Jimmie Johnson Wins 55th Daytona 500: Full Results, Analysis

Jimmie Johnson and the No. 48 car won the 2013 Daytona 500 after leading 17 laps Sunday, including the most important of them all. It was his second career win at Daytona. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. finished in second, Mark Martin finished in third place, Brad Keselowski came in fourth and Ryan Newman rounded out the top five.Danica Patrick ended up in eighth place, the highest finishing spot for any female driver in the event’s history, and led five laps to cap off a very successful event for the second-year star.Sunday’s race day started off with a spectacular pre-show featuring a performance from the Zac Brown Band. At the start of the race, James Franco gave the command for "Drivers and Danica" to start their engines...

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