NASCAR’s rain-delayed Daytona weekend was an expensive and crash-filled mess.
According to NASCAR’s box score data, at least 80 of the 114 cars in the Daytona 500, second-tier Xfinity Series race and third-tier Truck Series race were involved in a crash during their respective races. And in reality, that number is closer to 85.
A handful of cars were involved in what’s listed as a two-car crash at the start of the final lap of the Daytona 500 and numerous cars were involved in a last-lap crash during the Xfinity Series race that didn’t bring out a caution.