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A year after Austin Dillon's harrowing crash, NASCAR stands pat at Daytona

For a moment, Austin Dillon was the center of racing attention — and not in a good way.

Why? His car was airborne, flying into the catch fence at Daytona and out of control. When it was over, when the mangled hulk of his car and the thousands of other pieces came to rest, Dillon was lucky to be alive.

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Austin Dillon's car in the Daytona catch fence

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Dillon's car was hit by Denny Hamlin's car at the end of the 2015 Coke Zero 400.