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Strange Daytona 500 win for Matt Kenseth

Patient Kenseth went extra miles

By Michael Vega

 |  Globe Staff  

  February 29, 2012

The first time around, he didn’t have to go quite the distance. But the second time around? Matt Kenseth went the distance - and then some - to win the 54th running of the Daytona 500 early Tuesday morning in a green-white-checkered finish at 12:55 a.m. over runner-up Dale Earnhardt Jr.

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