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[np_storybar title=”Can a journeyman driver from small-town Ontario make history at the Daytona 500?” link=”D.J. Kennington’s big break: Can a journeyman driver from small-town Ontario make history at the Daytona 500?”]When D.J. Kennington debuted in NASCAR’s Cup Series in November, it was seen as a late-career coronation, a hurrah for a minor-league lifer who topped out just shy of his sport’s highest level.

Until this week, that is, when he goes to the Daytona 500.

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“It’s the biggest stock car race there is in the world,” Kennington said. “It’s still hard to believe I’m going to get a shot to try to qualify.”

Unbelievable is an apt description, given that his attempt has no precedent in Canadian history.

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D.J. Kennington is the Iron Man of Canadian stock car driving, a veteran of 204 straight races who won 26 of them for good measure. He is a two-time national champion and a regular in NASCAR’s American minor leagues.