SportsTalk Live: Scott Paddock recaps a wild Daytona 500 finish

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In one of the most exciting finishes in Daytona 500 history, Denny Hamlin needed a photo finish to slip past Martin Truex Jr.

CSN's NASCAR contributor Scott Paddock stopped by the SportsTalk Live studio on Monday to analyze the wild ending.

"The Joe Gibbs racers got together Saturday night and made a pact with with one another that they were going to hang together in the race and try to help one another out. And that's exactly what Denny Hamlin was trying to do when he went to block Kevin Harvick of Stewart Haas racing, who was coming up past his teammate, Matt Kenseth.

"Hamlin said he had no thought of winning the race, he was just tying to protect his teammate. But Harvick came with such a push that he got into the rear end of Denny Hamlin and started pushing him, and Kenseth then went up to block his teammate.

"Hamlin made a heck of a move and ended up taking the checkered flag."

See what else Paddock had to say about the race in the video above. 

Hamlin joined Paddock in August last year on the SportsTalk Live set. Check out that interview in the video below.

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