also an update on the 11 of denny hamlin. mike wheeler told him as soon as the caution came out, save, save, save, save, save. they feel they've got one shot here in overtime. >> man. >> mike wheeler. he's got to be chewing his fingernails off. >> you can save all you want but the bank's not paying a lot of >> no, but i believe the number of cautions we've had, even with the overtime, i still believe they're in pretty good shape. but how about this. the first race of 2016, we'll have an overtime. >> that's right. >> we're going to check out this new procedure that we have, that nascar's implemented with the nascar overtime. i would say that, yeah, he can handle maybe one overtime. i'm not -- i don't know if he can handle a lot of overtime. >> i think we're pretty optimistic we're going to have any cars left to do overtime. >> let's check with vince. >> jeff gordon described it as bumper cars, kyle. not much lace for you to go. >> no, i seen the 19 and the 2 really fighting for a spot. for my vantage point that's all i could s

also an update on the 11 of denny hamlin. mike wheeler told him as soon as the caution came out, save, save, save, save, save. they feel they've got one shot here in overtime. >> man. >> mike wheeler. he's got to be chewing his fingernails off. >> you can save all you want but the bank's not paying a lot of interest. >> no, but i believe the number of cautions we've had, even with the overtime, i still believe they're in pretty good shape. but how about this. the first race of 2016, we'll have an overtime. >> that's right. >> we're going to check out this new procedure that we have, that nascar's implemented with the nascar overtime. i would say that, yeah, he can handle maybe one overtime. i'm not -- i don't know if he can handle a lot of overtime. >> i think we're pretty optimistic we're going to have any cars left to do overtime. >> let's check with vince. >> jeff gordon described it as bumper cars, kyle. what'd you see out there? not much lace for you to go. really fighting for a spot. for my vantage point that's all i co

also an update on the 11 of denny hamlin. mike wheeler told him as soon as the caution came out, save, save, save, save, save. they feel they've got one shot here in overtime. >> man. >> mike wheeler. he's got to be chewing his fingernails off. >> you can save all you want but the bank's not paying a lot of interest. >> no, but i believe the number of cautions we've had, even with the overtime, i still believe they're in pretty good shape. but how about this. the first race of 2016, we'll have an overtime. >> that's right. >> we're going to check out this new procedure that we have, that nascar's implemented with the nascar overtime. i would say that, yeah, he can handle maybe one overtime. i'm not -- i don't know if he can handle a lot of overtime. >> i think we're pretty optimistic we're going to have any cars left to do overtime. >> let's check with vince. >> jeff gordon described it as bumper cars, kyle. what'd you see out there? not much lace for you to go. >> no, i seen the 19 and the 2 really fighting for a spot. i cou

also an update on the 11 of denny hamlin. mike wheeler told him as soon as the caution came out, save, save, save, save, save. they feel they've got one shot here in overtime. >> man. >> mike wheeler. he's got to be chewing his fingernails off. >> you can save all you want but the bank's not paying a lot of interest. >> no, but i believe the number of cautions we've had, even with they're in pretty good shape. but how about this. the first race of 2016, we'll >> that's right. >> we're going to check out this new procedure that we have, that nascar's implemented with the nascar overtime. i would say that, yeah, he can handle maybe one overtime. i'm not -- i don't know if he can handle a lot of overtime. >> i think we're pretty optimistic we're going to have any cars left to do overtime. >> let's check with vince. >> jeff gordon described it as bumper cars, kyle. what'd you see out there? not much lace for you to go. >> no, i seen the 19 and the 2 really fighting for a spot. for my vantage point that's all i could see. i could

hamlin back to the front. >> one thing i bet you hamlin doesn't do is go below that yellow line when he comes down here for the win. >> wow. whoa! >> whoa. >> no -- >> all at the back. >> we may make to it the checkered flag. >> leaders on the back straightaway. coming hard. caution waves. it's over. >> caution, hell yeah! >> 25 cars start. eight cars finish. >> denny hamlin must still make it around to the checkered flag under reduced speed. and he will be the sprint unlimited winner for the third time in 11 tries. >> what a great game -- >> hamlin, checkered flag, wins the sprint unlimited over >> great job, great job. >> well, well done, man. 21 caution laps made it happen. >> he's feeling good right now. new crew chief. >> what a way to start off. >> three unlimited wins for hamlin. second most in the history of the sprint unlimited. as coach joe gibbs leads the team prayer. it's hamlin's sixth win at daytona. and his fifth in speed weeks. it will be the eighth time coach gibbs goes to victory lane in the unlimited. here's the hey medical on the last lap. >> looked like hamlin pu

