Relive all the action in Duel 1 at Daytona International Speedway, which saw a wild finish and Jimmie Johnson race his way into the Daytona 500.
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00:00 >> Pace car is in.
00:10 They come to green at daytona and we're racing in the blue-green duel.
00:20 >> First laps and race conditions right here, Kevin.
00:26 >> I think this is always from a driver's standpoint.
00:28 I always like to be a little bit cautious on that first start to make sure I knew exactly
00:33 what I had going into turns one and two to make sure it didn't hit the ground.
00:36 There's always guys on different agenda.
00:38 You see the inside row with those three cars already pretty comfortable.
00:42 Four cars now pretty comfortable deciding to push.
00:44 You have to be able to learn about your car right from the beginning.
00:49 In order to do that, you have to be aggressive.
00:51 >> Big jump to the outside.
00:52 The red and black car of Todd Gilliland, third, was inside.
00:57 The car up top, Christopher Buescher did not get a good start and left a big gap there.
01:03 So Gilliland was able to capitalize and move up to sixth.
01:08 >> New leader, Corey Lajoie on the outside taking it from Ricky stenhouse.
01:11 >> I'll tell you how he did it.
01:13 Jimmie Johnson, he's back.
01:14 07 time push.
01:16 Look, Lajoie, right to the front.
01:19 >> Jamie?
01:23 >> And Jimmie Johnson spent some time with him today.
01:26 He's back united with Earl Barbin, his longtime spotter of 15 years.
01:31 They're back together.
01:32 He was happy about that.
01:33 At the same time, the nerves, you could just see it in Jimmie's face.
01:34 He's never been in this situation before, as you guys talked about.
01:35 He was curious how it was going to race.
01:36 It's the first time ever racing a Toyota.
01:37 The only feedback he's given so far is he's loose.
01:48 >> Absolutely nothing better in a race car than success and that confidence that comes
01:53 with it.
01:54 >> He's got baby martin right to the front.
01:56 Confidence goes with it.
01:57 I bet you he feels much better.
01:59 >> Look who's leading.
02:00 Two drivers that have never had any luck in this race.
02:04 The 19, martin Truex, is 0 for 19 in these Thursday races.
02:10 Kyle Larson in the 5, 0 for 10.
02:14 But there they are leading the field.
02:15 >> We're going to make you eat those words, Mike.
02:18 We heard Larry talk.
02:19 It's time, Kevin.
02:20 We've got to start fighting.
02:21 We're going to pit with our manufacturers, teammates and everything else.
02:25 Try to form and execute a good pit stop under green flag conditions.
02:29 They're going to have to start fighting one another.
02:31 >> A lot of them are going to have to start fighting one another and work their way to
02:34 the bottom in order to figure out how to get to pit road.
02:37 You have to be in that bottom lane.
02:39 That's really when we're going to have to see who plans on pitting because there's two
02:43 different strategies.
02:44 >> Here comes some jockeying for position.
02:46 People are starting to move to the bottom.
02:47 You see Toyota's Ty Gibbs in front of Truex moving down trying to get in position to make
02:52 this pit stop.
02:53 He comes off the 4.
02:54 >> Whoa, there it is.
02:55 >> Whoa.
02:56 Hard on the brakes.
02:59 There was a scrape up there between Gilliland and Dillon up on track as four cars get to
03:05 pit road.
03:06 >> Wow, what a save.
03:08 What a last-minute ditch effort down to the pit road.
03:12 That was close.
03:13 >> Fuel only.
03:14 >> And they will hope to all come out together and be able to establish a tight draft right
03:22 away.
03:23 >> That last-minute call, it may have caught the competition off guard but it wasn't efficient.
03:27 These guys are going to come off pit road.
03:29 They're going to have to find one another, collect, and there's only four of them.
03:34 >> Look here at what happened when that first group came to pit road off turn number four.
03:38 Wow.
03:39 >> Oh, my goodness.
03:41 >> Yeah, and it was just Truex trying to let him in and Tyler just -- Tyler started to
03:46 come down.
03:48 But watch Gilliland and Dillon on the outside.
03:52 Dillon moves up, squeezes him into the wall.
03:54 Gilliland ended pretty good.
03:57 >> From Martin Truex who got into the back of Tyler Ruedick there.
04:01 >> That wasn't a caution beyond me.
04:04 It was a caution.
04:05 It just didn't happen.
04:06 >> Here comes the rest of them.
04:09 Josh.
04:10 >> Yeah, and for the one of Ross Chastain, they told him if the 5 pit, you pit, four
04:15 seconds of fuel and they'll be good to go.
04:17 Jamie?
04:18 >> Same for Martin Truex Jr.
04:20 Let's get enough fuel to get us to the end of the race.
04:22 No tires here for Truex.
04:24 Regan.
04:25 >> Kyle Larson up front for a little while.
04:28 On the radio he is very happy with the race car.
04:30 Hasn't said anything other than handling is very good.
04:33 >> And disaster for Martin Truex.
04:35 He was stopped in his pit for a long time.
04:38 The car launched, stalled.
04:40 They had to push it and he has lost the draft.
04:45 >> And arguably Martin Truex Jr.
04:47 Had the fastest car.
