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The Daytona 500 ended in a fire accident in the last lap of the race, setting up a victory thwarted by driver Michael McDowell.
McDowell was a 100-1 underdog to win before the race after going 0-for in his other 357 career NASCAR Cup Series starts. McDowell was fortunate enough to come out of the crash without getting involved. Brad Keselowski started the crash by hitting chef and teammate Joey Logano as Logano tried to block.
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McDowell barely avoided contact to move up to first place and came away victorious.
“My plan was to stick with car 2,” McDowell said after the race. “I knew he would go for a winning move, and my plan was to let him do that move and then come out of 4 to try and get to his outside or inside. I knew I didn’t want to do it. my move too early, so I engaged on the bumper of car 2, and when it moved the hole opened up. It’s just amazing. “
The victory came after a 5 hour and 40 minute rain delay following a 16 car crash on lap 14. By the time the final stretch of the race started, there were already 11 cars out of competition.
As for the final crash, Fox’s NASCAR broadcast had a solid breakdown of everything that had happened.
It seemed for a moment as if Chase Elliott had taken the lead from McDowell, but Fox froze the “cautionary moment” and it showed McDowell was clearly in the lead when the warning flag was waved.
Photos of the crash show a fiery scene, but luckily everyone involved is safely out.
Here’s a final look at the wreckage and the damage in slow motion.
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