hamlin needs a little help. exhausting after 500 miles. dominant miles by denny hamlin. we welcome you back inside our studio track side and join a terrific day at the daytona 500. michael waltrip finished 29th. let's see what denney did. truex, harvick, kenseth could >> harvick had a big decision. it wouldn't have worked out for any of them if he had trie to pass denny. he tried to bang into the back of it. thought that was his best chance to win. chris, watch. bam. look at the momentum it gives the 11 car. he shoots away from harvick. just does an amazing job. don't think you can whip these things to the left at 200 miles an hour like that and squeeze into a hole like that. it's so tough. denny did an amazing job. >> well, there was the earlier pit stop where kenseth took two tires, hamlin took four. we knew he had a fast car. dale earnhardt jr. in the pre-race, he said, hamlin, that's who i am going to be watching closely. he said his karan bebeer out front. he was able, he talked about his toyota teammates to get to the top. >> i love his passion. i talked abououit i

hamlin needs a little help. exhausting after 500 miles. dominant miles by denny hamlin. we welcome you back inside our studio track side and join a terrific day at the daytona 500. michael waltrip finished 29th. let's see what denney did. truex, harvick, kenseth could have done? >> harvick had a big decision. it wouldn't have worked out for any of them if he had tried to pass denny. he tried to bang into the back of it. thought that was his best chance to win. chris, watch. bam. look at the momentum it gives the 11 car. he shoots away from harvick. just does an amazing job. don't think you can whip these things to the left at 200 miles an hour like that and squeeze into a hole like that. it's so tough. denny did an amazing job. pit stop where kenseth took two tires, hamlin took four. we knew he had a fast car. dale earnhardt jr. in the pre-race, he said, hamlin, that's who i am going to be watching closely. he said his karan better out front. he was able, he talked about his toyota teammates to get to the top. >> i love his passion. i talked about it in the pre-race. his

hamlin back to the front. >> one thing i bet you hamlin doesn't do is go below that yellow line when he comes down here for the win. >> wow. whoa! >> whoa. >> no -- >> all at the back. >> we may make to it the checkered flag. >> leaders on the back straightaway. coming hard. caution waves. it's over. >> caution, hell yeah! >> 25 cars start. eight cars finish. >> denny hamlin must still make it around to the checkered flag under reduced speed. and he will be the sprint unlimited winner for the third time in 11 tries. >> hamlin, checkered flag, wins logano -- >> great job, great job. >> well, well done, man. 21 caution laps made it happen. >> he's feeling good right now. new crew chief. >> what a way to start off. hamlin. second most in the history of the sprint unlimited. as coach joe gibbs leads the team prayer. it's hamlin's sixth win at daytona. and his fifth in speed weeks. it will be the eighth time coach gibbs goes to victory lane in the unlimited. here's the hey medical on the last lap. >> looked like hamlin put a big block on the 27 car. the 20 gets in there behind menard. and

also an update on the 11 of denny hamlin. mike wheeler told him as soon as the caution came out, save, save, save, save, save. they feel they've got one shot here in overtime. >> man. >> mike wheeler. he's got to be interest. >> no, but i believe the number of cautions we've had, even with the overtime, i still believe they're in pretty good shape. but how about this. the first race of 2016, we'll have an overtime. >> that's right. >> we're going to check out this new procedure that we have, that nascar's implemented with the nascar overtime. i would say that, yeah, he can handle maybe one overtime. i'm not -- i don't know if he >> i think we're pretty optimistic we're going to have any cars left to do overtime. >> let's check with vince. >> jeff gordon described it as bumper cars, kyle. what'd you see out there? not much lace for you to go. >> no, i seen the 19 and the 2 really fighting for a spot. for my vantage point that's all i could see. i could tell we were going to wreck. i tried to check up a little bit. then it's on

hamlin said.. he did not know he won at first. it is his first daytona 500 victory-- something hamlin has attempted 10 times before. trt:27 oc: back when hamlin was in second grade -- he wrote a letter to himself wishing for a daytona 500 victory. moments after his win last night-- hamlin's mother tweeted a photo of wanted to win the race in 19-98. it may have taken him 18 more years than expected-- but hamlin finally got to victory lane. webpage) front page of the daytona beach news journal.. finish closest-ever photo finish. a news alert now -- the uber driver-- accused of killing six people in a shooting rampage in kalamazoo, michigan... is expected to be arraigned on murder charges today. fox's kelly wright has the latest international airport is taking new steps to make sure you are safe from zika. florida's second busiest airport.. is distributing educational fliers to travelers. the fliers encourage travelers to bring insect repellent.. and to cover-up their skin to prevent mosquito bites. zika is rapidly spreading througho

hamlin back to the front. >> one thing i bet you hamlin doesn't do is go below that yellow line when he comes down >> wow. whoa! >> whoa. >> no -- >> we may make to it the checkered flag. >> leaders on the back straightaway. coming hard. caution waves. it's over. >> caution, hell yeah! >> 25 cars start. eight cars finish. >> denny hamlin must still make it around to the checkered flag under reduced speed. unlimited winner for the third time in 11 tries. >> what a great game -- >> hamlin, checkered flag, wins the sprint unlimited over logano -- >> great job, great job. >> well, well done, man. 21 caution laps made it happen. >> he's feeling good right now. new crew chief. >> what a way to start off. >> three unlimited wins for hamlin. second most in the history of the sprint unlimited. as coach joe gibbs leads the team prayer. it's hamlin's sixth win at daytona. and his fifth in speed weeks. it will be the eighth time coach gibbs goes to victory lane in the unlimited. here's the hey medical on the last lap. >> looked like hamlin put a big block on the 27 car. the 20 gets in there behi

