FORD PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS: Logano Second at Daytona
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Ford led a race-best 122 laps as a group, with Joey Logano finishing second in the Daytona 500 after sweeping the NASCAR Cup Series Duel qualifying races; defending NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion Zane Smith won the season-opener at Daytona for the second straight year; and four Mustangs finished in the top 10 in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.
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|Ford led a race-best 122 laps as a group, with Joey Logano finishing second in the Daytona 500 after sweeping the NASCAR Cup Series Duel qualifying races; defending NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion Zane Smith won the season-opener at Daytona for the second straight year; and four Mustangs finished in the top 10 in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.
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|Joey Logano’s bid for a second Daytona 500 win came up just short. -
|He finished second in a race that ended under yellow after two overtime restarts. -
|Ford dominated the race until the frantic finish, leading 122 laps among nine Mustangs. -
|Logano, Chris Buescher (fourth), Ryan Blaney (eighth) and Riley Herbst (10th) had top-10 finishes. -
|Brad Keselowski led a race-best 42 laps before being collected in a wreck in the second overtime. -
|Teammate Chris Buescher led 32 laps, second-most amount all drivers. -
|Keselowski won Stage 1, while Buescher finished in the top 10 of all three stages. -
|Ford also swept the Duel qualifying races on Thursday for the second straight year. -
|Logano and Aric Almirola went to Victory Lane. -
|Ford has now won at least one Duel race in six straight seasons and nine of the last 12 overall. -
|The NASCAR Cup Series returns Sunday at Auto Club Speedway in California. -
|Zane Smith won the season-opening race at Daytona for the second straight year. -
|The win clinched a spot in the playoffs for the defending series champion. -
|The race was called 20 laps from its scheduled distance due to rain. -
|Three Fords were in the top 10: Smith, Ty Majeski (sixth) and Matt Crafton (ninth). -
|Hailie Deegan finished fourth in Stage 1. -
|But she was collected in a multi-car accident on lap 29 and finished 35th in her ThorSport debut. -
|Smith led 17 laps, while Crafton and Majeski led two each. -
|The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series returns to action at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 3. -
|Riley Herbst led four Ford drivers to top-10 finishes with a sixth-place effort at Daytona. -
|Joe Graf Jr. (seventh), Ryan Sieg (eighth) and Cole Custer (ninth) also finished in the top 10. -
|In addition, Custer qualified third in his return to the series for Stewart-Haas Racing. -
|The NASCAR Xfinity Series heads to Auto Club Speedway for its next race, Saturday.
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