>> i think it was denny hamlin! >> right now, on fox 35 news at 5:00... >> whatpm a finish it was, to the dave datona 500, denny hamlin celebrating, by a 100th of a second. the closest datona 500 finish ever! winning the datona 500, it was a picture-perfect day out here. for the datona 500. the weather was absolutely perfect. of course, this was the debut of the new daytona international speedway. and we saw every seat in the speedway filled. accidents, until the end and i would say we more than made up that with that. team coverage ahead in the next hour, and adam is live in victory lane, and, holly briscoe will talk to the fans and david martin on celebrity watch as well. what a day it was, let's show you the photo finish. watching with fans here in the infield they weren't sure who won and we watched the final lap play out and saw the finish and they had to wait a second before they actually decided it was indeed denny hamlin with a strong day, led most of the race but did not know until the final second and look

also an update on the 11 of denny hamlin. mike wheeler told him as soon as the caution came out, save, save, save, save, save. they feel they've got one shot here in overtime. >> man. >> mike wheeler. he's got to be chewing his fingernails off. >> you can save all you want but the bank's not paying a lot of >> no, but i believe the number of cautions we've had, even with the overtime, i still believe they're in pretty good shape. but how about this. the first race of 2016, we'll have an overtime. >> that's right. >> we're going to check out this new procedure that we have, that nascar's implemented with the nascar overtime. i would say that, yeah, he can handle maybe one overtime. i'm not -- i don't know if he can handle a lot of overtime. >> i think we're pretty optimistic we're going to have any cars left to do overtime. >> let's check with vince. >> jeff gordon described it as bumper cars, kyle. not much lace for you to go. >> no, i seen the 19 and the 2 really fighting for a spot. for my vantage point that's all i could s

also an update on the 11 of denny hamlin. mike wheeler told him as soon as the caution came out, save, save, save, save, save. they feel they've got one shot here in overtime. >> man. >> mike wheeler. he's got to be chewing his fingernails off. >> you can save all you want but the bank's not paying a lot of interest. >> no, but i believe the number of cautions we've had, even with the overtime, i still believe they're in pretty good shape. but how about this. the first race of 2016, we'll have an overtime. >> that's right. >> we're going to check out this new procedure that we have, that nascar's implemented with the nascar overtime. i would say that, yeah, he can handle maybe one overtime. i'm not -- i don't know if he can handle a lot of overtime. >> i think we're pretty optimistic we're going to have any cars left to do overtime. >> let's check with vince. >> jeff gordon described it as bumper cars, kyle. what'd you see out there? not much lace for you to go. really fighting for a spot. for my vantage point that's all i co

also an update on the 11 of denny hamlin. mike wheeler told him as soon as the caution came out, save, save, save, save, save. they feel they've got one shot here in overtime. >> man. >> mike wheeler. he's got to be chewing his fingernails off. >> you can save all you want but the bank's not paying a lot of interest. >> no, but i believe the number of cautions we've had, even with they're in pretty good shape. but how about this. the first race of 2016, we'll >> that's right. >> we're going to check out this new procedure that we have, that nascar's implemented with the nascar overtime. i would say that, yeah, he can handle maybe one overtime. i'm not -- i don't know if he can handle a lot of overtime. >> i think we're pretty optimistic we're going to have any cars left to do overtime. >> let's check with vince. >> jeff gordon described it as bumper cars, kyle. what'd you see out there? not much lace for you to go. >> no, i seen the 19 and the 2 really fighting for a spot. for my vantage point that's all i could see. i could

also an update on the 11 of denny hamlin. mike wheeler told him as soon as the caution came out, save, save, save, save, save. here in overtime. >> man. >> mike wheeler. he's got to be chewing his fingernails off. >> you can save all you want but the bank's not paying a lot of interest. >> no, but i believe the number of cautions we've had, even with the overtime, i still believe they're in pretty good shape. but how about this. the first race of 2016, we'll have an overtime. >> that's right. >> we're going to check out this new procedure that we have, that nascar's implemented with the nascar overtime. i would say that, yeah, he can handle maybe one overtime. i'm not -- i don't know if he can handle a lot of overtime. >> i think we're pretty optimistic we're going to have any cars left to do overtime. >> let's check with vince. >> jeff gordon described it as bumper cars, kyle. what'd you see out there? not much lace for you to go. >> no, i seen the 19 and the 2 really fighting for a spot. for my vantage point that's all i co

also an update on the 11 of denny hamlin. mike wheeler told him as soon as the caution came out, save, save, save, save, save. they feel they've got one shot here in overtime. >> man. >> mike wheeler. he's got to be chewing his fingernails off. >> you can save all you want but the bank's not paying a lot of interest. >> no, but i believe the number of cautions we've had, even with the overtime, i still believe they're in pretty good shape. but how about this. the first race of 2016, we'll have an overtime. >> that's right. >> we're going to check out this new procedure that we have, that nascar's implemented with the nascar overtime. i would say that, yeah, he can handle maybe one overtime. i'm not -- i don't know if he can handle a lot of overtime. >> i think we're pretty optimistic we're going to have any cars left to do overtime. >> let's check with vince. >> jeff gordon described it as bumper cars, kyle. what'd you see out there? not much lace for you to go. >> no, i seen the 19 and the 2 really fighting for a spot. i cou

