Dale Jr Wins Rain Delayed Daytona 500

After a six hour rain delay Dale Earnhardt Jr won the 2014 Daytona 500, the second Daytona 500 victory of his career. During his post race comment he said that this Daytona 500 is just as important if not more because of the journey that he has gone though. Earnhardt Jr's victory last night makes him the first driver elegible for the Chase for the Sprint Cup. The race was rain delayed shortly after 2pm with just over 35 laps completed. The race returned to green flag racing around 8:45pm. Following the rain delay there was a very long strech of green flag racing. As always once the end of the race neared the carnage of restrictor plate racing was evident. Accidents involved Danica Patrick, Kyle Larson, Austin Dillon, Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards, Michael Waltrip among others. This was the 8th Daytona 500 victory for car owner Rick Hendrick.