the danger zone. that's based on past practice.>> it seems like a big danger zone to me.>> out in front, austin cindric. this is his fifth daytona 500, he's trying to win it for the second time, the record for the quickest daytona 500 victories belongs to the king, richard petty, who got his second 500 win in his sixth try.>> keep an eye on these pushes, man, he is tank swapping on the straightaway.>> a big gap formed, they have to get more organized to get down the race track. it's going to be hard for them, they keep swapping positions, swapping lanes.>> jones, trying to move that line ahead, jones

in the 43.>> there he goes.>> richard petty's number, by coincidence. >> joey logano marked himself up and made the decision to go up into the outside lane. they are having a lot of trouble when they get three wide next to the second lien. >> something tells me they will get a little faster.>> time is running out, 19 to go. >> austin cindric and ryan blaney up there, single file, bottom lane, six cars clear, bottom lane, six cars clear, another lap and i finally get to relax.>> you know by the end of this race, it's going to get

intense.>> corey lajoie, blocking these lines, stacking it up, keeping an eye on this.>> i am curious about the front of the pack. at the end of stage 2, they were running the same order, ryan blaney let austin cindric get out in front, pushed the stage, what does this do all have in store?>> ty dillon got out of the way, if we would have gone into the corner four wide, that would have had the potential for chaos, sorry.>> noah gragson slipped up in the middle, just an all geyer in e comes suarez, you don't dare get out of the bottom lane, if you can.>> it's so tempting, ricky stenhouse and corey are

they've got to change lanes, if they stay organized, stay in the middle lane, they can make ground. everybody wants to pass everybody. >> they are not working together, they are not teammates, they do not care, they are each out for each other, that's the difference between them and those at the front of the field. discipline.>> kyle busch and his teammate, austin dillon, 20 years of trying. mike, i keep hearing you call that race in >> kyle busch is doing a great job of saving gas and trying to put himself in position where he can be full throttle. they've been riding around here with no pressure and let these guysin the race, letting them not have any pressure back in the middle lane.>> here is kyle busch

talking about just this situation. one win, two wins, three wins, it doesn't matter. daytona 500, i want to win that one, we put ourselves in really good spots to have a shot to win the daytona 500 in the last 10 laps, it just hasn't come around right for us.>> here he comes.>> they are doing a great job. ricky has become super aggressive with the back of the corey lajoie car, you see how close ricky is able to stay, but that's what has made a ground.>> one more chance of blocking the 22, if they miss, it's going to be around him. huge pushes off john hunter nemechek, behind him.

look at this. still trying. trying to squeeze it, he couldn't do it. joey logano, with him goes ryan blaney and noah gragson. it all happened at fifth place, fifth, 25th.>> what an effort, what a run, it all comes to an end, 15 to go.>> we knew that this was coming, the 22 and the 47 just did not want to give.>> they will make it back to pit road, but their chances of winning the daytona 500 are

dashed. two of the three team cars, ryan blaney leading 22 laps, he had one of the best two or three cars here, as did teammate joey logano.>> i don't know if we will get that call.>> joey logano in the wall in the short shoot, just trying to make it back, and it won't steer, except to the right. >> i don't think he will be able to get it back, he is super frustrated, i can only imagine.>>yp this places the scene of triumph and heartbreak, heartbreak. let's watch ricky stenhouse in the 47 here.>> you will see 42

get a big run here, he will come down the race track to cover the block, supertight, you will see the flames come out of the car, watch the 22 car, he is not giving up on this, they are just out of room. >> kyle busch gets knocked to the inside, those cars crashed to the outside.>> joey will be very frustrated with that, a little bit of patience.>> as fast as his car was, he was going to have another shot at that .

>> man, poor blaney, in position to win this race, doing nothing wrong, and the captain's seat, and he got knocked out. >> the front runner gets taken out as mayhem ensues . you. you for sure. well, when you have to look like this... you got a lot of stuff to do. make-up on... you just have to put a helmet on.

