we got over the years we had great drivers and crew chiefs, so hard to put it together. >> i didn't know we had won, i saw the pylon change and blink at the last second and so i just heard on the radio people were all crazy excited so assumed we won, when that happened. >> prior to this victory hamlin finished fourth in the daytona 500 two times before. he also finished second in the

dale earnhardt, jr. saw his day come to an end early as well. we'll have more on that. nascar season opening race a classic. it comes down three wide on the final lap. matt kenseth pushed out of the way by hamlin. him listen pulls off the closest victory in daytona 500 history. check this out. talk about a big day for toyota. >> i don't know where that came from, what happened. i can't even figure out what i did. it all just came together. the 4. this wouldn't be possible if this wasn't sticking together. >> tried to block his run and denney cut inside and made him three wide and side drafted me off turn 4 to the line and i felt like i had enough momentum to keep him behind me, and i did all the way up until, you know, that last couple of feet. >> dale earnhardt, jr. led for at least 15 laps, but dealt with handling issues forcing him to play catchup. midway throughout the race, he had to be aggressive late and may have cost him, he eventually spins out on lap 170 and said his car balance was a big issue. >> we got to do a little more drafting i think next time we come

dale jr. fans wil lbe happy to know that earnhardt was fastest during the morning session topping 194 miles an hour on his , 11th lap. good day for joey logano, as well. second fastest time in the morning session fastest this afternoon, a guy who won six races last year and always seemed to have a top five finish. but he has no sprint cup title yet. still very young, to be sure, but this is an itch that logano is constantly scratching. asked yesterday if he could fast-forward to this year' s chase, here' s joey. >> we are focused on the race ahead of us. we can' t look too far down the road. we' ve got to get there first, win some races. we are starting back at zero. there is no guarantee that we will have a season like we did last year. we hope we have a better season than last year, i don' t see any reason why we should not. all at zero and we have to go through all of these races to get there. pat: racing tonight and racing late this afternoon at the speedway, arquette -- arca series buggie

here comes dale earnhardt, jr., the inside. taking over the lead. he would cruise from there. winning his dual race for the second straight year. meanwhile, mcdowell racing his way into the 500. early, but got real interesting late. jimmy jom son, mcmurray tries to block, catches the 48 of johnson who comes down, clips curt bush, who is 5th, and watch the 20 car of matt get caught up as well. that's significant because he had clinched a front row spot on qualifying speed last sunday, he is headed to a backup car. that means starting at the back of the pack. kyle bush wins with him out instead of starting fourth, bush will start on the outside of row one. one of the nfl's all-time great sack artists came via trade and what was his last rodeo. jared allen is what the panthers needed. provided veteran leadership and known as an every down player accepted rise role, rotated in and out. award for his patience and appearance in his first ever super bowl. today the california cowboy announced his retirement on twitter and it was just about >> this was the part where i was going to ri

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dale earnhardt and dale jr. and chase and bill elliot. chase said he never even felt like he got the run he needed out there when he hit the track. >> know uponning that those guys have had a lot of success over the course of 2015. this is the same car he had a lot of success with last year and had a lot of success in the race. we were really fast. it's pretty straight forward from the driving side. but i found a way to mess up and stalled it. still didn't get going like i needed to that second round.

dale earnhardt jr. spins on it he crashes. he is knocked out of the race and it is the first time he did not finish the race and 32 starts. final lap, denny hamlin in fourth makes a move on turn three. the leader goes for the block. he gets left behind and finishes 14m and so martin and hamlin race to the finish line. danny hamlin beats truex the line but look at that. 100th of a second. the closest finish in history of daytona 500. denny hamlin wins the great american race for the first time in his career. wow. look at how close that was. now live at daytona international speedway reaction from today's winner denny hamlin. josh? >> well, first of all, anthony, let's go back to that final lap. as you saw matt with the lead going into it. then on the third turn denny hamlin able to make that move and come away with the victory. the question is, what was going through hamlin's mind. how was h push with his answer may surprise you. >> i don't remember it honestly. giving me a push and not letting i know we got outside of this 18