also an update on the 11 of denny hamlin. mike wheeler told him as soon as the caution came out, save, save, save, save, save. they feel they've got one shot here in overtime. >> man. >> mike wheeler. he's got to be chewing his fingernails off. >> you can save all you want but the bank's not paying a lot of interest. of cautions we've had, even with the overtime, i still believe they're in pretty good shape. but how about this. the first race of 2016, we'll have an overtime. >> that's right. >> we're going to check out this new procedure that we have, that nascar's implemented with the nascar overtime. i would say that, yeah, he can handle maybe one overtime. i'm not -- i don't know if he can handle a lot of overtime. >> i think we're pretty optimistic we're going to have any cars left to do overtime. >> let's check with vince. >> jeff gordon described it as bumper cars, kyle. what'd you see out there? not much lace for you to go. >> no, i seen the 19 and the 2 really fighting for a spot. for my vantage point that's all i cou

closest finish, denny hamlin wins the 500 mile race by four inches. hamlin racing in the 500 for the 11th time in his career. there were other contenders 20-year-old chase elliott out of the race on lap 20 the slick conditions got dale earnhardt, junior 's race ended with 30 laps to go danica patrick catching air with 15 laps to go. she would not finish the race, either. they do not come close to the final stretch of that final lap. >> here they come to the line. side by side, bouncing off of each other. >> i think it was denny hamlin. >> anchor: they got it right, denny hamlin beating martin to rex, junior to make daytona 500 history hamlin the final lap and 4 place it is his first daytona 500 win in the first win for a toyota. sports director david pingalore daytona 500 champion. >> reporter: what an unbelievable finish. show and tell that is four inches right there. that is how close it was on the start finish line right over there. four inches owing like 200 miles per hour. right after he did all of his media i was able to catch up with denny haml

@denny hamlin. @the new daytona 500 and speed @week begins and ends with ham @week begins and ends with @hamlin. @a week ago and it also ends this @one a much sweeter win for denny @hamlin today. @one of the things that hamlin @said going on the last lap. @says that joe gibbs that haven't @would daytona 500, didn't want @to recognize his teammates kyle @busch and that was in his head @as he made it last lap move. @>> i knew that we -- i was going @to have a decision to make. @i had such a huge run coming on @that, that -- hi to be selfless @-- selfish and try to go a @victory but the last thing i @of us and somebody else win the @race. @luckily matt gave us the room @when we did get inside, and you @know roar it all worked out, but @know roar it all worked out, @but, wow, -- still the last lap @happened so fast. @i want to relive it and rewatch @it to figure out what in the @heck i really did. @>> reporter: that track @president joey chitwith said @this was the closest finish in @daytona 500. @he ed

also an update on the 11 of denny hamlin. mike wheeler told him as soon as the caution came out, save, save, save, save, save. they feel they've got one shot here in overtime. >> man. he's got to be chewing his fingernails off. >> you can save all you want but the bank's not paying a lot of interest. >> no, but i believe the number of cautions we've had, even with the overtime, i still believe they're in pretty good shape. but how about this. the first race of 2016, we'll have an overtime. >> that's right. >> we're going to check out this new procedure that we have, that nascar's implemented with the nascar overtime. i would say that, yeah, he can handle maybe one overtime. i'm not -- i don't know if he can handle a lot of overtime. >> i think we're pretty optimistic we're going to have any cars left to do overtime. >> let's check with vince. >> jeff gordon described it as bumper cars, kyle. what'd you see out there? not much lace for you to go. >> no, i seen the 19 and the 2 really fighting for a spot. for my vantage point t

also an update on the 11 of denny hamlin. mike wheeler told him as soon as the caution came out, save, save, save, save, save. they feel they've got one shot here in overtime. >> man. >> mike wheeler. he's got to be chewing his fingernails off. >> you can save all you want but the bank's not paying a lot of interest. of cautions we've had, even with the overtime, i still believe they're in pretty good shape. but how about this. the first race of 2016, we'll have an overtime. >> that's right. >> we're going to check out this new procedure that we have, that nascar's implemented with the nascar overtime. i would say that, yeah, he can handle maybe one overtime. i'm not -- i don't know if he can handle a lot of overtime. >> i think we're pretty optimistic we're going to have any cars left to do overtime. >> let's check with vince. >> jeff gordon described it as bumper cars, kyle. what'd you see out there? not much lace for you to go. >> no, i seen the 19 and the 2 really fighting for a spot. for my vantage point that's all i cou

hamlin needs a little help. exhausting after 500 miles. dominant miles by denny hamlin. we welcome you back inside our studio track side and join a terrific day at the daytona 500. michael waltrip finished 29th. let's see what denney did. truex, harvick, kenseth could >> harvick had a big decision. it wouldn't have worked out for any of them if he had trie to pass denny. he tried to bang into the back of it. thought that was his best chance to win. chris, watch. bam. look at the momentum it gives the 11 car. he shoots away from harvick. just does an amazing job. don't think you can whip these things to the left at 200 miles an hour like that and squeeze into a hole like that. it's so tough. denny did an amazing job. >> well, there was the earlier pit stop where kenseth took two tires, hamlin took four. we knew he had a fast car. dale earnhardt jr. in the pre-race, he said, hamlin, that's who i am going to be watching closely. he said his karan bebeer out front. he was able, he talked about his toyota teammates to get to the top. >> i love his passion. i talked abououit i

