Earlier today the Gatorade Duels were held at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona, Florida. Each duel included 27 drivers competing in a 60 lap race.

Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe’s Chevrolet, took the victory for the first Gatorade Duel. Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Clint Bowyer, and Regan Smith rounded out the top five.

Michael Waltrip and Jeff Burton weren’t so lucky as neither was able to finish the event, with both drivers involved in accidents during the course of the race. Newcomer, Jeff Fuller, only managed to complete four laps before the engine on his #197 Toyota failed.

The second Gatorade Duel was won by Kasey Kahne – the driver of the #9 Budweiser Ford. Behind him finished Tony Stewart, Juan Montoya, Kurt Busch, and Elliott Sadler for the top five positions. Boris Said was the only competitor that wasn’t able to finish the race, having electrical problems on the third lap.

Results of the 2010 Gatorade Duel #1 at Daytona International Raceway:

Pos  #  Driver                 Make     Laps  Status
 1  48  Jimmie Johnson         Chevrolet  60  Running
 2  29  Kevin Harvick          Chevrolet  60  Running
 3  18  Kyle Busch             Toyota     60  Running
 4  33  Clint Bowyer           Chevrolet  60  Running
 5  78  Regan Smith            Chevrolet  60  Running
 6   1  Jamie McMurray         Chevrolet  60  Running
 7  43  A.J. Allmendinger      Ford       60  Running
 8  39  Ryan Newman            Chevrolet  60  Running
 9   6  David Ragan            Ford       60  Running
10  24  Jeff Gordon            Chevrolet  60  Running
11  16  Greg Biffle            Ford       60  Running
12  11  Denny Hamlin           Toyota     60  Running
13  99  Carl Edwards           Ford       60  Running
14  55  Michael McDowell       Toyota     60  Running
15  13  Max Papis              Toyota     60  Running
16  34  John Andretti          Ford       60  Running
17 127  Todd Bodine            Toyota     60  Running
18  87  Joe Nemechek           Toyota     60  Running
19  37  Travis Kvapil          Ford       60  Running
20  46  Terry Cook (R)         Dodge      60  Running
21   5  Mark Martin            Chevrolet  60  Running
22  21  Bill Elliott           Ford       60  Running
23  38  Robert Richardson Jr.  Ford       60  Running
24 132  Reed Sorenson          Toyota     60  Running
25 151  Michael Waltrip        Toyota     52  Accident
26  31  Jeff Burton            Chevrolet  24  Accident
27 197  Jeff Fuller            Toyota      4  Engine

Results of the 2010 Gatorade Duel #2 at Daytona International Raceway:

Pos  #  Driver              Make     Laps  Status
 1   9  Kasey Kahne         Ford       60  Running
 2  14  Tony Stewart        Chevrolet  60  Running
 3  42  Juan Montoya        Chevrolet  60  Running
 4   2  Kurt Busch          Dodge      60  Running
 5  19  Elliott Sadler      Ford       60  Running
 6  56  Martin Truex Jr.    Toyota     60  Running
 7  20  Joey Logano         Toyota     60  Running
 8  47  Marcos Ambrose      Toyota     60  Running
 9   0  David Reutimann     Toyota     60  Running
10  83  Brian Vickers       Toyota     60  Running
11  17  Matt Kenseth        Ford       60  Running
12  12  Brad Keselowski     Dodge      60  Running
13  36  Mike Bliss          Chevrolet  60  Running
14  82  Scott Speed         Toyota     60  Running
15  98  Paul Menard         Ford       60  Running
16 190  Casey Mears         Chevrolet  60  Running
17  71  Bobby Labonte       Chevrolet  60  Running
18  49  David Gilliland     Toyota     60  Running
19   7  Robby Gordon        Toyota     60  Running
20 175  Derrike Cope        Dodge      60  Running
21  88  Dale Earnhardt Jr.  Chevrolet  60  Running
22   9  Aric Almirola       Chevrolet  60  Running
23  66  Dave Blaney         Toyota     60  Running
24 192  Mike Wallace        Dodge      60  Running
25 157  Norm Benning        Chevrolet  60  Running
26  77  Sam Hornish Jr.     Dodge      58  Running
27  26  Boris Said          Ford        3  Electrical

These events are not scored for points in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship.

The next event on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule is the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 14, 2010.

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