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>> teammates. >> a hard crash.>> are you kidding me? >> austin cindric, winner of the 500. >> daytona 500 winner, here we go.>> are you kidding me? >> 14 laps to go, another year of frustration for kyle busch.>> his car here, trying to get it fixed, the drivers staying in the car, with the new rules, youto stay in the car. kyle busch being towed in the tow truck, a new way to stay in the car, they will tell him to the garage to fix that.>> nine cars involved in this pileup,

which happened from fifth place on back. 24 cars have been involved in today's incidents so far. let's take a ricky stenhouse jr. and joey logano fought for position here.>> you can see he's going to make the last second block here, joey goes to the inside, it's tight, that in car camera, it's closed, it opens briefly, is there, he stenhouse is not giving, it caught a lot of cars up in this, at the end. it's just a couple guys that don't want to give, 15 laps to go, in that scenario, he doesn't want to give up position, joey logano feels the block was too late, he is probably a little bit

frustrated.>> o, he is frustrated.>> you heard him a couple time, right there.>■,> t 47 pretty clear he wasn't going to give him that spot.>> no. full commitment, what you expect out of both guys. >> big . >> this is kyle busch.

and ryan blaney. now, how about that jones boy? >> that's what this race is, sometimes of parts, sometimes

it swallows you up.>> 43 scoots right through. reminds me of richard petty, i'd rather be lucky than good, any day.>> i don't think that nine car hurt as bad as i thought originally.>> the sprinter looks a little up in the front, perhaps. here is ricky stenhouse and his reaction. what happened?>> 22. >> don't think the spotters assessment is spot on, joey was trying for that spot, he wasn't about to give it up. >> it was just tight quarters,e block. they would live to fight another day, it might have been open, they were both fighting for the same spot and met in

the middle. >> kyle busch, all these guys, this is why the race is so hard to accomplish. >> something still sparking and fluttering, here is his teammates, austin dillon.>> the fastest of the day and the 11th best speedway racer, often, honestly, you need to be thinking about that and making the decision that you think is best that you think you need to go with.>> there is one manufacturer we haven't really talked about, look at the toyotas up here now, that's how quickly the game can change, it was ford all day long, now it's toyota in the top eight.>> wash - - watch the three get through

here. that is threading the needle. christopher bell as well. >> just like that, back in the game, boys.>> nine laps to go. >> you think we might be done with caution? i 6bdon't think so. six races in three years, four or five laps to go, four overtime finishes.>> overtime happens if the caution comes out prior to the last flag, signaling the last lap. corey lajoie, he dipped into his kids college fund and then found sponsors, raced his way

into the daytona 500, flying with the thunderbirds, what a week he has had.>> nine to go in the daytona 500, leading the race, denny hamlin, so many stories and a lot to unfold.>> green flag, restart with eight laps to go, austin cindric on the outside, corey lajoie on the inside.>> big push on the outside, coming off denny hamlin's bumper. int? i think they wants to be on the outside line, kevin. maybe not. here it is. got him. great move by austin cindric. >> austin has those three toyotas lined up, denny hamlin

knows, he wants to get him on a run, austin's job now is to keep himself as close as he can to the 11 car.>> this is the first time austin cindric has seen anybody but ford wishing him, in trouble.>> denny hamlin going for fourth. >> a three-time winner with a teammate behind him, that is going to be a tough thing to keep behind you, if you are austin cindric.>> with one of the carse m.>>■m there you go. toyota to the top side.>> he left riley out, only one car for help.>> christopher bell took that, he hasn't left him yet, he moved down. he will have to block both of

these lanes, keep austin cindric back. we've got the manufacturers staggered, it is every man for himself, currently.>> he's going to stay on the bottom here. a little bump from cole custer, a little more than he wanted. >> hold onto it, bell. big push is from cole custer. that thing was all over the place.>>l night, as good as you can get on these speedways, aggressive, what you have to be. we look at cole custer pushing christopher bell, that 20 car does not take those bushes as well as you would like to see. >> five laps to go.>> you know

