>> thank you. >> ricky stenhouse jr. celebrating on the start/finish line and celebrating with the fans as well, rick. >> what a great opportunity the fans have here to be able to experience that win with ricky again, the most coveted real estate in all of racing. he will go to victory lane at daytona international speedway. we'll hear from him again there. [000:29:13;00] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ toyota. let's go places. ♪ >>> welcome back to daytona. officials have checked the lug nuts on 17 as he makes his way to victory lane. all smiles for ricky stenhouse jr. 29-year-old from olive branch, mississippi. gets his second win. take a look at the point

ricky stenhouse jr., a powerhouse on the inside. he takes the lead. >> david ragan saw that line coming from the top. such a run on the bottom. didn't get the right car blocked. >> stenhouse jr. white flag in the air. one more time around. michael mcdowell, 95 running second. sliding for chase elliott. that's before they get into turn one. the caution hasn't come out yet. they want to be able to race back to the checkered flag. paul menard now moves up to second. clint bowyer is in third. clint bowyer, trying to find a line. trying to get some momentum. ricky stenhouse jr. wants to stay right on the double yellow line. ricky stenhouse jr. looking for his second win in the cup series. he is going to get it at the biggest stage. stenhouse jr. wins in daytona. >> good job, buddy. >> woo hoo! >> ricky senhoutenhouse jr. com into the 2017 season had never been in the victory lane of the monster energy cup series. his career almost ended in the xfinity series when he was sat because he was wrecking too many cars. it was a wakeup call. he k

another big win for ricky stenhouse jr. rick making her way over to congratulate ricky. >> well, less than two months ago, ricky stenhouse was trying to be a monster energy cup winner. now he has won at talladega. he has now won at daytona. you thanked the fans and did that interview. trevor bayne coming to congratulate. crew chief has been here, and ricky's girlfriend, danica has been to the car. you thanked them, and this one is for your team. and for olive branch, mississippi. this is for you, too. >> it validates what we did in talladega. i want to thank all the troops that have fought for our country for our freedom. it's most important right now. thank the good lord for giving me this opportunity to come out here and do what i want to do for a living, to work with this great group of guys, you know, we have been working really, really hard around fenway, and this keeps pushing us further and further along. sunny d, gobowling.com. this performance team has been amazing. 4 has been dominant. it's a total -- i told his wi

ricky stenhouse jr hard into the inside wall. a lot of damage to the front end. >> damage done. >> we keep talking about restarts. we saw the shot a little while ago from aj allmendinger -- sorry, from kurt busch's helmet how difficult it is on the restarts. you just have to be aggressive. it is a time you have to push. and everybody is pushing. these things happen. >> we saw dale earnhardt jr.'s incident happen on restart. >> stenhouse jr climbs out of the car. >> hit that inside safer barrier. take another look. >> side by side with jimmie johnson. you see he lost the bottom. jimmie johnson on the outside. just so difficult to maintain that speed with somebody outside of you. aerodynamically all this air is pulled off your car. >>. [ inaudible ] >> hey, fwies, guys, when i loo that, reminiscent, and he lost that side rear. jeff, you can talk about this, when a car squeezes you like jimmie was, sometimes you're a helpless passenger. you're relying so much on the aero effect and when it's gone, the car is gone from pup. >> no que

ricky stenhouse jr. and 17. running 17th. brad keselowski. on the restart.wski, fallen back to sixth now. marty? >> rick, dale earnhardt jr. is out on the infield care house center. junior, i know this is not the way you want to go out. what happened? >> i don't know. just a bunch of cars slowing down, stopping, chain reaction. we got in the back of the 6 car. they were all running into each other. just knocked the radiator out. knocked the radiator off. and you know, we hit the 2 car earlier doing the same thing and it damaged the front end. knocked a bumper bar out then. so we had no protection after that. but we add grehad a great car. having a lot of fun. the car was fast. we had top ten car for sure. and it is frustrating. i was enjoying being out there. yeah, you know, hopefully our luck will turn around. this has been tough and this is a difficult one to -- this is a more difficult one to put up with. >> dale, how tough are restarts? seems like a street fight out there. >> oh, they always are. and that's fun. if you can sometimes you are on the wrong

you continue to see cars and the 17 of ricky stenhouse. there is nothing you can do if there is not a lane to protect. >> so incredible that we have that opportunity to see that. thank you no ford performance, monster energy. what an amazing view that is from the driver's perspective on restart. another one coming. erik jones on the inside. ryan blaney on the outside. >> ryan blaney aggressively side blasted. we haven't seen a lot of that so far. but ryan blianey, most aggressie restart for a guy not leading the race. >> kes helowski behind him. >> we heard from brad, not liking his race car. disappointed in handling. he wants to get up there and get cleaner air. look behind him in that mess. >> everyone trying to get that clean air. following the leader. right now denny hamlin leading that pack. ryan blaney out in front at indianapolis. rick jones running second. >> fresh right away. kevin working to slow logano now now four-wide on the front stretch. >> all wait to bottom. kurt busch. does he get back? >> he does, just in time. almost ca

. >> wild ride for ricky stenhouse jr. on the inside of the 48. around he went. there. and his day ended. >> and battle for the lead. kyle busch on the outside. pulls up next to 78 opini. 78 gets loose, takes out kyle busch. >> and trover bayne, after this accident setting up a race for the 6. out running saving fuel trying to outrun matt kenseth. until this fellow here, 14, clint bowyer, hard hit into the inside wall, out front of cukur busch. here from the helmet cam. jeff, close your eyes. you hate this view. >> seen it too many times. still hurts. >> 42 of kyle larson on the front stretch. squeezed down the racetrack. trying to come back up. and ends up clipping 13 and then back up and into the wall and he was out of the race. >> here we go. three wide. into turn three. three drivers. all coming out of here. all going for the 400 win. jimmie johnson loses it. contact. >> still has sunshine. but is the sun starting to set. restart. nascar overtime. kasey kahne in control car spins tires. spins around on narrow front stretch. calamity ensues. >> we still have a

chance but pole sitter hit the wall. 7 laps to go. 42 car of kyle larceson goes ai boorn and ricky stenhousekes the gold second time this season. >> my dad taught me a long time you got to keep working hard, sometimes things aren't going right can't give up. i wish they were here my mom, dad, sister, they're at the lake hanging out this weekend, can't wait to see and talk to them later. >> to majors, let's start with pga tour quicken loans, david l three under on the day. senior u.s. open. kirk triplett leader, shot 4 under 66 including this eager for bunker on 6 leads kenny perry by one shot. women's pga. san francisco native pang and goes she's a top the leader board at 10 under. >>> cycling 104th edition of tour de france in germany. stage one, wet conditions led to disaster for one of the favorites, alejandro with broken kneecap is out for the remainder of the tour. yellow jersey with the win. this abc 7 sports brought to you by river rock casino. . a lot of people say pacquiao got robbed down under with the man's hometown but i say it could go either way. next will be conor mcgregor aga