DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — One by one they fell by the wayside. Both were involved in crashes and Blaney finished six laps down, but it wasn’t that simple. In the end, Truex finished eighth, but Blaney claimed 15th and the final playoff spot by a mere three points over Truex. “It definitely didn’t start out very good,” Blaney said. “We just had too much damage at the end,” Truex said. “We had a good spot on the restart and we got a good restart. It’s easy to kind of get down on it and you just try to stay positive. We fought so hard to put ourselves in position to have a shot at making the playoffs.

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