how it is at this point, clint, you have to take what is behind you and hang onto it.>> this is the scenario i think i would want, if i was a teammate, going door to door with my teammate.>> up in the air goes ryan preece, and for the second time in his career, heflipping good grief.>> off the front bumper we were talking about before, custer got to the bumper and couldn't hold onto it, it was one too many. >> ryan preece a couple years ago flips down the backstretch after getting caught in the grass, christopher bell with the letdown, it signifies to the rescue workers that he is okay, same with ryan preece, so much promise for the new ride with rfk racing, and great speed in that car all week

long.>> i'm happy to see that, it was a really odd wreck with how part of the car got in the air and it blew over, happy to see him crawling out of the car.>> i've never seen one blow over like that. >> there is his boss with a lot of damage from this one.>> you knew it was coming, the aggression kept going higher, and higher, and higher. christopher couldn't hold onto it.>> his car was not capable of taking the bushes, we had just mentioned the back of that 20 car was all over the place, but at this point, you have no choice, you have to be able to try to hang onto it.>> watch this thing off the bump for cole custer, it continues to get worse and worse as they come down the straightaway, it starts dcing around, more gets crossed up, the rest is

history. now, watch the 60 car, ryan preece. that's wild, i've never seen a car do that. that shows how fast they go.>> and they pile up behind him. this is from eric jones. oh. >> you think these guys aren't tough? >> devastating crash for ryan preece and incredible camera work by our group. >> incredible to see him get

out of that thing, scary.>> unbelievable, what it looks like when these cars get caught by the air like that. i'm with you, clint, i've never seen one take off like that, they just flip around like they don't way 3600 pounds. >> nothing ways that much at 136 miles per hour. >> the airbox will just go away, the right font, tucked up under the a pros, he walked away.>> so many safety enhancements. >> that will send us to overtime. it happens on lap 196.

>> you saw the car face e had come up, that creates the pressure differential that is in the unlimited a wheelie like that, i've been there, a bad feeling. did you see how quiet they got? you see him tuck his head right there.>> looking back, cole custer and christopher bell. >> that bell car, it was just not capable of being pushed. that's a lot of the reason we

hadn't seen him up there all night. at this point in the race, you have to put yourself in position to throw it out there and hope this doesn't happen. >> i think he would have settled down had the car not turned and side to the wind. >> those shots when the car lands right there, they were in slow motion, the impact, your spine and neck, right as the camera went out we saw him duck his head■xwl.

i would have held onto the steering wheel until you yanked it out of my hands. >> no worse feeling in the world than that. >> 10 cars involved, kyle larson, brad keselowski.>> it couldn't get off the end of eric jones's car, i couldn't help think the wind kept it up in the air a little bit. you can see how eric jones's car had the underbody torn up under the drivers door.>> now the roof flaps deploys. >> it is going backward.>> the right one was up a little bit, when it took off. the whole thing is confused.>> he will drive this thi in a minute.

i like his strategy. hold onto the wheel. every time you get hit like that, it is a full impact with less. in this car it happened so fast, it bottoms out, you go backwards and slap your head against the back of the seat. it happened so quick, you can't control your hip. you see the back of the car, it flipped over the right direction, it hit the wall. unbelievable shots, mike.>> amazing camerawork. what ryan preece has been through, you would excuse him if he would decide never to

come back to daytona. but that is no preece. [ music ] talladega, spring of 2023, this one, here in the summer, when he caught the grass and went into a tumbling sidewinder crash. >> 100 feet from where that just happened. >> they paved the area prior to this race, to prevent that from happening, but here, when custer and bell came together, he goes skyward and turns to the side, up and over.

10 cars get caught up here. larson off his car, suarez, to the infield, ryan preece, up and over, eric jones with a bit of damage there. >> so thankful to see him get out of that thing, so many things that went through my mind. bell, ryan preece nailed him, since that car flying.>> this is eric jones. he's got a little contacts, flying race cars. jones will be one of