hamlin back to the front. >> one thing i bet you hamlin doesn't do is go below that yellow line when he comes down here for the win. >> wow. whoa! >> no -- >> we may make to it the checkered flag. >> leaders on the back straightaway. coming hard. caution waves. it's over. >> caution, hell yeah! >> 25 cars start. eight cars finish. >> denny hamlin must still make it around to the checkered flag under reduced speed. and he will be the sprint unlimited winner for the third time in 11 tries. >> what a great game -- >> hamlin, checkered flag, wins >> great job, great job. >> well, well done, man. 21 caution laps made it happen. >> he's feeling good right now. new crew chief. >> what a way to start off. >> three unlimited wins for hamlin. second most in the history of the sprint unlimited. as coach joe gibbs leads the team prayer. it's hamlin's sixth win at daytona. and his fifth in speed weeks. it will be the eighth time coach gibbs goes to victory lane in the unlimited. here's the hey medical on the last lap. >> looked like hamlin put a big block on the 27 car. the 20 gets in there behin

hamlin back to the front. >> one thing i bet you hamlin doesn't do is go below that ellow line when he comes down here for the win. >> wow. whoa! >> whoa. >> no -- >> all at the back. >> we may make to it the checkered flag. >> leaders on the back straightaway. coming hard. caution waves. it's over. >> caution, hell yeah! >> 25 cars start. eight cars nish. >> denny hamlin must still make it around to the checkered flag under reduced speed. and he will be the sprint unlimited winner for the third time in 11 tries. >> hamlin, checkered flag, wins the sprint unlimited over logano -- >> great job, great job. >> well, well done, man. 21 caution laps made it happen. >> he's feeling good right now. new crew chief. >> what a way to start off. >> three unlimited wins for hamlin. second most in the history of the sprint unlimited. as coach joe gibbs leads the team prayer. it's hamlin's sixth win at daytona. and his fifth in speed weeks. it will be the eighth time coach gibbs goes to victory lane in the unlimited. here's the hey medical on the last lap. >> looked like hamlin put a big block on th

also an update on the 11 of denny hamlin. mike wheeler told him as soon as the caution came out, save, save, save, save, save. they feel they've got one shot here in overtime. >> man. >> mike wheeler. he's got to be chewing his fingernails off. >> you can save all you want but the bank's not paying a lot of interest. >> no, but i believe the number of cautions we've had, even with the overtime, i still believe they're in pretty good shape. but how about the first race of 2016, we'll have an overtime. >> that's right. >> we're going to check out this new procedure that we have, that nascar's implemented with the nascar overtime. i would say that, yeah, he can handle maybe one overtime. i'm not -- i don't know if he can handle a lot of overtime. >> i think we're pretty optimistic we're going to have any cars left to do overtime. >> let's check with vince. >> jeff gordon described it as bumper cars, kyle. what'd you see out there? not much lace for you to go. >> no, i seen the 19 and the 2 really fighting for a spot. for my vant

hamlin back to the front. >> one thing i bet you hamlin doesn't do is go below that yellow line when he comes down here for the win. >> wow. whoa! >> whoa. >> no -- >> all at the back. >> we may make to it the checkered flag. >> leaders on the back straightaway. coming hard. caution waves. it's over. >> caution, hell yeah! >> 25 cars start. eight cars finish. >> denny hamlin must still make it around to the checkered flag under reduced speed. unlimited winner for the third time in 11 tries. >> what a great game -- >> hamlin, checkered flag, wins the sprint unlimited over logano -- >> great job, great job. >> well, well done, man. 21 caution laps made it happen. >> he's feeling good right now. new crew chief. >> what a way to start off. >> three unlimited wins for hamlin. second most in the history of the sprint unlimited. as coach joe gibbs leads the team prayer. it's hamlin's sixth win at daytona. and his fifth in speed weeks. it will be the eighth time coach gibbs goes to victory lane in the unlimited. here's the hey medical on the last lap. >> looked like hamlin put a big block on

hamlin back to the front. >> one thing i bet you hamlin doesn't do is go below that yellow line when he comes down here for the win. >> wow. whoa! >> whoa. >> no -- >> all at the back. >> we may make to it the checkered flag. >> leaders on the back straightaway. coming hard. caution waves. it's over. >> caution, hell yeah! >> 25 cars start. eight cars finish. >> denny hamlin must still make it around to the checkered flag under reduced speed. and he will be the sprint unlimited winner for the third >> what a great game -- >> hamlin, checkered flag, wins the sprint unlimited over logano -- >> great job, great job. >> well, well done, man. 21 caution laps made it happen. >> he's feeling good right now. new crew chief. >> what a way to start off. >> three unlimited wins for hamlin. second most in the history of the sprint unlimited. as coach joe gibbs leads the team prayer. it's hamlin's sixth win at daytona. and his fifth in speed weeks. it will be the eighth time coach gibbs goes to victory lane in the unlimited. here's the hey medical on the last lap. >> looked like hamlin put a big