also an update on the 11 of denny hamlin. mike wheeler told him as soon as the caution came out, save, save, save, save, save. they feel they've got one shot here in overtime. >> man. he's got to be chewing his fingernails off. >> you can save all you want but interest. >> no, but i believe the number of cautions we've had, even with the overtime, i still believe they're in pretty good shape. but how about this. the first race of 2016, we'll have an overtime. >> that's right. >> we're going to check out this new procedure that we have, that nascar's implemented with the nascar overtime. i would say that, yeah, he can handle maybe one overtime. i'm not -- i don't know if he can handle a lot of overtime. >> i think we're pretty optimistic we're going to have any cars left to do overtime. >> let's check with vince. >> jeff gordon described it as bumper cars, kyle. what'd you see out there? not much lace for you to go. >> no, i seen the 19 and the 2 really fighting for a spot. for my vantage point that's all i could see. i could

i think that's what can exactly happen with mike wheeler and denny hamlin. they will be a solid team all season long. here at the start of the 2016 nascar fox season, tonight on fox, late local news, animation, domination, high definition after that. tomorrow, 1:00 eastern, from daytona, we'll be here for a couple hours. michael waltrip will hop in the car and try and set himself up to be in the dual races thursday which you'll see on fs 1. for michael waltrip, chris meyers, welcoming jeff gordon to the nascar fox broadcast team, denny hamlin the fed ex toyota winner, thanks for being a part of nascar on fox. >> sending the boys and girls off. >> boogity boogity boogity! let's go racing, boys! >> oh! >> hard in the wall. >> hamlin. wins the sprint unlimited. without the authorized written consent of nascar broadcasting. nascar would like to thank all of our fans for your support and outside anymore. winds have calmed down with a few exceptions. now the bad news it is still very, very cold outside. actual temperatures are in the teens and single digits across

also an update on the 11 of denny hamlin. mike wheeler told him as soon as the caution came out, save, save, save, save, save. they feel they've got one shot here in n ertime. >> man. >> mike wheeler. he's got to be chewing his fingernails off. >> you can save all you want but the bank's not paying a lot of interest. >> no, but i believe the number of cautions we've had, even with the overtime, i still believe they're in pretty good shape. but how about this. the first race of 2016, we'll have annovertime. >> that's right. >> we're going to check out this new procedure that we have, that nascar's implemented with the nascar overtime. i would say that, yeah, he can i'm not -- i don't know if he can handle a lot of overtime. >> i think we're pretty optimistic we're going to have any cars left to do overtime. >> let's check with vince. >> jeff gordon described it as bumper cars, kyle. what'd you see out there? not much lace for you to go. >> no, i seen the 19 and the 2 really fighting for a spot. for my vantage point that's all

also an update on the 11 of denny hamlin. mike wheeler told him as soon as the caution came out, save, save, save, save, save. they feel they've got one shot here in overtime. >> man. >> mike wheeler. he's got to be interest. >> no, but i believe the number of cautions we've had, even with the overtime, i still believe they're in pretty good shape. but how about this. the first race of 2016, we'll have an overtime. >> that's right. >> we're going to check out this new procedure that we have, that nascar's implemented with the nascar overtime. i would say that, yeah, he can handle maybe one overtime. i'm not -- i don't know if he >> i think we're pretty optimistic we're going to have any cars left to do overtime. >> let's check with vince. >> jeff gordon described it as bumper cars, kyle. what'd you see out there? not much lace for you to go. >> no, i seen the 19 and the 2 really fighting for a spot. for my vantage point that's all i could see. i could tell we were going to wreck. i tried to check up a little bit. then it's on

i think that's what can exactly happen with mike wheeler and denny hamlin. they will be a solid team all season long. >> as they continue to celebrate here at the start of the 2016 fox, late local news, animation, domination, high definition after that. tomorrow, 1:00 eastern, from daytona, we'll be here for a couple hours. michael waltrip will hop in the car and try and set himself up to be inhe dual races thursday which you'll see on fs 1. for michael waltrip, chris meyers, welcoming jeff gordon to the nascar fox broadcast team, denny hamlin the fed ex toyota winner, thanks for being a part of nascar on fox. >> sending the boys and girls off. >> boogity boogity boogity! let's go racing, boys! >> oh! >> hard in the wall. >> hamlin. wins the sprint unlimited. without the authorized written consent of nascar broadcasting. nascar would like to tha all of our fans for your support and we hope you enjoyed today's >>> now on the night team, a nation and morning after the passing of supreme court justice antonin scalia. a look back at his life and legacy. team sev

also an update on the 11 of denny hamlin. mike wheeler told him as soon as the caution came out, save, save, save, save, save. they feel they've got one shot here in overtime. >> man. >> mike wheeler. he's got to be chewing his fingernails off. >> you can save all you want but the bank's not paying a lot of interest. >> no, but i believe the number of cautions we've had, even with the overtime, i still believe they're in pretty good shape. but how about the first race of 2016, we'll have an overtime. >> that's right. >> we're going to check out this new procedure that we have, that nascar's implemented with the nascar overtime. i would say that, yeah, he can handle maybe one overtime. i'm not -- i don't know if he can handle a lot of overtime. >> i think we're pretty optimistic we're going to have any cars left to do overtime. >> let's check with vince. >> jeff gordon described it as bumper cars, kyle. what'd you see out there? not much lace for you to go. >> no, i seen the 19 and the 2 really fighting for a spot. for my vant

also an update on the 11 of denny hamlin. mike wheeler told him as soon as the caution came out, save, save, save, save, save. they feel they've got one shot here in overtime. >> man. >> mike wheeler. fingernails off. >> you can save all you want but the bank's not paying a lot of interest. >> no, but i believe the number of cautions we've had, even with the overtime, i still believe they're in pretty good shape. but how about this. the first race of 2016, we'll >> that's right. >> we're going to check out this nascar's implemented with the nascar overtime. i would say that, yeah, he can handle maybe one overtime. i'm not -- i don't know if he can handle a lot of overtime. >> i think we're pretty optimistic we're going to have any cars left to do overtime. >> let's check with vince. >> jeff gordon described it as bumper cars, kyle. what'd you see out there? not much lace for you to go. >> no, i seen the 19 and the 2 really fighting for a spot. for my vantage point that's all i could see. i could tell we were going to wreck. i

