{"id":37138,"date":"2017-02-27T11:34:36","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T19:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=37138"},"modified":"2017-02-27T11:34:36","modified_gmt":"2017-02-27T19:34:36","slug":"ryan-reed-wins-accident-strewn-powershares-qqq-300","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/ryan-reed-wins-accident-strewn-powershares-qqq-300\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Reed Wins Accident-Strewn Powershares QQQ 300"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ryan Reed and Brandon Jones lead a pack of cars. (Photo by Jerry Markland\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ryan Reed won the wrecked-fill Powershares QQQ 300 at Daytona International Speedway in NASCAR Overtime, having to come back from an earlier spin to rally his Lilly Diabetes Roush\/Fenway Ford team and returning to victory lane after winning this NASCAR Xfinity series race in 2015.<\/p>\n

The race\u2019s demeanor from the start showed that aggressive driving was going to be theme of the day; after 10 caution flags for 42 laps, there were hardly any cars left that weren\u2019t involved in some sort of accident, giving fans 23 different lead changes.<\/p>\n

With the race going four laps past its scheduled distance of 120 laps, and with the series running NASCAR’s new three-stage event format for the first time, Reed blocked Kahne in Turn 2 on the first of two overtime laps and stalled his momentum to claim only his second Xfinity victory.<\/p>\n

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Ryan Reed celebrates in Victory Lane. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“I’m just so excited,” Reed said in Victory Lane. \u00a0“I knew if I could run two perfect laps (in overtime) with however many blocks I had to do in those two laps, I’d be standing here.\u00a0 The next thing I know, we were up inside the top three and took the lead like we were shot out of a cannon.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter that I knew how strong our race car was, and so it was up to me to get it out front, and if I get it out front, do whatever I have to do to keep it there.\u00a0 You don’t get race cars like that very often, and when you do, you really have to try to capitalize. \u00a0Persevered through a lot of adversity today, but I felt like this race team has done that a lot over the last couple of years.\u00a0 We just really never gave up, and I try to emulate that in many areas of my life, whether it’s diabetes or driving race cars or anything else.\u00a0 It really seems to pay off; so glad to be back here.\u201d<\/p>\n

The one Xfinity driver who seemed to be in control at the head of the pack was Elliott Sadler, leading for 40 laps and winning the first two segments.\u00a0 It was the ninth caution period on lap 104 that stole his lead in a bump draft move by Austin Dillon, sending Sadler into the outside wall along with 16 additional cars in the second big one at Daytona.<\/p>\n

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Matt Tifft and Brandon Hightower are involved in an on-track incident. (Photo by Chris Graythen\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe did get the two playoff points for the stage races that go to our championship,\u201d said Elliott, who ended up 24th<\/sup> in the rundown.\u00a0 \u201cIt was so much fun to run up front like we did.\u00a0 I know it was nothing intentional and we were just bump drafting, trying to get all you can get out of it.\u00a0 I got caught a little wrong and wrecked and couldn\u2019t hold on to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before the race reached the end of the 30-lap first stage, the event had been red-flagged twice for a pair of massive wrecks that eliminated more than a handful of drivers expected to contend for the series championship.<\/p>\n

Ryan Reed was tossed around three times in accidents but managed to survive to be up front at the right time, holding off Kasey Kahne, Austin Dillon, Brad Keselowski and Brendan Gaughan in fifth.<\/p>\n

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The field takes the Green Flag to start the the NASCAR XFINITY Series PowerShares QQQ 300. (Photo by Brian Lawdermilk\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Reed leaves Daytona with a nine-point lead over second-place Gaughan, with Sadler 14 back in the NASCAR Xfinity series points standings.<\/p>\n

The Xfinity tour heads north to Atlanta Motor Speedway for the running of the Rinnai 250 on Saturday, March 4 at 1:30 p.m. at FS1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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