04:49 That's what happens as we see the 4 coming to pit road now.
04:54 >> It's kind of like, all right, boys, all have your fun.
04:56 Here we come.
04:57 All together.
04:58 And by the way, was that Ross Chastain who was nabbed for speeding?
05:02 >> Sure was.
05:03 >> Chastain speeding.
05:04 >> He was exiting.
05:28 >> The first caution flag of the night, waves in daytona.
05:32 >> He caught up in the middle of it.
05:37 He dropped to the back of the lead draft to protect his qualifying position.
05:42 He had eight seconds on Anthony Alfredo back in the field who had lost the draft.
05:47 But where Johnson was, was where Daniel Hemric got up and into the wall.
05:52 Here's the melee.
05:53 >> That's all why these groups are starting to connect again and catch one another.
05:59 >> You see the 9 car come up.
06:06 You see the flames come out of the 54 car right here.
06:11 You saw the flames come out.
06:12 It checks the whole line up.
06:14 >> Yes.
06:15 >> They start checking up.
06:16 Accordion, stenhouse gets in the back of Hemric.
06:19 And then the worst one was Jimmie Johnson.
06:22 Now I will say, not much damage on that car.
06:25 >> He doesn't have a lot of damage, Clint.
06:26 But if we can get a shot of the right front of Jimmie Johnson's car, it's going to come
06:30 down to how low that splitter is.
06:32 You see all these cars check up.
06:34 Jimmie Johnson is at the back of the field.
06:36 They check up harder than he expects.
06:40 Just gets into the side of the 3 as they're trying to avoid the 31.
06:45 >> Yeah, it doesn't look too bad on the right front there, Clint.
06:53 Little bump from stenhouse was all it took to get Daniel Hemric turned to the right into
06:57 the wall.
06:58 >> Yeah, and that's no fault of stenhouse there.
07:01 He's just at the back of the accordion.
07:06 >> Let's ride with Jimmie Johnson.
07:10 >> It will be six to go when they come back to the line.
07:25 And the race is 44, J.J.
07:28 Yaley.
07:29 The aqua car against Jimmie Johnson's blue number 84.
07:32 One of them will make the 500.
07:35 >> We've seen how good this 5 car can push.
07:37 Now it's time to see how good another Hendrick car, chase Elliott on his bumper on the outside.
08:02 All it takes is one little mishap.
08:04 Really shakes the race up.
08:05 Look what we've seen now.
08:07 >> You see the flames coming out of that 54 car of Ty Gibbs on the bottom of the racetrack
08:11 to stay off the back of the 99 car of Daniel Suarez.
08:15 >> See right there on that outside third lane, Carson Joseph.
08:18 Haven't heard much of him.
08:19 >> A whole lot of pushing going on.
08:22 Five laps to go.
08:23 All bets are off.
08:26 Look for the finish line.
08:27 Four laps left.
08:29 Johnson has caught Yaley.
08:31 No help on that bottom.
08:36 But has not passed him.
08:38 One of them will make the 500.
08:44 Yaley knows it.
08:45 He's been a little aggressive there.
08:46 Trying to keep Johnson behind.
08:49 Whoa.
08:50 Too aggressive.
08:53 Yaley coming back on the outside.
08:56 Johnson on the inside.
08:58 That's the race that counts right there.
09:01 >> Neither car with any help behind him.
09:03 More importantly, they need somebody behind him.
09:05 We know on super speedways -- >> There's nobody left.
09:09 >> No.
09:10 They're frantically trying to get another car passed.
09:12 Somebody behind them.
09:13 Because that's all your insurance.
09:17 >> As we come to two to go here, you see how tightly packed this whole field is.
09:20 You know this thing is going to -- it's going to break up and they're going to go three
09:25 wide, two wide.
09:26 Things are going to change.
09:27 Let's hear some 84 audio.
09:28 >> I need help on the 43.
09:29 I need that slot up there.
09:30 >> Outside.
09:31 They're telling him, man.
09:32 I know they're screaming at him outside.
09:33 >> 43 is Erik Jones.
09:34 He's Jimmie Johnson's teammate.
09:35 But is he in a position to be of any help to the 84?
09:36 No.
09:37 And here they come to the white flag.
09:38 It will be one lap to go.
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09:40 >> We saw the big lead.
09:41 >> I think they're going to be a little bit more aggressive.
09:42 >> I think they're going to be a little bit more aggressive.
09:43 >> I think they're going to be a little bit more aggressive.
09:44 >> I think they're going to be a little bit more aggressive.
09:45 >> I think they're going to be a little bit more aggressive.
09:46 >> I think they're going to be a little bit more aggressive.
10:10 >> I think they're going to be a little bit more aggressive.
10:36 >> I think they're going to be a little bit more aggressive.
10:43 >> I think they're going to be a little bit more aggressive.
10:52 >> I think they're going to be a little bit more aggressive.
10:59 >> I think they're going to be a little bit more aggressive.
11:00 >> I think they're going to be a little bit more aggressive.
11:01 >> I think they're going to be a little bit more aggressive.
11:02 >> I think they're going to be a little bit more aggressive.
11:03 >> I think they're going to be a little bit more aggressive.