After an unsuccessful attempt to wait out the rain, NASCAR postponed the race until Monday afternoon , which will create a logistical nightmare for crews needing to get across the country before next weekend. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will begin the restart with the lead.
Last year, Denny Hamlin won the Daytona 500. The year before that, Austin Dillon took the crown.
Sporting News is tracking live lap-by-lap updates and highlights from Monday’s rain-delayed Daytona 500. Follow along below for complete results.
Daytona 500 live updates, highlights from 2020 race
7:36 p.m. - Yellow flag is back up, let’s see if we can get this thing finished. Denny Hamlin leads, Chris Buescher in second and Kevin Harvick in third.
7:25 p.m. - Red flag is up after that last wreck. That’ll bring on overtime. Here’s the updated order:
7:19 p.m. - Hamlin passes Newman with two laps to go and then there’s ANOTHER big wreck behind them. Oh boy, here we go again.
7:15 p.m. – Five. More. Laps. Can we make it without another wreck? Ryan Newman still leads.
7:10 p.m. - Another crash, another caution with eight laps to go. Reed Sorenson and Timmy Hill collide. Ryan Newman leads with Joey Logano in second and Denny Hamlin in third.
7:08 p.m. - Green flag is finally back on with 11 laps to go; Ryan Newman leads.
7:02 p.m. - Yellow flag goes up as Kyle Busch has to head to the garage with an engine problem, 13 laps to go. Ryan Newman leads, with Chris Bell in second and Chase Elliott in third.
6:55 p.m. - Cars are finally being started up again as wreckage has been cleared. There were 19 cars taken out in the crash.
6:41 p.m. – HOLY SMOKES!!! Biiiiiig wreck as Keselowski spins out and takes out nearly the entire field behind him. Jimmy Johnson among those involved. Red flag is out with 16 laps to go.
6:39 p.m. - Brad Keselowski takes the lead as Kyle Busch loses power with 19 laps to go. Brad Keselowski takes the lead, Ryan Newman in second.
6:35 p.m. - Lots of jostling after several pit stops leads to Kyle Busch retaking the lead with 25 laps to go. Joey Logano in second, Brad Keselowski in third.
6:31 p.m. - Jimmy Johnson is making his move as he passes Brad Keselowski around the outside and takes the lead as Joey Logano pits, 30 laps to go.
6:26 p.m. - Joey Logano has taken the lead from Brad Keselowski. Aric Almirola in third, Jimmy Johnson in fourth with 35 laps to go.
6:17 p.m. – Brad Keselowski has now taken the lead with 47 laps to go. Kyle Busch and Ryan Blaney jockeying behind him for second.
6:08 p.m . – Kyle Busch has now taken the lead. Denny Hamlin in second, Christopher Bell in third with 59 laps to go.
6:02 p.m. - Oopsie. Chase Elliott lost his fuel can on pit road and hit Martin Truex Jr.
5:55 p.m. – Denny Hamlin wins Stage 2. 70 laps to go.
5:44 p.m. – 13 laps to go in Stage 2 and the top is holding form: Denny Hamlin in first, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in second and Kyle Busch in third.
5:31 p.m. – Ohhhhhhh we’re half way there. 100 laps down, 100 laps to go. Denny Hamlin holds the lead, with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Kyle Busch hot on his heels.
5:17 p.m. - Another caution up after Quin Houff loses control and B.J. McLeod gets caught in the crossfire. Both are knocked out 90 laps in.
5:02 p.m. – After sevral pit stops, Denny Hamlin has taken the early lead in stage two. Martin Truex Jr. in second, Kyle Busch in third after 73 laps.
4:51 p.m. – Chase Elliott still holds the lead at the end of stage one, with Alex Bowman in second and Aric Almirola in third. We’re 65 laps in, 135 to go.
4:41 p.m. – We’ve got our first crash of the day. William Byron goes flying after a bump from Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
4:30 p.m. - Chase Elliott has now taken the lead. Jimmy Johnson in second, Alex Bowman in third, 49 laps down.
4:20 p.m. – A lot of back and forth between Brad Keselowski and Aric Almirola early on, but Keselowski holds the lead after 34 laps.
4:15 p.m. – Last caution lap is complete and the race. Is. On. Only 175 to go.
(All times Eastern. Updates will begin at about 4 p.m.)
4:05 p.m. – Gentlemen, start your engines (again).
3:40 p.m . – Cars going to pit road. Let’s see if they can make it past 20 laps this time around.
The Daytona 500 start time is set for 4 p.m. ET Monday following Sunday’s rain postponement. There will not be extended prerace ceremonies Monday, so expect a prompt wave of the green flag to get the Great American Race under way once and for all.
Last week’s pole qualifying set the front row for the Daytona 500, with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. earning the pole and Alex Bowman recording the second-fastest lap. Thursday night’s Duels set the rest of the field for the Daytona 500 — the results of Duel 1 determined the inside row, and the results of Duel 2 set the outside row.
