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2016 Daytona 500 results: Denny Hamlin win in photo finish

Sprint Unlimited winner Denny Hamlin delivered a second time, this time in Sunday's Daytona 500 champion. He beat Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Martin Truex Jr. by 0.011 seconds after a last-lap pass around Matt Kenseth.

A crash involving Danica Patrick and Greg Biffle reset the field with 12 laps to go as Kenseth led Hamlin and Truex around the 2.5-mile restrictor-plate track. Kenseth, who like Truex started at the rear with a backup car, got loose in Turn 3, leaving Hamlin and Truex to race for the win.

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It was the closest finish in 58 runnings of the Daytona 500 and the first for Toyota and Hamlin, who is just two months removed from ACL surgery.