Daytona Beach, Florida-William Byron, was the primary deficit of Daytona 500 winners in five years after sneaking up an enormous accident within the last round of the race.
Byron was in seventh place with half a round, but all cars in front of him suddenly destroyed and Byron sailed through when the ocean separated.
The Hendrick Motorsports driver was the primary to win the successive 500, since Denny Hamlin-der led the crash within the years 2019-20.
“Fortunately, but only my instinct trusted there in the last round,” said Byron. “That worked in our favor. … I can't consider that, but we’re here. “
Tyler Reddick took Byron in second place through the crash, and the seven-time Nascar champion Jimmie Johnson became third since his best result since he retired from the full-time race.
In the extension of the white flag, Cole Custer rose in Hamlin and triggered his second multi-car “Big One” within 10 rounds.
In the past, with five laps before the end, a violent crash sent the race into the extension. Custer turned Christopher Bell, who fought for the lead and sent him to the pack.
Several cars banged and Ryan Preec, who had a terrible air wreck in 2023 in Daytona, turned again after a wheelie and went on the wall. He was fine.
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“When the car drove up and it got really quiet, everything I thought about was my daughter,” said Preece. “I was lucky enough to go, but we were very close to someone who was not able.”
Other cars were Brad Keselowski and Kyle Larson, each of whom only need the Daytona 500 to finish their collection of NASCAR -KRONJUWELS. Bubba Wallace, who had a powerful automobile, was also involved.
The last half of the race had largely been clean until the pack fought hard with 30 laps. The pot boiled and boiled with 15 remaining rounds when Joey Logano tried to make a 3rd trace, and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. pushed down late to cover the attempt – but he left Logano under no circumstances.
It seemed that neither Stenhouse nor Logano were ready to present one centimeter right now, and it cost them each when logano broke right into a stenhouse. Ryan Blaney, Kyle Busch and several other other drivers who had been a powerful candidate to win only a number of moments before.
The race had one other weather -planned start that has change into an unlucky trend this decade. Reminds of the 2020 race, President Donald Trump Visited the route Just to fulfill the rain shortly afterwards.
There were only nine green flag rounds before a chilly front prevailed and caused greater than 4 hours of delays. After two separate red flag periods and hours of track drying, the sector returned to the race.
AJ Allmendinger became the primary retirement of the race in round 42 when he suddenly slowed down with an engine problem. Allmendinger returns to the XFinity series for full-time separation after last 12 months.
The first multi-car incident occurred in round 63 when Ross Chatain suddenly slowered and Hamlin hit the brakes to avoid him. But Zane Smith bumped into the back of Hamlin, who made a half-spin, but saved his automobile, while Smith lost control and in Josh Berry Schlüt-in his first race during which automobile no. 21 from Wood Brothers in No. 21 drove.
Logano won the primary stage under caution because of this incident. But at restart of level 2, Logano triggered the primary major crash.
When the cars took the green flag by level 2, the Logano engine suddenly remained and had the complete upper line stacked in a accordion effect. Chastain was shot out of the road, and the next crash collected a dozen car-dared four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castoneves and the previous Nascar champion Martin Truex Jr. Chastain was also ready for the race with accident damage.
Logano, who had run 43 of the primary 71 laps with the perhaps fastest automobile, finally diagnosed his engine problem: a part of a plastic bag got here into the gas bodies of Auto No. 22. -10-finish could move back.
Logano's team Penske -Tammate Blaney then won the second stage after he had brought one other Penske team colleague Austin Cindric to the last round -and then a pressure from the close friend Chase Elliott to crack Cindric on the road.
Overall, Penske swept the primary two stages and led 142 of the opening rounds to the Stenhouse/Logano Big Wrack.
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