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Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series


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The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series saw NASCAR's 2017 race enhancements in action in Sunday's Daytona  500, with Kevin Harvick winning Stage 2.

The Stewart-Haas Racing driver was ahead at the end of the 120-lap mark in his No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford and as a result, earned 10 race points and one playoff point for the 10-race championship run. led Stage 1 (ahead at the Lap 60 mark) and also received 10 race points and one playoff point prior to his early departure for a Lap 104 wreck. The top 10 drivers also earned points after Stages 1 and 2, as distributed in the tables below.


The race winner will receive 40 points and five bonus playoff points. The top 10 finishers will also earn race points.

Stage 1 results
Finish Driver Team Race points
1. Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing 10
2. Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing 9
3. Ryan Blaney Wood Brothers Racing 8
4. Brad Keselowski Team Penske 7
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports 6
6. Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing 5
7. Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing 4
8. Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing 3
9. Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports 2
10. Danica Patrick Stewart-Haas Racing 1
Stage 2 results
Finish Driver Team Race points
1. Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing 10
2. Joey Logano Team Penske 9
3. Kurt Busch Stewart-Haas Racing 8
4. Brad Keselowski Team Penske 7
5. Danica Patrick Stewart-Haas Racing 6
6. AJ Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing 5
7. Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing 4
8. Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing 3
9. Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing 2
10. Ryan Blaney Wood Brothers Racing 1