. >> all right action dale jr. on the front row tomorrow because

dale earnhardt jr. spins on it turn four. he crashes. and it is the first time he did not finish the race and 32 starts. final lap, denny hamlin in fourth makes a move on turn three. the leader goes for the block. he gets left behind and finishes 14m and so martin and hamlin race to the finish line. danny hamlin beats truex the line but look at that. 100th of a second. the closest finish in history of daytona 500. denny hamlin wins the great american race for the first time in his career. wow. look at how close that was. now live at daytona international speedway reaction from today's winner denny hamlin. josh? >> well, first of all, anthony, a finish in the race! let's go back to that final lap. as you saw matt with the lead then on the third turn denny hamlin able to make that move and come away with the victory. the question is, what was going through hamlin's mind. how was h push with his answer may surprise you. >> i don't remember it honestly. giving me a push and not letting off when he was pushing. i know we got outside of this 1

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it was running second in the last 30 laps when dale earnhardt jr., the favorite lost it, spun through the infield, hit the inner wall hard, dale was okay. the bass pro shop still running second, behind matt kenseth. then more crash and burn. tangling with 25 laps to go. the 10 car flying through the grass, another green lap restart. then the drama, martin still in second, matt in first. the rest of the field breathing down their necks. here's the call, as furniture row tried to bring it back to denver. >> truex to the bottom. >> kenseth saves it. here they come to the bottom of the line. >> bouncing off each other, unbelievable! >> danny hamlin, my goodness. >> by an inch. >> truex jr. finished second by less than a half a foot. 0.011 seconds. closest finish in 500 history, almost had another super bowl parade coming through denver. oh, man, so close. great showing by furniture row. great finish, but second is painful when you're that lose to first. >> i wish we could have won obviously. but just going to have to watch that on the highlight reel for the rest of my career, i suppose. i

dale jr. brings-out the 5th spins-out and goes crashing into the inside barrier and the final lap and all the excitement. matt kenseth running up front, along with 4 other toyota cars, won the daytona 500. here comes his teammate, denny move up high. kenseth blocks, and and splits kenseth and martin truex jr. kenseth falls back, saving a wreck there. 14th. now the drag- and truex jr, where it's hamlin winning by just inches, in the closest finish. the taking-home his first daytona 500 victory and first for a toyota car. truex jr finishes second, kyle busch in third, then kevin harvick and carl edwards round-out the top 5. jgr with 3 drivers there in the top 5. denny hamlin, wins first daytona 500, "it's the haven't gotten a championship yet so obviously this is the biggest win for myself." martin truex, jr., 2nd place in daytona 500, "i wish we could have won obviously but just going to have to watch that on the highlights reel for the rest of my career i suppose. today was a great day. we all want to win. it's just competition. you know i'd be lying if i said i didn't want to win." a

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for the day and the week, no daytona 500 for hamlin, and although drivers want cars it was hard for dale jr. to race that way. >> your instincts tell you when they line up for the race you go out and try to win, and i think that worked well for us tonight. we ended up doing well and i'm afraid if i went out and tried to be careful, i would end up doing harm and getting myself you typically do. >> and the second pan am duel. and this is contact, this is trouble, around johnson is caught you saider you up in it but it really hurt kenseth, now he is going to field. that car is totaled and all of those drivers will be going to the win and that was danica atrick sliding through the glass. >> and still to stoil to come, still to come a hotel with a high-tech big picture under control. know you can see how much you have to spend and whether you should transfer funds. know you can easily keep track of what you're putting away. and know you're budgeted for the great escape. >> bill hanna sent in this photo today, a great sunset, love that shot, it's a fox 13 umbrella winner. phil has always great ph

