Lap 33 — It’s now the first six cars in single file — Denny Hamlin, Paul Menard, Regan Smith, Joey Logano, Jeff Burton and Marcos Ambrose.
Lap 32 — According to Fox’s broadcast, the last 10 Daytona 500s have had 10 different winners.
Lap 28 — Trevor Bayne is about to return from the garage. He’s currently shown in 39th place, 25 laps down.
Lap 26 — It appears that the frontrunners are content to log some laps for the time being.
Lap 25 — The top seven are Denny Hamlin, Paul Menard, Regan Smith, Joey Logano, Jeff Burton, Marcos Ambrose and Martin Truex Jr.
Lap 23 — Greg Biffle and Martin Truex Jr. are back running neck and neck in their battle for seventh place.
Lap 21 — Martin Truex Jr. and Greg Biffle were the first cars side by side, but Truex clears going into Turn 1.
Mikey ‘splainin’ how the drivers are learning how to race these cars as configured at this track.. they’re now giving each other room and biding time and not pushing.. but that time will come