also an update on the 11 of denny hamlin. mike wheeler told him as soon as the caution came out, save, save, save, save, save. they feel they've got one shot here in n ertime. >> man. >> mike wheeler. he's got to be chewing his fingernails off. >> you can save all you want but the bank's not paying a lot of interest. >> no, but i believe the number of cautions we've had, even with the overtime, i still believe they're in pretty good shape. but how about this. the first race of 2016, we'll have annovertime. >> that's right. >> we're going to check out this new procedure that we have, that nascar's implemented with the nascar overtime. i would say that, yeah, he can i'm not -- i don't know if he can handle a lot of overtime. >> i think we're pretty optimistic we're going to have any cars left to do overtime. >> let's check with vince. >> jeff gordon described it as bumper cars, kyle. what'd you see out there? not much lace for you to go. >> no, i seen the 19 and the 2 really fighting for a spot. for my vantage point that's all

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also an update on the 11 of denny hamlin. mike wheeler told him as soon as the caution came out, save, save, save, save, save. they feel they've got one shot here in overtime. >> man. >> mike wheeler. fingernails off. >> you can save all you want but the bank's not paying a lot of interest. >> no, but i believe the number of cautions we've had, even with the overtime, i still believe they're in pretty good shape. but how about this. the first race of 2016, we'll >> that's right. >> we're going to check out this nascar's implemented with the nascar overtime. i would say that, yeah, he can handle maybe one overtime. i'm not -- i don't know if he can handle a lot of overtime. >> i think we're pretty optimistic we're going to have any cars left to do overtime. >> let's check with vince. >> jeff gordon described it as bumper cars, kyle. what'd you see out there? not much lace for you to go. >> no, i seen the 19 and the 2 really fighting for a spot. for my vantage point that's all i could see. i could tell we were going to wreck. i

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 and the 78 and then, the 20 came up for the block high. i saw that the mild was going to be the only way i could get around both of them. then, we cleared the 20 and drag race to the 78. >> hamlin's victory marks the first for joe gibb's racing in the daytona 500 since 1993. so the drought is over. anthony, the first trip to the daytona 500 get a chance to once witness history. reporting live at daytona international speedway, fox 46 sports wjzy. thank you a lot, josh. this was a thrilling win for denny hamlin. for the guys who finished behind them. it was heartbreaking. here is matt kenseth shortly after the race. >> a split second decdidsion to make those moves and felt like i made the right one, you know, we were there. you know, the start finish line. 20 feet further back. we had it. i am proud of that effort and proud of how we work t

hamlin is going to bring us through the final lap. what was going through the mind, how he was able to make the time push. reporting live at daytona international speedway. fox 46 sports wjzy. >> thanks a lot, jr. we have much more on the daytona 500 plus, we'll hear from dale eastern hart jr. coming up later in sports. while all right, thank you, anthony. still to come. voters played a big role in last night's republican primary. you find out how the steaks point in the direction picking the presidential nominee. >> mr. us, in case you missed it. we recap last fitting's westerns looking forward ton the next >> the charlotte city count skile approve a contract to approve led streetlights them contract would be with duke energy. 25% of long-time parking lot has permanent streetlights and remainder of the lot uses temporary and portable gasoline powered lights. the contract will replace all the existing lights and will ad support the fixtures. >> the council will consider allowing to donate. one with us bill go to almost pick high schoo

, denny hamlin beating martin to rex, junior to make daytona 500 history hamlin the final lap and 4 place it is his first daytona 500 win in the first win for a toyota. sports director david pingalore daytona 500 champion. >> reporter: what an unbelievable finish. show and tell that is four inches right there. that is how close it was on the start finish line right over there. four inches owing like 200 miles per hour. right after he did all of his media i was able to catch up with denny hamlin in victory lane. >> i've never won anything with four inches. >> reporter: did you think you are going to win coming along turn 3 and turn for? >> i did not take we had any chance until i got to turn 4 it's been the most incredible day of my life for sure. i just - i don't ever want to go to sleep. >> reporter: tomorrow night at 11:00 i got him one-on-one he will play the central florida q&a craze ping-pong now is a tomorrow night at 11:00. >> anchor: tonight, the magic took the floor against a team with a winning record for the 10th straight game and they were inches away from a victory at the lit

also an update on the 11 of denny hamlin. mike wheeler told him as soon as the caution came out, save, save, save, save, save. they feel they've got one shot here in overtime. >> man. >> mike wheeler. he's got to be chewing his fingernails off. >> you can save all you want but the bank's not paying a lot of interest. >> no, but i believe the number of cautions we've had, even with the overtime, i still believe they're in pretty good shape. but how about this. the first race of 2016, we'll have an overtime. >> that's right. >> we're going to check out this new procedure that we have, that nascar's implemented with the nascar overtime. i would say that, yeah, he can handle maybe one overtime. i'm not -- i don't know if he can handle a lot of overtime. >> i think we're pretty optimistic we're going to have any cars left to do overtime. >> let's check with vince. >> jeff gordon described it as bumper cars, kyle. what'd you see out there? not much lace for you to go. >> no, i seen the 19 and the 2 really fighting for a spot. for m

