As is typically the case at Daytona, hell broke loose in the last few laps.
As the field of trucks was hurdling down the backstretch at Daytona International Speedway with seven laps to go in the NextEra Energy Resources 250, Timothy Peters nudged Cameron Hayley out of place. This sent the No. 13 ThorSport Racing Toyota up the track into the side of John Hunter Nemechek. Just as he got his car straight, he was turned again down through the grass.
Matt Crafton, Grant Enfinger, Rico Abreu and Austin Theriault were among the 18 cars collected in the Big One.
Peters insisted he wasn’t to blame for the wreck.
“It ain’t all my fault,” he screamed over the radio.
Hayley said, “that’s Daytona.”
“It was hard racing,” Hayley said. “I guess we just caught bumpers the wrong way. (Timothy) Peters got into the back of me. It’s just tight racing. It’s so hard there at the end, everyone’s bumping into each other and trying to hold a pretty wheel. I guess that’s Daytona, but it sucks for my guys because they worked so hard.”
This wreck forced NASCAR to red-flag the race for 30-minutes. After the cleanup was complete, it set up the final restart leading to the multi-car wreck on the final lap in Turn 1.
Johnny Sauter was ahead of Ryan Truex when the caution flew and scored his 11th career victory in the Camping World Truck Series. It was also his first win since 2014 and the first ever win for Chevrolet in the Truck Series at Daytona.
