NASCAR at Daytona 2016 Results: Winner, Standings, Highlights and Reaction

Brad Keselowski fought off numerous restarts and narrowly edged out Kyle Busch to hold on and win the 2016 Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Raceway in Daytona Beach, Florida, on Saturday.

A wreck on Lap 155 meant the race needed overtime to decide a winner. NASCAR highlighted Keselowski's excellent pass of Busch on the inside to ensure he'd be in first place heading into the final caution:

On the final lap, Keselowski not only had to fend off Kyle Busch on the outside but also Kurt Busch on the inside. The elder Busch brother spun out shortly before crossing the finish line, which all but sealed the victory for the No. 2 car.

NASCAR on NBC shared a replay of the final lap:

Kyle Busch came in 0.159 seconds behind Keselowski:

Pos.	Driver	Time Behind (Seconds)	Laps Led
1	Brad Keselowski	----	115
2	Kyle Busch	0.159	16
3	Trevor Bayne	0.266	0
4	Joey Logano	0.298	6
5	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	0.432	0
6	Kyle Larson	0.439	0
7	Austin Dillon	0.503	0
8	Greg Biffle	0.576	2
9	Clint Bowyer	0.597	1
10	Michael McDowell	0.602	0

The victory was big for Keselowski since it moved him ahead of Kyle Busch in the Chase for the Sprint Cup standings:

Position	Driver	Points	Wins
1	Brad Keselowski	550	3
2	Kyle Busch	492	3
3	Carl Edwards	527	2
4	Jimmie Johnson	475	2
5	Kevin Harvick	565	1
6	Kurt Busch	545	1
7	Joey Logano	531	1
8	Martin Truex Jr.	482	1
9	Denny Hamlin	446	1
10	Matt Kenseth	443	1
11	Tony Stewart	212	1
12	Chase Elliott	482	0
13	Austin Dillon	434	0
14	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	433	0
15	Ryan Newman	425	0
16	Ryan Blaney	409	0

Following an uneventful first half of the race, 22 cars—55 percent of the field—were involved in a wreck on the 90th lap. Jamie McMurray spun into the outfield wall, and the No. 1 car set off a massive chain reaction.

NASCAR on NBC shared a replay of the crash:

McMurray's car—or what was left of it—took heavy damage, per Motorsports Talk's Dustin Long:

The accident also took Jimmie Johnson out of the race. He told his team the No. 48 car was "destroyed," per Team Lowe's Racing.

Texas Motor Speedway didn't think Johnson would be particularly happy with McMurray for ending his night early:

Dale Earnhardt Jr. was also disappointed with how his car performed leading up to the wreck:

Despite much of the field either falling off the lead lap or leaving the race altogether, enough drivers remained to provide an entertaining finish.

By the time the race had restarted on Lap 101, only 23 cars were running on the lead lap. Joey Logano was the first off pit road on the restart to grab the lead. Keselowski grabbed first place off Logano on Lap 105, and aside from a brief spell by Kyle Busch, he kept his challengers at arm's length.

The compact nature of the race meant Keselowski had to close down every angle to keep his hold on the top spot. He put on a great display of defensive driving, as he didn't give Logano, Kurt Busch or Kyle Busch a chance to pass him in the final stages of the race.

ESPN The Magazine's Ryan McGee thought the result bolstered Keselowski's reputation on superspeedways:

The Sprint Cup Series will head to Sparta, Kentucky, on July 9 for the Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway.

Although it's too early to begin panicking for the drivers outside the top 16, only nine more races remain until the Chase's round of 16 gets underway Sept. 18, so those who have yet to win in 2016 are running out of time to guarantee themselves a berth in the Chase.

Post-Race Reaction

Keselowski shared his thoughts after the race, per NASCAR on NBC:

Rather than being disappointed with his fourth-place finish, Logano was happy to help his teammate cross the finish line.

"I was able to get Brad a good push to clear and get a Penske car to Victory Lane, which is really cool," he said, per the Tampa Bay Times. "The [No. 2] was the fastest car, and he deserved to win the race."

Kurt Busch, however, didn't take kindly to Logano's tactics late in the race, which led to his wreck on the final lap per Sporting News' Rea White:

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We positioned ourselves to be the car to get a good run off the bottom. It just didn't work out with [Logano] trying to drive straight through us. And it would have worked out better if he would have pushed us. We could have had a shot at the No. 2. And with just the way that it turned out, I feel disappointed that I didn't get the win for [crew chief Tony Gibson] and all these guys that work for our team. We did everything right tonight except cross the line where we were supposed to.

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McMurray provided an explanation for what might have caused the 22-car pileup midway through the race.

"I think somebody might have gotten into my left rear," he said, per Fox Sports.com's Tom Jensen. "I don't know if that cut the tire down or what but after I felt that happen, I just didn't have any control any more. It seemed like a tire maybe went down and it actually felt like I hit oil."