At Daytona, it's not a question of if, but when? This time, it was also a question of "how many?" After stage one only saw a single car wreck, it looked like we were in for a clean race. How naive we were.
Kyle Busch was knocked out after a wreck in the second stage.
A whole lot of contenders damaged in this one!#DAYTONA500 pic.twitter.com/S500ERJ2f5
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) February 26, 2017
Then, at the beginning of the third stage we thought the big one had struck when 16 cars were involved in chaos.
The Big One strikes early and claims a number of contenders! #DAYTONA500
Courtesy of @Nationwide88 pic.twitter.com/Bu8kTqFJBU
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) February 26, 2017
Later in the final stage, another big one struck and collecting another 10 cars.
The Big One, Part 2! #DAYTONA500
Highlight courtesy of @Nationwide88 pic.twitter.com/KTS9mclmwf
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) February 26, 2017
By lap 148, only five cars were racing undamaged and of the 40 cars that started the race, only 25 finished.