also an update on the 11 of denny hamlin. mike wheeler told him as soon as the caution came out, save, save, save, save, save. they feel they've got one shot here in overtime. >> man. >> mike wheeler. he's got to be chewing his fingernails off. >> you can save all you want but the bank's not paying a lot of interest. >> no, but i believe the number of cautions we've had, even with the overtime, i still believe they're in pretty good shape. but how about this. the first race of 2016, we'll have an overtime. >> that's right. >> we're going to check out this new procedure that we have, that nascar's implemented with the nascar overtime. i would say that, yeah, he can handle maybe one overtime. i'm not -- i don't know if he can handle a lot of overtime. >> i think we're pretty optimistic we're going to have any cars left to do overtime. >> let's check with vince. >> jeff gordon described it as bumper cars, kyle. what'd you see out there? not much lace for you to go. >> no, i seen the 19 and the 2 really fighting for a spot. for m

hamlin by an inch---- darrell waltrip thought it was denny hamlin---and by 1--- 100th of a second---it was---a photo finish---the closes finish in daytona 500 history----and at 35 years old--racing in his 11th 500-----denny hamlin---from chesterfield, just outside of richmond----gets his first 500 win----- "it's the pinnacle of my career for sure. i myself. wish we could have won, obviously, but i guess i"ll have to watch that on my highlight reel for the rest of my career i suppose. today was a great day. we all want to win, this is competition. i'd be lying if i said i didn't want to win. the first ever 500 win for toyota----the reiging finishes third ahead of kevin harvick and carl edwards---- top ten----last year's 500 winner joey logano finishes 6th----followed by karl larson, regan smith---austin dillon at one point fell half a lap behind the whole pack and finishes 9th----while kurt busch gets 10th---what a way to start off the nascar season---it's on to atlanta---one o'clock next sunday-- from daytona to newport news---- i heard this a couple of times this morning-----there wer

denny hamlin, hamlin. a duel between hamlin and truex. it is denny hamlin in a photo finish. the closest finish in the 58 year history. hamlin wins the 500 for the first time, first data 500 win for toyota as well. now to ping. fans got what they came for. >> unbelievable finish. the tape measure, four inches separating trueett's junior. an hour or so ago, he sat right here speaking about his first ever 500 win. >> my eleventh year in the series, that's what makes it so proud, to get the first 500 for toyota, the first daytona 500 in three years, it is jd gibs birthday. everything was just planned perfectly for us to get a victory. >> all right. an xrefs four inches. when you think of toyota, oh, what a feeling, he has a great feeling. denny hamlin in his car, a four inch winner. i'll have much more on this race at 11:00. >> thanks, ping. finishes like that, that's what (scal): good day, m'lady! i am sir-can-a-lot, here to save you from another breakfast bore. wake up those eggs with glorious spam! see what spam can! do... at in 1934, the world didn't need another hamburger.

for denny hamlin, winning the daytona 500 is a milestone in his career. it's such a huge team victory. joe gibbs racing. he sat over here a 3 week ago, and told me all these sidebar races are getting old. let's go win the real one. so, to win it for the boss after 23 years, it's just, there is no better feeling than what i have right now. this is the tenth time 500, and the tenth time was the charm. have a great start to your day. i'm luke 3 3 here is a look at current conditions.. in our next half hour we'll talk more about what to expect in the next 7- 3 3 3 coming up... dancing for clean water. the event that proves your moves, could help 3 it is 5:xx ...hundreds of zumba fans turned out for a fund-raiser in flint, michigan. they danced to the beat, collected bottled water, and water filters. all to help people affected by the city's the zumbathon raised money for the pediatric public health initiative... a joint effort by michigan state university and hurley children's hospital to reduce the impact of lead in the city of flint. 3 3 here is a look at c

and in -- denny hamlin. you can see p denny hamlin -- denny hamlin came in. >> it shoot me forward more than i imagined. i just cut the wheel hard and luckily, we still got to our victory. >> i thought he it. you know, just that last couple of people before the line. denny creeped out on me. i probably should have rubbed him a little harder because i had a foot on him for a long way. >> er hat a victory lane -- here at victory lane, the trophy now belongs to joe gibbs racing and denny hamlin. we'll have much more on the champ coming up at 11. we're beginning to talk to chris archer and wwe fans, this is rare, john stena chimes in on wrestle mania. will he will be? reporting from victory lane, chris fisher 10 sports, wtsp. >> thank you so much. we'll be looking forward to that. >>> going to catch up with chris a little later on tonight at 11:00. but wildfire we go, we want you to check this out. these are our 10 news contest winners enjoying the day at daytona 500. retired arm sergeant david shelton and his wife won two tickets just the by watching 10 news at 11. it pays to watch. >> abs

check out denny hamlin. he makes the move on turn 3. kenneth goes to block. he falls back and would finish 14. no they are race towing finish line and it is danny hamlin by 100th of a second. race. look at that. dn ny hamlin wins the great american race for the first time in his career. now, josh sims was at the race undaytona beach. he joins us live with reaction. josh. >> well, anthony, what can i say? my first tri to the daytona 500 and i got to once history. dn ny hamlin as he just saw, just edging out martin truex jr. at the finish in the closest finish in the history of fit race, denny hamlin entering the big three lane for the first time in the daytona 500 in his career. i mean, in by life, the daytona 500 as a kid, since the pinnacle our support. i am roud to be here. >> this is a total team effort from joe gibbs racing and toyota. fo matter what it takes and essentially was trying to go up there to block to keep them from getting to those guys. he gave me a strong push. i went with it. and we ended up with a victory. >> now ham listen's victory marks

