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In the closing laps of Sunday's Daytona 500, Truex found himself running up front with JGR drivers Matt Kenseth, Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch.The dash to the checkered flag came down to Truex and Hamlin, with Hamlin winning in a photo finish, the closest in 500 history."That last couple feet before the line, Denny just creeped out in front of me. I should have probably tried to run him a little bit harder because I had probably a foot on him for a long, long ways from Turn 4," Truex said. "I should have maybe rubbed him up the track, maybe."I'm proud of my team. This was my first race back with Toyota, my first race with the partnership with Gibbs. I wish we could have gotten the big trophy today but I have a feeling were going to get a lot more this year."Truex said it will take some time to get over losing the race in such a close and dramatic fashion.It probably didn't help that when Truex pulled down pit road after the race, the line of cars left his No. 78 Chevrolet right in front of Hamlin's team's pit box, where a giant celebration was already well underway.We didn't make any mistakes. It's just one of those deals where we could have used the finish line moved about 10 feet further back.
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