No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing driver Harrison Burton was running at the front of the outside line with Brad Keselowski behind him, as both drivers exited Turn 2, an ‘over-aggressive’ shove from Keselowski sent Burton’s car into William Byron’s on the inside.
Causing a massive wreck which ended up collected several cars including Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin and others.
The three-time Daytona winner, Hamlin have not finished lower than fifth twice in the Daytona 500 since 2012 and currently holds the record for the most Daytona 500 wins of any driver in the current field.
Another look at Harrison Burton's wreck at Daytona. pic.twitter.com/EVSvrSdTan
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Myatt Snider says he should be fine to race after his Last-Lap Xfinity Wreck at Daytona
On Lap 63, with just two to go in stage 1, Denny Hamlin was caught up in a wreck involving eight cars forcing him to end his day early.
Denny Hamlin claim Brad Keselowski was over-aggressive
Denny Hamlin said Brad Keselowski was over-aggressive in the sense that he should have known Harrison Burton was having trouble with the push draft pic.twitter.com/mMeCxlfQV4
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Martin Truex Jr. won the first two stages at Daytona as he was leading when the crash happened less than three laps to go before the end of stage 1.