final lap, matt kenseth tries to block denny hamlin. denny hamlin dips inside. somehow edges martin truex junior. denny hamlin goes on to win his first daytona 500 by about 100 100th of a second. >> daytona 500 -- with fedex -- this makes me so proud. to get the very first daytona 500 for toyota. the first daytona 523 years for my boss, joe gibbs. the guy that found me so long ago. everything was just planned perfectly for us to get a victory today. >> you heard him say, first toyota victory in the daytona 500. a couple other fun facts. he led 95 laps in this one. that is officially the closest finish in the daytona 500. >> quite a race. thank you. >>> back here in orlando, basketball falling apart at the wrong time. donnie jones and the n -- to enights lost. you see us playing here. here comes matt williams. a nice fadeaway jumper. a six-point game. next trip down the floor, williams, from deep. cutting the golden hurricane lead, to three. williams had 16 in this one. on the other end -- two minutes ago. giant -- james woodard left all alone. showing off his ra

check out denny hamlin. he makes the move on turn 3. kenneth goes to block. he falls back and would finish 14. they are racing to the finish line and it is danny hamlin by 100th of a second. it is the closest finish in the history of the great american race. look at that. danny hamlin wins the great american race for the first time in his career. in daytona beach. he joins us live with reaction. >> well, anthony, what can i say? my first trip to the daytona 500 and i got to witness history. danny hamlin as he just saw, just edging out martin truex jr. at the finish in the closest finish in the history of the race, denny hamlin entering the big three lane for the first time in the daytona 500 in his career. i mean, in my life, the daytona 500 as a kid, since the pinnacle of our sport. >> this is a total team effort from joe gibbs racing and toyota. you know, those guys. no matter what it takes and essentially was trying to go up there to block to keep them from getting to those guys. he gave me a strong push. i went with it. >> now hamlin's victory marks the f

the racing world belongs to not only denny hamlin, but also joe gibbs racing. this is hamlin's first daytona 500 win and it helps him achieve what he says was a childhood dream... gorgeous day for racing in elliott had all the hype surrounding him after winning the pole and the xfinity series race...but chase's day ends early on lap 18, as he wrecks on the frontstretch...the same happened later with his teammate dale earnhardt junior. then it's all about joe gibbs racing - carl edwards comes back from two early crashes and takes fifth in his run while kyle busch grabs a third place really good racecars. we know how well all of us work together." matt kenseth led the last 40 laps - but the final turn comes second - the closest finish in daytona 500 history. "i didn't know we won. i knew it was close. i saw the pylon change and blink at crazy, excited. i assumed we won when that happened" hamlin is the champion, but doesn't forget to give credit to his team we always say we're about the team. we're also fighting for our sponsors. this is the last lap of the dayto

hamlin by an inch---- darrell waltrip thought it was denny hamlin---and by 1--- 100th of a second---it was---a photo finish---the closes finish in daytona 500 history----and at 35 years old--racing in his 11th 500-----denny hamlin---from chesterfield, just outside of richmond----gets his

denny hamlin and martin truex racing back, and it is denny hamlin that will edge out martin truex junior by a narrow margin. look at this. denny hamlin wins the daytona 500 by about six inches. >> i don't know where that came from. i don't know what happened. i can't figure out what i did. but it all came together and i got the push. this wasn't toyotas sticking together all race. >> i did all i can do. i had a lead build. i felt i started the daytona on the wall and it could've been 20 feet from the line. i should have run him up a little bit more. but i thought we were close enough that i could keep that foot or so. but i couldn't. marc: opening weekend of the college baseball season. maine beat clemson friday. tigers returned the favor on saturday. that means a rubber match on sunday, winner takes the weekend series. maine grabs the early lead. tigers take it away in the bottom of the first. chris williams drives in eli white to give clemson a 2-1 lead. that is williams' first career hit that clemson. same score into the bottom of the 4th. 2 on for chase pinder. he rips the first home

check out denny hamlin. he makes the move on turn 3. kenneth goes to block. he falls back and would finish 14. they are racing to the finish line and it is danny hamlin by 100th of a second. it is the closest finish in the history of the great american race. look at that. danny hamlin wins the great american race for the first time in his career. now, josh sims was at the race in daytona beach. he joins us live with reaction. josh. my first trip to the daytona 500 and i got to witness history. danny hamlin as he just saw, just edging out martin truex jr. at the finish in the closest finish in the history of the race, denny hamlin entering the big three lane for the first time in the daytona 500 in his career. i mean, in my life, the daytona 500 as a kid, since the pinnacle of our sport. i am proud to be here. >> this is a total team effort from joe gibbs racing and toyota. you know, those guys. no matter what it takes and essentially was trying to go up there to block to keep them from getting to those guys. he gave me a strong push. i went with it. and we en

