Martin Truex Jr. made a bold move in going into turn three with drafting help from fellow Toyota driver Denny Hamlin to pass leader Greg Biffle to lead the Daytona 500 at the midway point for the second consecutive season.This time around though, Truex and the No. 56 Napa Toyota will get the $200,000 midway payday.This is new to NASCAR this year as they used to give out money at the halfway point in the past. Obviously, it was never this big of a payout.The only drawback for Truex Jr. is that there hasn't been a winner of the Daytona 500 that led at the midway point win the race in over 20 years.Now that the race is official that means we will not see racing after tonight at Daytona until July.Stay tuned for more updates....

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Martin Truex Jr. made a bold move in going into turn three with drafting help from fellow Toyota driver Denny Hamlin to pass leader Greg Biffle to lead the Daytona 500 at the midway point for the second consecutive season.This time around though, Truex and the No. 56 Napa Toyota will get the $200,000 midway payday.This is new to NASCAR this year as they used to give out money at the halfway point in the past. Obviously, it was never this big of a payout.The only drawback for Truex Jr. is that there hasn't been a winner of the Daytona 500 that led at the midway point win the race in over 20 years.Now that the race is official that means we will not see racing after tonight at Daytona until July.Stay tuned for more updates....

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