it's a duel to the finish between truex and hamlin. and hamlin wins literally by inches. hamlin benefited from a push from kevin harvick. and joe gibbs racing wins its first '500' in 23 years. it's hamlin, but one, one hundredth of a second.....to win the daytona 500. trt :13outcue:..all race long" ((hamlin: ii cant even figure out what i did. it all just came together. i got the push, obviously from the four. this wouldn't be possible if this wasn't toyota's sticking out in goodyear today, the reds got in another workout.....some of whom thought they might be somewhere else besides with the reds right now. among the 58 in camp, and early, jay bruce. it's a bit of an upset that he's in goodyear. the reds tried to deal bruce in the off season and couldn't. there was a glut of left handed hitting outfielders on the market... season since 2013, when he hit 262 and had 30- home runs. but you have to give bruce this: it's obvious the reds would rather not have him during their rebuilding. but he's totally taking the high road. trt :23outcue:....being a part of this thing."((br

danly hamlin your champion. chase elliot on the pole for the 58th running of the race. in the fourth positions - spins out into the grass. stalled in the grass. brings out the first caution of the race for six plaps lap 56 now. vickers gets loose. spain spot as elliots spin out. tony stuart. a tough week for him. edwards hits the wall trying to avoid vickers a pair of rockies involved in a hard crash. matt -- and chris buscher both in their first runner. hard up the hill and into the wall. he would walk away from this in his car. as does buscher. the raining xfinitys championship. >> lap one. after more than an hour of clean racing. we had some action. dale earnhardt junior comes slide's all the way into the inside wall. junior walks out fine. but the race's favorite. his day done. trouble the number 10 car danika patrick. she spins out all the way inside. drive away from this one. came the final lap. we have some crazy dramatics sixth in front. hamlin goes inside. kenseth falls away. the 11th car gets by in the

denny hamlin, hamlin. a duel between hamlin and truex. it is denny hamlin in a photo finish. the closest finish in the 58 year history. hamlin wins the 500 for the first time, first data 500 win for toyota as well. now to ping. fans got what they came for. >> unbelievable finish. the tape measure, four inches separating trueett's junior. an hour or so ago, he sat right here speaking about his first ever 500 win. >> my eleventh year in the series, that's what makes it so proud, to get the first 500 for toyota, the first daytona 500 in three years, it is jd gibs birthday. everything was just planned perfectly for us to get a victory. >> all right. an xrefs four inches. when you think of toyota, oh, what a feeling, he has a great feeling. denny hamlin in his car, a four inch winner. i'll have much more on this race at 11:00. >> thanks, ping. finishes like that, that's what (scal): good day, m'lady! i am sir-can-a-lot, here to save you from another breakfast bore. wake up those eggs with glorious spam! see what spam can! do... at in 1934, the world didn't need another hamburger.

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. >> hamlin by an inch. >> hamlin manageded to squeeze past on the final turn and heads out martin truics at the line. hamlin didn't even know he won at first. it was his first victory in ten tries. >> david martin is joining us live. he's at the champion's breakfast this morning. what did you have? did you give me bacon this morning? >> nice. >> well, i didn't eat breakfast. you may here where they are eating breakfast, presumably they're done now, unless they're eating for two hours. but what a race that was. that finish was incredible. i showed this in the last hour. less than the pencil length is how much hamlin won by and in the entire last four minutes of the race, john and amy. i was ready to congraduateilate kensic. it looks like he was going to win and then i saw truic come up and then half of the folks in the stadium were all confused going was that a hamlin win and it was. and boy, what a finish it was. i know you all talked about this letter he wrote in the second grade, his mom put a picture of that letter on twitter and showed the crowd. we asked him about that, along with o

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 18 and the 78 and then, the 20 came up for the block high. i saw that the mild was going to be the only way i could get then, we cleared the 20 and drag race to the 78. >> hamlin's victory marks the first for joe gibb's racing in the daytona 500 since 1993. so the drought is over. anthony, the first trip to the daytona 500 get a chance to once witness history. reporting live at daytona international speedway, fox 46 sports wjzy. thank you a lot, josh. this was a thrilling win for for the guys who finished behind them. it was heartbreaking. here is matt kenseth shortly after the race. >> a split second decdidsion to make those moves and felt like i made the right one, you know, we were there. you know, the start finish line. 20 feet further back. we had it. he got me. i am proud of that effort and proud of how we work

it's a duel to the finish between truex and hamlin. and hamlin wins literally by inches. hamlin benefited from a push from kevin harvick. and joe gibbs racing wins its first '500' in 23 years. later, hamlin was thinking big, about the rest of this nascar season. trt :17outcue:..to doing that."((hamlin: a championship's next on the list for us. i've been so close in my career, i just feel like i've knocked on the door next thing is to knock the dang thing in. so, this is a big start to doing that. )) and look at how close this finish was......hamlin nose to nose with martin truex at the finish line....and winning the daytona 500 by just one, one hundredth of a second. closest finish in daytona 500 history. hard to believe, that this is camp with the reds. it's likely to be his last. the reds are rebuilding and bruce may not be around when that job is finally finished. it's a bit of an upset that he's in goodyear. the reds tried to deal bruce in the off season and couldn't. there was a glut of left handed hitting outfielders on the market...and bruce hasn't had a good seaso