jail earnhardt, jr., getting the -- dale earnhardt, jr. getting the biggest crowd. bob, martha. >> going to be racing. >>> 9 investigates just discovered an orlando police internal affairs officer under investigation right now. may have violated policy before, last week, we told you the officer admitted drinking before being involved in a hit-and-run in her city issued vehicle. >> tonight at 10:00, also involve an accident in her vehicle. . >> thanks for watching channel 9 eyewitness news at 6:00. >> abc's world news tonight with it took joel silverman years to become a master dog trainer. but only a few commands to master depositing checks at chase atms. technology designed for you. so you can easily master >>> breaking news tonight. storms slamming both coasts. in the east, treacherous driving, a dangerous mix of sleet and rain. the pileups. 60 60-mile-per-hour winds. across the south, 20 reported tornadoes. the woman trapped under her home, rescued. and in the west tonight, bracing for a major system, too. >>> also breaking tonight, the new polls coming in now. w

dale earnhardt, jr. will start third for today's race after he won the first of two qualifiers races thursday night. tony stewart won't be in today's race as he recovers from a back injury. instead brian vickers will race in his spot. about 20 million people are expected to watch the race at 1:00. >>> new this morning, a deadly our partners say william o'brien hill is charged with second degree murder and possession of a firearm by a felon. police reports say hill used a handgun to shoot blake on january 23rd. he was shot multiple times in the r parking lot. he died the next morning. >>> hill is in the gaston county jail this morning. we're asking police if hill and blake knew each other. >>> at the time of his arrest yesterday, hill was found with a handgun. he was previously charged with possession of a firearm by a felon in 2007. he pleaded guilty to the crime the following year and was sentenced to 13 to 16 months in prison. >> >> clouds from yesterday are going to stick around today. meteorologist v

dale earnhardt jr. is a two-time winner of the daytona 500, most the green flag drops at one o'clock. here at daytona international speedway, i'm joe murano for the raycom news network. this weekend will feature warm temperatures and variably cloudy skies as we prepare for rain to move in for the first few days of the workweek. expect partly to mostly cloudy skies saturday and sunday and daytime highs in the low and middle 70s. temperatures will drop nearly 10 degrees to start the week and showers return to the forecast monday through thursday morning with 1" to 2" rain totals are move in for the first few days of the workweek. expect partly to mostly cloudy skies saturday and sunday and daytime highs in the low and middle 70s. temperatures will drop nearly 10 degrees to start the week and showers return to the forecast monday through thursday morning with 1" to 2" rain you've heard the warnings and seen the videos -- christmas's most popular gift, and seen the videos -- the hoverboard... has caused some serious problems. getting involved. more on that after the break. break 6 i don't

as for dale earnhardt, jr. 193.823 miles per hour. he lead the morning session but he was 11th in the second, and final practice session in the afternoon. let's hear from joey logano. >> it was nice to be on top of the border leads, but depends on what's up for tomorrow. just a safety blanket nice to have. i think we're eighth or ninth on the board, so i feel comfortable with it. tricks in the bag to find -- i feel like there were some guys that were really fast. we'll see if we can catch up to them tomorrow. >> reporter: logano will be on the field tonight. just 25 cars on the track. again, that's a 8:00 start right here on fox 35. jimmie johnson is on the pole for that race. it was a random draw to determine the starting order for that race. should be fun tonight. it's not really terribly serious race, but it is for a lot of cash, so you know those guys are going to go pretty hard again on fox 35. we'll have highlights at 10:00. for now from daytona international speedway, fox 35 sports. >> feel for the track ahead of the big race c

he stayed up late to watch dale earnhardt jr. racing in the daytona 500. he is one of the youngest of nascar's drivers and he was tenth to run and he bumped out kyle busch off of the bowl, and neither kenseth or earnhardt jr. could beat his speed and so he becomes the youngest drive to >> how does it feel be the driver to chase but to be the youngest to sit on the pole for the 500? >> it's been a special day, and i appreciate you having me on, but a great way to start off the few weeks for everybody at hendrick motor sports and specifically the 24 guys in the hendrick engine stop for the great job they do preparing these race cars and these engines and to have a chance at the pole is fantastic. excited so be a part of their team, and this is a long week of racing and we need to recognize that and be smart about the days to come and make the most of a fast race car. >> hitth sitting on the pole is an incredible accomplishment but i'm sure you have heard the history, only nine times as the poll pole sitter won, are you up to >> i am, and i think our car is p