denny hamlin dug it inside and denny hamlin winning by 1100ths of a second. the closest finish ever. >> i went up there to block the fore car and -- when he hit me it just shot me way more forward than i ever would have imagined. the 20 went up high to block us and left the middle open for us. i just cut the wheel hard and luckily we still got a victory. >> i thought i had it. i probably should have tried to rub him a little bit harder. once he -- he just got me bogged down enough and pulled off at the right time. >> [ indiscernible ] with pitchers and catchers today down in port hard slot. the ace ready to build on a break out year. the rays acquired them with the mariners. >> he caught a bunch of high level guys throughout his i think he has four or five years in the big league. it is not really that tough. he is a great receiving catcher. that is why he is here. he also has power as well. behind the plate it is -- usually not an issue for a good catcher >>> let's talk some hoops. five bulls players scoring in double digits. >>> now let's go to the ice. lig

hamlin by an inch---- darrell waltrip thought it was denny hamlin---and by 1--- 100th of a second---it was---a photo finish---the closes history----and at 35 years old--racing in his 11th 500-----denny hamlin---from chesterfield, just outside of richmond----gets his first 500 win----- "i don't know. i don't know where that came from. i don't know what happened. i can't even figure out what i did, but it all just came togehter. i got the push from the 4, but so happy to get this win for joe gibbs racing. the first ever 500 win for toyota----the reiging sprint cup champion kyle busch finishes third ahead of kevin harvick and carl edwards---- top ten----last year's 500 winner joey logano finishes 6th----followed by karl larson, regan smith---austin dillon at one point fell half a lap behind the whole pack and finishes 9th----while kurt busch gets 10th---what a way to start off the nascar season---it's on to atlanta---one o'clock next sunday-- college basketball from last night--- old dominion fell short of a second straight win---- odu---fifth place in conference usa---at marshall----big

denny hamlin wins the great american race. this is the first daytona 500 victory for hamlin and joe gibbs racing. here's the top seven drivers and the points earned for the finish today. hamlin winning the 500 is a milestone in his career. >> you know, toyota, four of the top five. and myself and fed ex and, gosh. tutun four is probably the trickiest part of this racetrack. >> what a finish at the daytona 500. next weekend nascar heads to atlanta motor speedway. >>>the inca wrestling team is having the best weekend ever in school history. jets winning their first ever team state championship this weekend. the first team wrestling state championship from a buncombe county school. the jets beat out north henderson and hickory ridge by three points to claim the title. plus a first state title for a boys team in inca since the 1970 baseball team. congratulations. the carolina day girls basketball team beat davidson day on saturday to win the wildcats sixth consecutive state championship. we'll have their reaction on news 13 at 11:

denny hamlin goes to pass... kenseth.. his teammate.. tries to block him.. but does not. it's hamlin and martin truex junior racing to the end... but hamlin wins with a photo finish. here's a look at the top 10.. joe gibbs racing doing well here..3 drivers in the top 5 with hamlin 1st.. reigning sprint cup champion kyle busch 3rd and carl edwards 5th. busch:"great day for joe gibbs racing, really pumped for joe to get back to victory lane here in the daytona 500. it has been a long time coming and cool to see denny hamlin score that victory...and all of us to run up front like we did." while chase elliotts time in the big leagues today didn't last long.. he made his mark in the xfinity race yesterday. ty dillon was on the pole as the xfinity series opened its season at the "world center of speed".. daytona. -the daytona 500 pole sitter chase elliott leading the pack on the joey logano on his tail.. logano tries to go outside of elliott .. there is contact but elliott holds on for the win.. logano would finish second. virginia tech has four remaining games in the regular s

and the winner is, no surprise here, it's denny hamlin. all he did was win his first daytona 500, the sprint unlimited, and he was fifth in the can-am duel. what a week! that's all for the speedies. we'll see you next year at daytona. >>> the pop singer kesha has dropped a dollar symbol from her name. >> but she is hurting for actual money. we'll tell you who is coming to her financial aid. (donkey sound) (elephant sound) there's a big difference between making noise, (tapping sound) and making sense. (elephant sound) (donkey sound) when it comes to social security, we need more than lip service. our next president needs a real plan to keep social security strong. (elephant noise) hey candidates. enough talk. give us a plan. some people don't like to share their wifi, but at bright house networks, we do. login to one of our hotspots and get your code for free wifi at over 50,000 bright house wifi hotspots. >>> taylor swift is showing she has no bad blood with singer kesha. swift helping the embattled pop star with her huge legal fees. we h

we'll hear from virginia native denny hamlin who is surgery. the sprint cup cars will be on the track in daytona and that includes chesterfield, virginia's denny hamlin who is coming off surgery in the offseason to repair a torn acl. hamlin raced the last 11 events of 2015 with the knee injury he suffered during a pickup basketball game, but his recovery is on track. the number 11 fedex team won twice last season and made the chase but the expectations are much greater gibbs racing, especially since teammate kyle busch won the title. denny hamlin/fedex toyota driver: we had a tough ending to our chase last year obviously, after running what i thought was championship caliber but it was good that we were, as an organization, able to put the pieces together to get a championship. kyle was able to bring it home for us for the first time in ten years or so, so as an organization we're very happy with where we're at and this is a good offseason because you're not wondering what it takes to be succesful. we know what it takes to be succesful and we're just gonna build upon that. justin fuen

the 11th car, denny hamlin splitting kensick and martin truex, jr. at the very last moment denny hamlin takes the checkered flag in a photo finish. wins the first daytona 500 by four inches. one one hundredth of a second. a 50-pound trophy feels heavier than normal. he nearly drop the trophy in victory lane. this crew helps him out. the victory is the first ever by a toyota. by the way eric amarillo finished 12th. >> the biggest win of my career. joe gibbs racing never won. toyota never won it. it could not be more perfect. >>> have to watch that on the highlight real for the rest of my career. >>> you would rather get beat by a few feet rather than four inches. a lot to be proud of. >>> it didn't take long for the first rays injury to occur. injury. doesn't seem to be too bad. week. the mound and getting fundamentals. >>> everybody is excited. you can feel it. we have a staff capable of doing special things if healthy. >>> position players report on thursday. time out. thank you so much for choosing abc action news. >>> the news continues on abcacti

