Daytona 500: Ross Chastain, Kyle Busch, several others take heavy damage in chaotic wreck

The first “Big One” has happened in Sunday’s 67th running of the Daytona 500 — taking out multiple contenders on lap 71-of-200.

Joey Logano and Alex Bowman led the field to green on the Stage 2 restart. Logano, on the outside line, experienced an issue with his engine and couldn’t get much push headed into Turns 1 and 2. That stacked up the field behind him, thus triggering the wreck.

John Hunter Nemechek made contact with Ross Chastain, sending the No. 1 car into Helio Castroneves who went up and into the wall. Kyle Busch, Chase Briscoe, Riley Herbst, Justin Allgaier, Cody Ware, Martin Truex Jr. and Jimmie Johnson were also involved in the accident.

Trackhouse Racing teammates Chastain and Castroneves are in the garage. Truex, who retired from full-time NASCAR Cup Series competition after the 2024 season, is out of the race.

“It’s always disappointing when you don’t finish no matter the situation, but especially in a race like this when it’s probably our only shot this year,” Truex told FOX Sports. “Thanks to Bass Pro and Tricon and everyone who helped us put this together. It was fun while it lasted but unfortunately, we were just in the wrong place at the wrong time there.”

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