dale, jr. finished second. >>> so another top 10 for the 78 car, but how many times will truex and furniture row win this year? vote at cbsdenver.com. >>> rockies spring training continuing in arizona. first intrasquad game tomorrow, taking on the diamondbacks on wednesday. access, the denver broncos super bowl parade began just down the street from coors field. most of the rockies players were still on vacation or in scottsdale, but i'm sure they saw the pictures of a million broncos fans filling downtown denver. while i was in arizona this week, i asked some of the guys what it was like to see another colorado team celebrate a title. >> to see someone do it in your city, in denver, there's a little jealousy, no doubt. come out and celebrate us, win a world series for them. >> it gives you motivation. you want to do the same for them. it was awesome. i'm a big bronco fan. i started watching football in denver. so i'm excited because they deserve it and hopefully we can do the same thing. >>> d

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but with 30 laps to go, a collective gasp when dale earnhardt jr. got loose and hit the interior wall. june bug was okay but would finish 35th and danica patrick and greg biffle getting together. dandanica coming in ahead. and as you can see and hear, it came down to martin truekx jr. and debny hamlin. and in -- denny hamlin. you can see p denny hamlin -- denny hamlin came in. >> it shoot me forward more than i imagined. i just cut the wheel hard and luckily, we still got to our victory. >> i thought he it. you know, just that last couple of people before the line. denny creeped out on me. i probably should have rubbed him a little harder because i had a foot on him for a long way. >> er hat a victory lane -- here at victory lane, the trophy now belongs to joe gibbs racing and denny hamlin. we'll have much more on the champ coming up at 11. we're beginning to talk to chris archer and wwe fans, this is rare, john stena chimes in on wrestle mania. will he will be? reporting from victory lane, chris fisher 10 sports, wtsp. >> thank you so much. we'll b

dale earnhardt jr. spins out and runs right into the barrier. junior ended up 36. denny hamlin edges out the win by a bumper to win. >> the pin cal of my career for it's just -- there's no better martinis, music and ice...what more could you ask for. hundreds of people spent this weekend in upstate new york for the >>> martinis, music, and ice. what more could you ask for? hundreds of people went to the fire, ice, and everything nice bar extravaganza. temperatures just about perfect in new york keeping the ice frozen but not so cold that people werehivering in their boots. can you tell people are ready can we help them with this around here atll. >> now it's kind of gone. that w w pretty much it. now temperatures are cooler. they'll be falling below freezing into the 20s tonight. torrow temperatures wl be increasing to near 40 degrees. not too bad, but not 50. you'll still need the jacket. the winds will be calm,hough. we'll have temperatures in the 40s until tuesday. temperatures start to slowly fall through the next of next -- rest of next week, though. >> s sing

dale earnhardt jr. always a favorite to win... and then 20 year old rookie pole sitter chase elliot taking over for the now retired jeff gordon... but elliott's hopes for a 500 victory were dashed early... lap 19 he spins coming off of turn 4... and when he gets to the trioval grass his front splitter digs in and causes heavy front end damage. now 31 laps to go... and dale earnhardt junior also spins as nose it into the wall... ending his hopes of third daytona 500 win... he was alright... but junior nation... frustrated. 13 laps later you ride with greg biffle he has a run on danica patrick in the locally sponsored natures bakery car... they make contact... she gets knocked into the infield where her car would suffer terminal damage... she would finish in 35th... so final lap.. matt kenseth out front... but his teammate denny hamlin has a run... he looks high and then cuts underneath him to take the lead... kenseth falls back and we have a drag race between hamlin and martin truex jr... truex noses ahead but at the line its denny