denny hamlin is your "daytona 500" winner. coming up... we have the breakdown of yesterday's big race. toss to kristin breaking news -- troopers are on the and run crash. this is happening in orange county -- at the intersection of americana boulevard trail. troopers tell us-- they have a driver in custody. we have a crew on the way to the scene.. and we will bring you a live report at 5. developing right now-- the brevard county sheriff's office is investigating after 2 people are found dead inside a home. this is happening on "7 indian street" on merritt island... just south of the causeway. this is video from the scene-- where crime scene investigators continue to look for evidence. deputies say-- two people were found dead inside the home last night-- but no other details have been released. right now-- a pond in orange county-- as the search continues for baby willow. orlando police say the newborn was abandoned by her mother last monday. this pond is just east of the "willow bend apartments"-- on silver star road in orlando. that is

denny hamlin pulled over the predicted a win for himself years ago. his mom tweeted this picture of an essay he wrote. imagine an essay that he wrote in elementary school. here he is winning, that's the super close win. there's the essay. what he wants to be when he grows up,: if i won the daytona 500, i would like it to come true on february 19th, 1998. like bill elliotts car. still, he did win the daytona 500, which is a big deal. >>> next on 7 news live at five, a version of softball you've probably never heard of. > snow and slush were flying at a competition in wisconsin this weekend. at a competition in wisconsin this weekend. eric peterson shows us. >> snowmobile softball, basically slow pitch softball, played on a snowmobile. >> there are rules specific to the sport. >> got to keep their sled turned off and the batter stands in the circle. can't start them up until the ball is hit. >>reporter: you have to wear a coat, you have to wear a pair of gloves. >>reporter: the action was intense. like this hard smash. second baseman got a ski on it. th

denny hamlin had just enough to beat martin truex jr. by a mere one-hundreth of a second. it was a moment that hamlin says is certainly a career-defining victory, and one that truex jr. says will unfortunately be hard to forget. denny hamlin: "i've won my fair share of races in the time that i've been doing this, but i hadn't won any big races. i won the southern 500, that was the biggest win of my career, as far as stature is concerned. but i hadn't won a championship, i hadn't won the 500, and i hadn't won the brickyard 400, or the coke 600. so i don't the light at the end of concerned, but i'm in the darkness. i can't see back, and i can't see forward. i feel like i'm right in the middle, and i want to get some of these accomplishments done, because ultimately, you're defined by the big moments." martin truex jr.: "i remember when it happened to mark martin. poor guy, been so close here so many times. they still show the highlight. his picture of that race is in the tunnel when you come in, you know, in turn one. i have a feeling i'm going to have to see that same thing

. >>> wbtv always on your side, in nine minutes before 5:00. >> john: 4:54, accident any denny hamlin the daytona 500 champion. record-breaking for how close it was. joe morano shows us how the race will be one fans will remember a long time. >> denny hamlin has long had success on the sprint cup circuit, now will forever be known as the daytona 500 champion after emerging emerging victorious yesterday in the closest finish ever. best drivers in the world gathered to kick-off the nascar season on gar just day for the running of the 500. chase elliott won the pole in the xfinity series the race before, led for three laps earnhardt jr. the undoing comes 18 laps in as he wrecks on the front stretch and his day comes to an early close. however, also a tough day for dale, jr. a crash on lap 169 knocked him out of the race. dan kay patrick knocked out on lap 183, that allows for the field to bunch up as enormous finish approaches. with 13 laps to go, matt kenseth out in front and he was in front for the final 40 laps until the final turn where he shoots up the track. between hamlin and mart

you know it, john. i hope you watched the races last night. what a great finish. a historic finish. denny hamlin in the house this morning. one on one with me. he's not excited, though, as i am. i'm more excited than he is. i promise you that. >> yeah, he's very, very low key. >> all right. let's talk about what's happening outside this morning. it's going to turn out to a pretty decent day. >> not too bad. looking good. temperatures slowly becoming more in line with the 60s as we come up and out of the 50s in a lot of spots now. you can see some of our coastal areas as high as 68 out at melbourne, compared to 66 at disomy, as low end 60s for our north central florida viewers, good morning to you. and claremont at 62. the general gist has been pretty tranquil, benign weather, not a whole lot going on. we have moments of increasing clouds with an isolated rain risk after about 3, 4, 5:00. not very meaningful, at least at this time. wednesday's rains really pack a punch. the rain increasing, the clouds over the eastern and northeastern gulf of mexico. slowly filtering on in. that's going to

denny hamlin took the win. we are going to break down those final moments with orlando sports columnist-- mike bianci. [[zndrea jackson is live on the scene with more. good morning andrea. developing right now-- brevard county, investogators are now working to figure out how they died. it happened at a house on indian street in merritt island. fox 35's dana jay is live in merritt island with the latest. dana, what do we know right now? health alert-- "orlando international airport" is taking health alert-- "orlando international airport" is taking new steps to make sure you are safe from zika. florida's second busiest airport is distributing educational fliers to travelers. the fliers encourage travelers to bring insect repellent.. and to cover up their skin to prevent mosquito bites. zika is rapidly spreading throughout latin america. there are 26 cases of the mosquito- including orange and osceola counties. the cases.. are travel related. in flagler county-- four people are in jail-- after they started a real

