Daytona 500: Kyle Busch spin out leads to crash

Daytona 500 was going smoothly on the track in Stage 2. However, Kyle Busch’s back right tire gave out as he spun out before causing a crash.

The smallest things can cause major damage during NASCAR races as fans witnessed during Stage 2 of the Daytona 500. Kyle Busch’s spun out as a result of some freak damage to his right rear tire. After being turned horizontally on the curve, Busch’s slower car caused those behind him to make contact. Additionally, Dale Earnhardt Jr. drove over Busch’s hood as he tried to prevent as much damage as possible.

After winning Stage 1 and earning 10 championship points and one playoff point, Busch was doing well in Stage 2. However, the damage was too much for Busch to continue, and he was one of three teams whose Daytona 500 race ended prematurely. Rookie Erik Jones and Matt Kenseth also saw their day ended as well. Elliott Sandler and Ty Dillion were also involved in the crash but didn’t sustain major damage to their vehicles.

Earnhardt Jr. headed to the pit and had five minutes for his car to be deemed drivable again. His pit crew made repairs under the five-minute time limit and the NASCAR legend headed back out. However, after driving during the caution before and after the red flag stoppage, Earnhardt Jr. elected to head to the garage with only one minute left to fix damage on pit row.

This was the first crash of the day. It’s been a much calmer race than Friday and Saturday when crashes occurred frequently in the Truck Series and XFINITY Series contests. Unlike many of these crashes, no one really did anything wrong other than Busch’s tire causing the incident.

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The Daytona 500 race is currently under a red flag. This crash caused a lot of damage with car part flying over the barrier and onto the track. NASCAR needs to clean up the track before this race can resume. Once the race does resume with a green flag there will be under 10 laps in Stage 2.