DAYTONA BEACH股票配资程序, Fla. (AP) Joey Logano won the first Daytona 500 qualifying race Thursday night under caution when a crash in overtime cost Corey LaJoie a spot in The Great American Race and gave Casey Mears a coveted spot in NASCARs opener.
Logano in a Ford for Team Penske had control of the race when a caution for a five-car accident with four laps remaining brought out the caution. Austin Dillon got too big of a push from Chris Buescher and it caused him to run into Bubba Wallace and spin Wallace in an incident that sent the race into overtime at Daytona International Speedway.
Logano had the lead on the restart for the two-lap sprint to the finish with LaJoie in position to claim the one open spot in the 41-car field. But LaJoie was spun on the final lap and Mears missed hitting him by mere inches.
By ducking through, Mears beat out LaJoie and Chandler Smith for the transfer spot from the first 150-mile qualifying race. Mears recovered to make the Daytona 500 from an earlier incident on pit road.
I just know that we made it, the car is damaged, but we got it in, Mears said. I cant believe we are here based on our night and the way that it went. I didnt know who was in and whether or not we made it and then the guys started going nuts on the radio.
Mears is driving for Garage 66, a team owned by former driver Carl Long with just 10 employees in Daytona. Hes in pursuit of making 500 career Cup Series starts and received financial assistance from former NASCAR team owner Bob Germain to enter Daytona.
Mears, a veteran who last competed full-time in 2016, will make his 495th start Sunday.
Everything was completely stacked against us, Mears said. I cant believe were here. It feels good to be here.
He said hes targeting superspeedways and road courses for the five starts he needs to hit 500 this season.
Logano, a three-time Cup champion, won the qualifier for the fourth time in his career. He won the Daytona 500 in 2015.
I do think we have a strong race car, obviously a fast race car, we proved that, Logano said.
Ryan Blaney, teammates with Logano at Penske, finished second. Dillon was third.
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AP auto racing:
美联社佛罗里达州代托纳比奇电——乔伊·洛加诺在周四晚举行的首场戴托纳500排位赛中，因加时赛阶段发生撞车事故，导致科里·拉乔伊痛失“美国伟大赛车”参赛资格，而凯西·米尔斯则因此获得NASCAR赛季揭幕战的宝贵席位。比赛最终在黄旗警示状态下结束。
彭斯克车队的福特赛车手洛加诺（Logano）在比赛还剩4圈时本已掌控局面，却因一起五车相撞事故触发黄旗。奥斯汀·狄龙（Austin Dillon）在克里斯·布舍尔（Chris Buescher）的过度助推下失控，撞上巴巴·华莱士（Bubba Wallace）并致其打转，这一意外使戴通纳国际赛道的比赛被迫进入加时赛。
在最后两圈的冲刺重启时，洛加诺（Logano）处于领先位置，而拉乔伊（LaJoie）则有望在41辆赛车的阵容中占据最后一个空缺席位。然而，拉乔伊在最后一圈被撞失控旋转，米尔斯（Mears）仅以几英寸之差险些与他发生碰撞。
梅尔斯（Mears）在首场150英里资格赛中成功突围，击败拉乔伊（LaJoie）和钱德勒·史密斯（Chandler Smith），夺得晋级名额。尽管此前在维修区发生事故，他仍及时调整状态，成功获得参加戴通纳500大赛的资格。
“我只知道我们成功了，虽然赛车受损，但还是完成了比赛，”米尔斯说道。“真不敢相信经历了这样的夜晚和比赛过程后，我们还能站在这里。当时我根本不知道谁晋级了，也不确定我们是否成功，直到无线电里传来队友们的疯狂欢呼。”
米尔斯目前效力于由前车手卡尔·龙创立的Garage 66车队，这支位于代托纳的团队仅有10名员工。他正致力于实现职业生涯500次杯系列赛参赛的目标，并获得了前纳斯卡车队老板鲍勃·杰曼的资助，得以参加代托纳站的比赛。
老将米尔斯（Mears）自2016年后首次以全职选手身份复出，将于周日迎来其职业生涯第495场比赛。
"当时所有情况都对我们极为不利，" 米尔斯说道，"真不敢相信我们能走到这一步。现在站在这里感觉太棒了。"
他表示，本赛季需要完成五场比赛以达到500场里程碑，为此他将主攻超级赛道和公路赛道。
三度问鼎杯赛冠军的洛加诺（Logano）在其职业生涯中第四次赢得资格赛。他曾在2015年夺得戴托纳500大赛冠军。
“我确实认为我们拥有一辆性能强劲的赛车，显然速度很快，这一点我们已经证明了。”洛加诺说道。
彭斯克车队与洛加诺搭档的瑞安·布莱尼获得第二名，狄龙位居第三。
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