EDMONTON – The Edmonton Oilers signed defenceman Travis Dermott to a professional tryout on Friday.
Dermott, a 27-year-old from Newmarket, Ont., produced two goals, five assists and 26 penalty minutes in 50 games with the Arizona Coyotes last season.
The six-foot, 202-pound blueliner has also played for the Vancouver Canucks and Toronto Maple Leafs.
Toronto drafted him in the second round, 34th overall, of the 2015 NHL draft.
Over seven NHL seasons, Dermott has 16 goals and 46 assists in 329 games while averaging 16:03 in ice time.
Before the NHL, Dermott played two seasons with Oilers captain Connor McDavid for the Ontario Hockey League’s Erie Otters. The team was coached by current Edmonton head coach Kris Knoblauch.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 13, 2024.
NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Maria Sharapova, a five-time Grand Slam singles champion, led the International Tennis Hall of Fame’s fan vote her first year on the ballot — an important part to possible selection to the hall’s next class.
The organization released the voting results on Friday. American doubles team Bob and Mike Bryan finished second with Canada’s Daniel Nestor third.
The Hall of Fame said tens of thousands of fans from 120 countries cast ballots. Fan voting is one of two steps in the hall’s selection process. The second is an official group of journalists, historians, and Hall of Famers from the sport who vote on the ballot for the hall’s class of 2025.
“I am incredibly grateful to the fans all around the world who supported me during the International Tennis Hall of Fame’s fan votes,” Sharapova said in a statement. “It is a tremendous honor to be considered for the Hall of Fame, and having the fans’ support makes it all the more special.”
Sharapova became the first Russian woman to reach No. 1 in the world. She won Wimbledon in 2004, the U.S. Open in 2006 and the Australian Open in 2008. She also won the French Open twice, in 2012 and 2014.
Sharapova was also part of Russia’s championship Fed Cup team in 2008 and won a silver medal at the London Olympics in 2012.
To make the hall, candidates must receive 75% or higher on combined results of the official voting group and additional percentage from the fan vote. Sharapova will have an additional three percentage points from winning the fan vote.
The Bryans, who won 16 Grand Slam doubles titles, will have two additional percentage points and Nestor, who won eight Grand Slam doubles titles, will get one extra percentage point.
The hall’s next class will be announced late next month.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew as they bicycled on a rural road had a blood-alcohol level of .087, above the .08 legal limit in New Jersey, a prosecutor said Friday.
Gaudreau, 31, and brother Matthew, 29, were killed in Carneys Point, New Jersey, on Aug. 29, the evening before they were set to serve as groomsmen at their sister Katie’s wedding.
The driver, 43-year-old Sean M. Higgins of nearby Woodstown, New Jersey, is charged with two counts of death by auto, along with reckless driving, possession of an open container and consuming alcohol in a motor vehicle. At a virtual court hearing Friday, a judge ordered that he be held for trial after prosecutors described a history of alleged road rage and aggressive driving.
“’You were probably driving like a nut like I always tell you you do. And you don’t listen to me, instead you just yell at me,’” his wife told Higgins when he called her from jail after his arrest, according to First Assistant Prosecutor Jonathan Flynn of Salem County.
The defense described Higgins as a married father and law-abiding citizen before the crash.
“He’s an empathetic individual and he’s a loving father of two daughters,” said defense lawyer Matthew Portella. “He’s a good person and he made a horrible decision that night.”
Higgins told police he had five or six beers that day and admitted to consuming alcohol while driving, according to the criminal complaint. He also failed a field sobriety test, the complaint said. A prosecutor on Friday said he had been drinking at home after finishing a work call at about 3 p.m., and having an upsetting conversation with his mother about a family matter.
He then had a two-hour phone call with a friend while he drove around in his Jeep with an open container, Flynn said. He had been driving aggressively behind a sedan going just above the 50 mph speed limit, sometimes tailgating, the female driver told police.
When she and the vehicle ahead of her slowed down and veered left to go around the cyclists, Higgins sped up and veered right, striking the Gaudreas, the two other drivers told police.
“He indicated he didn’t even see them,” said Superior Court Judge Michael J. Silvanio, who said Higgins’ admitted “impatience” caused two deaths.
Higgins faces up to 20 years, a sentence that the judge said made him a flight risk.
Higgins has a master’s degree, works in finance for an addiction treatment company, and served in combat in Iraq, his lawyers said. However, his wife said he had been drinking regularly since working from home, Flynn said.
Johnny Gaudreau, known as “Johnny Hockey,” played 10 full seasons in the league and was set to enter his third with the Columbus Blue Jackets after signing a seven-year, $68 million deal in 2022. He played his first eight seasons with the Calgary Flames, a tenure that included becoming one of the sport’s top players and a fan favorite across North America.
Widows Meredith and Madeline Gaudreau described their husbands as attached at the hip throughout their lives. Both women are expecting, and both gave moving eulogies at the double funeral on Monday.
