Race Result - 2nd Gatorade 125.

Michael Waltrip won a convincing victory at the second Gatorade qualifier of the day at Daytona.

It was an incident filled race, which provided a sharp contrast to the processional nature of the first qualifying race. Over the 50 laps incidents took out Dave Blaney, Buckshot Jones, Shawna Robinson, Bobby Gerhart, Greg Biffle, Jimmy Spencer, Norm Benning and Robert Pressley. The last car running was Jeff Burton's Taurus in 21st place.

Waltrip had pushed his way to the front by the seventh lap. For 32 laps he battled with Pontiac driver, Tony Stewart, for the lead. Then, on lap 39 Waltrip found Stewart's challenge had evaporated. Stewart had lost the draft and found himself traveling backwards through the field.

Eventually Stewart was to battle his way back up to that second spot, but wasn't to seriously challenge Waltrip again. Waltrip, led for the rest of the race and his win places him forth place on the grid for Sunday's Daytona 500. The rest of the top six was made up with Jerry Nadeau, Kevin Harvick, Bobby Labonte and Robby Gordon.

Incidents included Mike Skinner suffering an ignition box problem early on in the race. Though the problem was soon righted, it had caused Dodge driver Buckshot Jones to hit the brakes to avoid hitting Skinner's slowing Chevy. Jones was then slammed into by the Chevrolet of Kenny Wallace, the incident finishing Jones' race with only 9 laps completed.

Skinner was sent into a spin by the incident. This and his pitting too early and having to start the restart from the back of the lead lap, all contributed to him finishing in tenth place. Jones was not so lucky and was only credited with completing 9 of the 50 laps. The incident had involved eight cars including retiree Shawna Robinson who went out on lap 14.

Also penalized for early pitting was Jimmy Spencer in the Target Dodge. His subsequent battle was to prove worthless as he fell victim of a tyre blowout on lap 28. Seventh place saw Dave Marcis, which means he will race a record 35th Daytona 500. Also into the race, qualifying by virtue of their times are Shawna Robinson, Geoffrey Bodine and Kyle Petty.

1. Michael WaltripNo.15 NAPA ChevroletDale Earnhardt Incorporated50 laps
2. Tony StewartNo.20 Home Depot Pontiac Joe Gibbs Racing50 laps
3. Jerry NadeauNo.25 UAW/Delphi Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports50 laps
4. Kevin HarvickNo.29 Goodwrench Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing50 laps
5. Bobby LabonteNo.18 Interstate Batteries Pontiac Joe Gibbs Racing50 laps
6. Robby GordonNo.31 Cingular Wireless Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing50 laps
7. Dave MarcisNo.71 Realtree ChevroletMarcis Auto Racing50 laps
8. John AndrettiNo.43 Cheerios DodgePetty Enterprises50 laps
9. Kenny WallaceNo.1 Pennzoil ChevroletDale Earnhardt Incorporated50 laps
10. Mike SkinnerNo.4 Kodak Chevrolet Morgan McClure Motorsports50 laps
11. Todd BodineNo.66 Kmart FordHaas Carter Motorsports50 laps
12. Stacy ComptonNo.14 Conseco PontiacAJ Foyt Racing50 laps
13. Casey AtwoodNo.7 Sirius Satellite Radio Dodge Ultra Motorsports50 laps
14. Jeremy MayfieldNo.19 Dodge Dealers Dodge Evernham Motorsports50 laps
15. Jeff GreenNo.30 AOL ChevroletRichard Childress Racing50 laps
16. Rusty WallaceNo.2 Miller Lite FordPenske Racing50 laps
17. Hermie SadlerNo.02 Little Trees Chevrolet Sadler Racing50 laps
18. Jeff BurtonNo.99 CITGO FordRoush Racing48 laps
19. Robert PressleyNo.92 BrandSource Dodge Melling Racing38 laps
20. Norm BenningNo.84 ChevroletBenning Racing38 laps
21. Jimmy SpencerNo.41 Target DodgeGanassi Racing28 laps
22. Greg BiffleNo.16 FordRoush Racing25 laps
23. Bobby GerhartNo.159 PontiacGerhart Racing14 laps
24. Shawna Robinson*No.49 DodgeBAM Racing14 laps
25. Buckshot JonesNo.44 Georgia Pacific Dodge Petty Enterprises 9 laps
26. Dave BlaneyNo.77 Jasper Engines Ford Jasper Motorsports 9 laps