>> i think it was denny hamlin. >> hamlin by an inch. >> hamlin by an inch. >> oh, my goodness. >> wow. >> reporter: he managed to squeeze past his teammate matt kenseth, and martin true ex-jr. he was so close he didn't even know he won. his first daytona 500 victory. something that hamlin has attempted 10 times before. >> it's the pinnacle of my career, for sure. i haven't got a championship yet. this is obviously the biggest win for myself. >> i felt like i had enough momentum to keep him behind me, and i did, all the way up to and he just shot out. >> great guy to joe gibbs racing. it's been a long time coming and cool to see denny score that victory. >> reporter: republican hamlin was -- when hamlin was in second grade, he wrote a letter wishing for a daytona 500 victory. after the win his mother tweeted a photo of the letter. the letter said he wanted to win the race in 1998. it may have taken 18 years longer than expected but he finally got the win. >> john: wheation funny about that is that mom kept the letter. moms keep everything. >> amy: and the dads always make fun of us. >>

hamlin' s victory lap continued this morning with the champions breakfast. after that, hamlin, his crew chief, and team owner joe gibbs officially installed the winning car, still covered with confetti inside the daytona international speedway tickets and tours building. it was a photo finish sunday for hamlin as he beat martin truex junior by 0.001 of a second. that' s the closest finish in nascar history. >> i haven' t won many championships. my last was in 2003, i think, in a late model series. to be called champion of anything, it' s a huge honor. jason: the 35-year-old race car driver dreamed about this since he was a boy. hamlin' s mom tweeted out a photo last night of his childhood essay that reads the following, my wish is to win the daytona 500. if i won the daytona 500 i would 17, 1998. he would have only been 17-years-old. now, 18 years after the date in the letter, he' s done it. a young hamlin also wrote in the essay he could win $1 million, that part' s also coming true, although, the number is closer to $1.5 million. don' t miss denny hamlin'

it's hamlin and martin truex junior racing to the end... but hamlin wins with a photo finish. here's a look at the top 10.. joe gibbs racing doing well here..3 drivers in the top 5 with hamlin 1st.. reigning sprint cup champion kyle busch 3rd and carl edwards 5th. busch:"great day for joe gibbs racing, really pumped for joe to get back to victory lane here in the daytona 500. it has been a long time coming and cool to see denny hamlin score that victory...and all of us to run up front like we did." while chase elliotts time in the big leagues today didn't last long.. he made his mark in the xfinity race yesterday. ty dillon was on the pole as the xfinity series opened its season at the "world center of speed".. daytona. -the daytona 500 pole sitter chase elliott leading the pack on the joey logano on his tail.. logano tries to go outside of elliott .. there is contact but elliott holds on for the win.. logano would finish second. virginia tech has four remaining games in the regular season before the acc tournament begins march 8th. they welcomed coliseum this weekend. points

hamlin wins it. a photo finish at daytona. four-inch difference between hamlin and martin truex jr. and hamlin gets his first daytona 500 victory. >> my 11th try getting the daytona 500. i don't know. i don't know where that came from. i don't know what happened. why even figure out what i did. but it all just came together. i got the push obviously from the 4. but this wouldn't be possible if this wasn't toyota sticking together. >> so hamlin wins it by a hair. here's a look at the rest of the top ten, unofficial results. martin truex jr. so close but can't hang on to the lead. kyle busch finishes in third carl edwards. >>> the hornets continue their brooklyn. the nets and charlotte just tipped off. at last check charlotte up 29- 26 at the end of the first quarter, the hornets trying to for the first time since last march. this time also the debut for courtney lee who was acquired in a trade this week. he previously played for the nets. he had two points in the first quarter. highlights tonight at 11:00. >>> and college basketball. wake forest trying to get back to winning, the dem

