"Not in my wildest dreams did I think we could come here and win this race."Those are the words of a Daytona 500 champion in victory lane. No, not Jeff Gordon, a three-time winner of "The Great American Race." Nor do they belong to Jimmie Johnson, who won the event back in 2006.That phrase doesn't belong to a driver who will be appearing on any who's who of NASCAR lists anytime soon.On the final lap of the 1990 Daytona 500, Derrike Cope, then 0-71 in his NASCAR career, found himself sitting in second place in the running order. In front of him was Dale Earnhardt, the Intimidator, who had dominated the afternoon by leading 155 of 199 laps to that point.Cope was essentially racing for second place. At least until the leaders entered Turn 3.E...

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"Not in my wildest dreams did I think we could come here and win this race."Those are the words of a Daytona 500 champion in victory lane. No, not Jeff Gordon, a three-time winner of "The Great American Race." Nor do they belong to Jimmie Johnson, who won the event back in 2006.That phrase doesn't belong to a driver who will be appearing on any who's who of NASCAR lists anytime soon.On the final lap of the 1990 Daytona 500, Derrike Cope, then 0-71 in his NASCAR career, found himself sitting in second place in the running order. In front of him was Dale Earnhardt, the Intimidator, who had dominated the afternoon by leading 155 of 199 laps to that point.Cope was essentially racing for second place. At least until the leaders entered Turn 3.E...

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