DAYTONA BEACH, Fla -- Jimmie Johnson dominated the second Budweiser Duel qualifying race at Daytona for the win while Danica Patrick raced her way in to the Daytona 500 after being caught up in a crash.
Patrick was crashed after she and Denny Hamlin were in close proximity on the track. Patrick thought she was hit by Hamlin while Hamlin contended on his radio that he didn't make contact.
Her car went spinning and collected Brian Scott and Bobby Labonte in the crash. However, the damage that Patrick's car sustained was relatively minimal and after some work by her crew, she was back on the track for the green-white-checker finish.
After restarting in 18th and outside the top 16 cutoff point to automatically qualify for the 500, Patrick got a push from teammate Kurt Busch on the outside lane on the final lap and ended up 10th. She'll start 20th on Sunday.
"Kurt my teammate was great help at the end," Patrick said. "But the incident with Denny, I'm all about learning and doing the right thing… he says he needs to move close to move around, … you're turning me, and it happened in practice too."
Johnson started first in the Duel and never left the front of the field throughout the race. His dominance was reminiscent of the speed his Hendrick teammates showed in the first Duel. Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the race while Jeff Gordon was second and Kasey Kahne finished seventh.
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