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 sprint cup points standings, back in 2010 and now he has a leg up on this season with the stop in atlanta to come next week. reporting at daytona international speedway, joe morano. >> john: coming up, we're continuing to follow breaking news as crews battle a house fire in huntersville, what is homes are in danger, al? >> al: still fairly mild, bu

hamlin by an inch---- darrell waltrip thought it was denny hamlin---and by 1--- 100th of a second---it was---a photo finish---the closes finish in daytona 500 history----and at 35 years old--racing in his 11th 500-----denny hamlin---from chesterfield, just outside of richmond----gets his first 500 win----- "it's the pinnacle of my career for sure. i myself. wish we could have won, obviously, but i guess i"ll have to watch that on my highlight reel for the rest of my career i suppose. today was a great day. we all want to win, this is competition. i'd be lying if i said i didn't want to win. the first ever 500 win for toyota----the reiging finishes third ahead of kevin harvick and carl edwards---- top ten----last year's 500 winner joey logano finishes 6th----followed by karl larson, regan smith---austin dillon at one point fell half a lap behind the whole pack and finishes 9th----while kurt busch gets 10th---what a way to start off the nascar season---it's on to atlanta---one o'clock next sunday-- from daytona to newport news---- i heard this a couple of times this morning-----there wer

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 be looking forward to that. >>> going to catch up with chris a little later on tonight at 11:00. but wildfire we go, we want you to check this out. these are our 10 news contest winners enjoying the day at daytona 500. retired arm sergeant david shelton and his wife won two tickets just the by watching 10 news at 11. it pays to watch. >> abs

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 points to claim the title. plus a first state title for a boys team in inca since the 1970 baseball team. congratulations. the carolina day girls basketball team beat davidson day on saturday to win the wildcats sixth consecutive state championship. we'll have their reaction on news 13 at 11:

talent, including busch, denny hamlin, matt kenseth and carl edwards. crew chief mike wheeler joins the number 11 team this year, a group that hamlin does not think should be overlooked at daytona. hamlin:"there's no reason why we shouldn't be one of the favorites even though we haven't wanted we've been in the top five i think a bunch of years three out of five or something like that in with ourselves in position." hamlin has spent his fair share of time in victory lane, but has yet to see the checkered flag at the daytona 500. hamlin:"you know one nearly every exhibition race and all the other racetracks but we haven't won the daytona 500 so it's kind of like the tony stewart syndrome dale earnhardt syndrome it will come eventually." he hopes that win comes sooner than later. he will get his chance sunday februrary 21st when nascar season officially returns. for wsls 10 sports, i'm alyssa rae. nbc nightly news is next.

and hamlin spoke about what motivated him. >> it's a team. joe gibbs sat over here a week ago and said the side bar races are getting old, and let's go on to the new ones. >> chase elliot and dale earnhardt both didn't finish. >> john: the magic coming off a tough loss to the pacers last night.: the> game was tied all the way through.` andh but the pacers pulled away late. they took this 105-102. >>> the first time we got to see the majority of orlando starters the lions won it 2-1. >>> lawmakers heading back to washington, d.c. the debate over who should replace justice scalia moves on. >>> discussions to finally end the koreaen war. >>> a live look inside the control room. matt is the one in our ears right now. we'll be right back. >> amy: just a sliver of sunshine poking throughout clouds this morning. thick cloud cover. but it looks like it'll be a pretty sunrise. and jayme says it'll warm up nicely throughout the day. >> john: we now know that the u.s. agreed to secret discussions with korea with aiming to end the koreaen world once and

it's down to hamlin and martin truex.. hamlin edges him at the line... it's the closest finish in the history of the 500 and it goes to denny hamlim who actually led the most laps.... hamlin and toyota get their first daytona 500 victory. the lightning pick a perfect time for their father's trip... it's just the 2nd annual, but after seeing how their boys played this weekend... they just might want to keep them around a little longer.... the lightning trail 1-nothing in teh 2nd period and watch them work the puck.... j.t. brown finds a loose puck in front and he buries.... brown is a great season.. the lightning's traveling dad's club..... they just love it, especially jt's dad. steven stamkos has great vision... he finds ryan callahan and he has time to tee it up and let it fly.... 2-1 bolts.... carolina ulning p time is running out on the pp when tyler johnson gets he's not missing... his 25th goal of the season and it's the game winner. the dads get thier victory. bolts win 4-2 3 still ahead, a special couple get a wedding they'll never forget. "this

it's harry hamlin -- no, denny hamlin. hamlin's first victory in the great american race. >> theeother hamlin. >>> president obama is giving us more hints about his future battle with congress over the supreme court. the president hosted the nation'stgovernors last night at a white house dinner. the event happened just as the president is looking for a possible replacement for the late justice antonin scalia.e president spoke about compromise. >> the people we serve don't typically think in terms of red and blue, left or right. they just want a shot to get ahead and make sure that they've got a good job. >> the president said he knows that governors are also often stuck with partisan battles. >>> she's not old enough to vote but a little girl is having a tough time letting go of the only president she's ever known. 4-year-old's grandmother delivers the news. >> he can only serve two terms and his time is up. >> no! no! >> it's so cute. posted this video on facebook. that's the grandma. as you can imagine, it has gone viral

