NASCAR Cup Series

Hendrick Motorsports struggles again at Daytona

Published Feb. 16, 2009 1:50 a.m. ET

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NASCAR's super team didn't exactly get off to a super start. Again.

None of Hendrick Motorsport's drivers - Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Mark Martin - were a major factor at Daytona for the second straight year.

No Hendrick car placed in the top 10, with Gordon's 13th-place the best of the bunch. Martin faded from the outside pole to 16th, Earnhardt was 27th and three-time defending series champion Johnson was 31st.