also an update on the 11 of denny hamlin. mike wheeler told him as soon as the caution came out, save, save, save, save, save. they feel they've got one shot here in overtime. >> man. >> mike wheeler. he's got to be chewing his fingernails off. >> you can save all you want but the bank's not paying a lot of interest. >> no, but i believe the number of cautions we've had, even with the overtime, i still believe they're in pretty good shape. but how about this. the first race of 2016, we'll have an overtime. >> that's right. >> we're going to check out this new procedure that we have, that nascar's implemented with the nascar overtime. i would say that, yeah, he can handle maybe one overtime. can handle a lot of overtime. >> i think we're pretty optimistic we're goingre going to have any cars left to do overtime. >> let's check with vince. >> jeff gordon described it as bumper cars, kyle. what'd you see out there? not much lace for you to go. >> no, i seen the 19 and the 2 really fighting for a spot. for my vantage point that's

i think it was denny hamlin. >> hamlin edged truex by less than 4 inches. closest finish ever at daytona. closest win for joe gibbs racing since 1993. >> this is a proud moment for everyone at toyota. fedex, getting the daytona 500. i don't know where that came from. i don't know what happened. i can't even figure out what i did. but it all just came together. >> i did all i thought i could do. i had to leave. i feel like at the start of the daytona on the wall, it could have been 20 feet from the line so congrats to denny. got me by a couple feet. >>> baseball. all fun and game with the giants, or is it games and fun? >> how do you feel going to camp here with [ inaudible ] taking a more permanent role in the bullpen? >> a lot better. [ laughter ] >> no more jeremy affelt, he retired. but look at 47. that's johnny cueto warming up his arm. buster posey in the catcher's grill. position players not with the team yet. bochy did give a sense of what we don't see inside. >> it's kind of our clubhouse. we walk in there now and sometimes you think guys are about

denny hamlin charges high.. .kenseth goes to block and hamlin gets by him.... it's down to hamlin and martin truex.. hamlin edges him at the line... it's the closest finish in the history of the 500 and it goes to denny hamlim who actually led the most laps.... hamlin and toyota get their first daytona 500 victory. the lightning pick a perfect time for their father's trip... it's just the 2nd annual, but after seeing how their boys played this weekend... they just might want to keep them around a little longer.... the lightning trail 1-nothing in teh 2nd period and watch them work the puck.... j.t. brown finds a loose puck in front and he buries.... brown is a great season.. the lightning's traveling dad's club..... they just love it, especially jt's dad. steven stamkos has great vision... he finds ryan callahan and he has time to tee it up and let it fly.... 2-1 bolts.... carolina ulning p time is running out on the pp when tyler johnson gets he's not missing... his 25th goal of the season and it's the game winner. the dads get thier victory. bolts win 4-2 3 s

denny hamlin on the left. martin truex, jr. going for it. >> unbelievable. i think it was denny hamlin. >> hamlin inches truex by less than 4 inches. closest finish ever in the history of daytona. a win for joe gibbs racing since 1993. >> this is a proud moment for everyone at toyota. i don't know where that came from. i don't know what happened. i can't even figure out what i did. it all just came together. >> i did all i thought i could do. i had to leave. feel like at the start of the daytona it could have been 20 feet from the line. congrats to denny. got me by a couple feet. >>> this just in. reportedly the warriors have reached an agreement to add center anderson varejao. this adds depth. insight from yahoo sports' own mark spears with me tonight on game day at 11:30. >>> baseball. the giants. skipper bruce bochy admits he's in form. >> with affelt gone how do you feel going to camp? >> a lot better. no. >> no jeremy affelt. he retired. look at 47. that's johnny cueto warming up his arm. buster posey in a catcher's drill. position players not with the

denny hamlin wins by the narrowest of margins. toy i drivers in this thing. denny hamlin charges high, and kenseth ryes to block him but can't do it and at the wire, it's hamlin that edges him. the closest finish in the history of the 500 and it goes to hamlin and toy i don't toyota who get their first 500 victory. >> no doubt it was the car. he actually pushed me in the 150 as well and i knew his car was really good at doing that, so i mean, as much of a team victory, the 11 car couldn't have done it without the push of kevin har rick. >> harvick. >> you would rather get beat by a few feet than inches but matt moving up to plok that gave us an opportunity to win. i was trying to push matt off of 4, and that was i thought the best student we opportunity we had. >> amazing that matt kenseth goes from first to tenth in less >> stay tuned, craig pnot able to tell with the pbacteria was it could like any pother pneumonia. pwe saw a spike in legionnaire's pdisease. phasn't really been put out to pthe public. pit's not the thing we should pexpect in america. pthe p

but his teammate denny hamlin has a run... he looks high and then cuts underneath him to take the lead... kenseth falls back and we have a drag race between hamlin and martin truex jr... truex noses ahead but at the line its denny hamlin winning by 1 hundreth of a second... take a look at the finish... as hamlin said afterwords it was the best moment of his career. so here is a look a the final speaking of wild finishes the last 15 seconds of regulation between nevada and unlv last night was a wave of emotions before the rebels would go on to win in overtime. game tied at 77... rebel ball... ike nwamu's go ahead shot is no good... lindsey drew pulls down the rebound and he'll give it tom marqueze coleman... coleman will then decide to step into a 25 foot three pointer... and he burries it... nevada leads 80- 77... with less than 2 and half seconds to go... but the wolf pack in foul trouble decides not to pressure the rebels... and patrick mccaw races up the court his own... that sends it to overtime... where the rebels took al