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 hamlin winning by 1 hundreth of a second... take a look at the finish... as hamlin said afterwords it was the best moment of his career. so here is a look a the final speaking of wild finishes the last 15 seconds of regulation between nevada and unlv last night was a wave of emotions before the rebels would go on to win in overtime. game tied at 77... rebel ball... ike nwamu's go ahead shot is no good... lindsey drew pulls down the rebound and he'll give it tom marqueze coleman... coleman will then decide to step into a 25 foot three pointer... and he burries it... nevada leads 80- 77... with less than 2 and half seconds to go... but the wolf pack in foul trouble decides not to pressure the rebels... and patrick mccaw races up the court his own... that sends it to overtime... where the rebels took al

hamlin drives hamlin who tried to pass up top.... they touch but it doesn't halt hamlin's momentum who barely beats truex. meantime vegas' kyle busch got 3rd. "it's the pinnacle of my career, for sure. you know, i haven't got a championship yet. and this is obviously the biggest win for myself." this is hamlin's first career daytona 500 victory. his mom tweeted a letter denny wrote when he was in the 2nd grade ...saying that his goal was to win the daytona 500 in a red, white and blue car. guess dreams do the g-o-p primary kicks off on donald" is getting a jump-start. the south point a preview of the big event. the las vegas strip has seen a series of violent events recently. some of you say it's time for the casino's to step up and start doing something about it. the morning rant is next. on the strip.. it february is huge for us. all our handcrafted classic footlongs are just $6 each. the media is going a little crazy. "sub-mageddon" with an incredible amount of accumulation inside... that now seems... enjoy all our classic footlon

denny hamlin charges high, and kenseth ryes to block him but can't do it and at the wire, it's hamlin that edges him. the closest finish in the history of the 500 and it goes to hamlin and toy i don't toyota who get their first 500 victory. >> no doubt it was the car. he actually pushed me in the 150 as well and i knew his car was really good at doing that, so i mean, as much of a team victory, the 11 car couldn't have done it without the push of kevin har rick. >> harvick. >> you would rather get beat by a few feet than inches but matt moving up to plok that gave us an opportunity to win. i was trying to push matt off of 4, and that was i thought the best student we opportunity we had. >> amazing that matt kenseth goes from first to tenth in less >> stay tuned, craig pnot able to tell with the pbacteria was it could like any pother pneumonia. pwe saw a spike in legionnaire's pdisease. phasn't really been put out to pthe public. pit's not the thing we should pexpect in america. pthe public has a right to be poutraged. poutrage doesn't even begin to pcover it. pyou feel cheated?

final lap, matt kenseth tries to block denny hamlin. denny hamlin dips inside. somehow edges martin truex junior. denny hamlin goes on to win his first daytona 500 by about 100 100th of a second. >> daytona 500 -- with fedex -- this makes me so proud. to get the very first daytona 500 for toyota. the first daytona 523 years for my boss, joe gibbs. the guy that found me so long ago. everything was just planned perfectly for us to get a victory today. >> you heard him say, first toyota victory in the daytona 500. a couple other fun facts. he led 95 laps in this one. that is officially the closest finish in the daytona 500. >> quite a race. thank you. >>> back here in orlando, basketball falling apart at the wrong time. donnie jones and the n -- to enights lost. you see us playing here. here comes matt williams. a nice fadeaway jumper. a six-point game. next trip down the floor, williams, from deep. cutting the golden hurricane lead, to three. williams had 16 in this one. on the other end -- two minutes ago. giant -- james woodard left all alone. showing off his ra

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 will have a homeowner oklahoma state. first of lefb home games in a row for carolina. the carolina day girls basketball team won the sixth state championship this weekend. beating davidson day on saturday night. i was able to catch up with the team to get their ri action to the victory. >> it's exciting. not many

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 perfect. >>> well it didn't take long for the first rays injury. outfielder steven shoeser reported to camp and strained a muscle but doesn't think it is serious and hopes to be ready when position players work out on friday. an mri could be in the works depending on how it feels. the first morning for pitchers and catchers went down. position players will report on thursday with that workout coming up on friday. all pitchers reported healthy alec cobb recovering from surgery. kevin cash added that cobb is starting rotation is the strength of the rays t

it's hamlin's first win in the great american race. it's the first time joe gibbs racing has a daytona 500 champion. it's the first time a toyota has taken the checkers at nascar's biggest race. let's take a quick look at what some of the drivers where posting on twitter, after the the daytona 500. kevin harvick checked in. he said he thought they were at the right spot for the win. they got the assist instead. a great start to the season. matt kenseth said it was a heartbreaking finish, but you don't get many chances to win the daytona 500 and he hates that he did not get it done. and the best tweet goes to dale are -- dale earnhardt junior, he said an awesome package left for him and north carolina for him and his fiancee. he thanked her she's for a -- hershey's for a basket of candy. opening weekend of the college baseball season. maine beat clemson friday. tigers returned the favor on saturday. that means a rubber match on sunday. winner takes the weekend series. maine grabs the early lead, tigers take it away in the bottom of the

hamlin by an inch---- darrell waltrip thought it was denny hamlin---and by 1--- 100th of a second---it was---a photo finish---the closes finish in daytona 500 history----and at 35 years old--racing in his 11th 500-----denny hamlin---from chesterfield, just outside of richmond----gets his