Burnett was a member of Chip Ganassi Racing’s No. 1 team when Jamie McMurray drove that orange and black Chevrolet into Victory Lane at Daytona. He knows the glory of the Harley J. Earl. But he knows, too, the crushing weight of the losses Daytona more readily hands out — and has to Kyle Busch for 20 years.

“It’s just, it’s one of those things, man,” Burnett said. “It’s so much that’s gotta go right to win this race, and we didn’t have enough go right today. So we’ll come back again next year and try it again. You know, they give one of them Harley J. Earls out every year. So hopefully we’ll come back next year and carry it home with us.”