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Hamlin Wins 3rd Daytona 500; Newman Hospitalized

Associated Press

   DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. - Denny Hamlin won his second straight Daytona 500
   and third overall, beating Ryan Blaney in an overtime photo finish
   marred by a terrifying crash that sent Ryan Newman to the hospital on
   Monday.

   Newman had surged into the lead on the final lap when Blaney's bumper
   caught the back of his Ford and sent Newman hard right into the wall.
   His car flipped, rolled, was hit on the driver's side by another car,
   and finally skidded across the finish line engulfed in flames.

   It took several minutes for his car to be rolled back onto its wheels.
   He was placed in a waiting ambulance and taken directly to a hospital.

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