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The 2012 Daytona 500 was the first of 36 scheduled stock car races of the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, [3] and the 54th edition of the event. [6] It was scheduled to be held on February 27, 2012, in Daytona Beach, Florida, at Daytona International Speedway, [3] a superspeedway that holds NASCAR races. [7]
The Big One is a phrase describing any crash usually involving five or more cars in NASCAR, ARCA, and IndyCar racing. It is most commonly used at Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway, although occasionally seen at other tracks as well, such as Dover Motor Speedway and Watkins Glen International.
The NASCAR Cup Series has seen 28 driver fatalities, the most recent of which occurred on February 18, 2001, when Dale Earnhardt was killed on the last lap of the Daytona 500. Safety in the sport has evolved through the decades.
The Daytona 500 big one came with eight laps to go. Eighteen cars, including Denny Hamlin and pole sitter Joey Logano included in wreck. Daytona 500 crash: Big One late in NASCAR race ends the ...
William Byron ends Hendrick Motorsports' nine-year Daytona 500 drought by hanging on to win after avoiding a crash just as the white flag comes out.
Dale Earnhardt's death on the final lap of the Daytona 500 may have saved Ryan Newman's life. Earnhardt died 19 years ago Tuesday, the same day Roush Fenway Racing said Newman was awake and ...
The 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series was the 64th season of NASCAR professional stock car racing in the United States and the 41st modern-era Cup season. The season started on February 18, 2012, at Daytona International Speedway, with the Budweiser Shootout, followed by the Daytona 500 on February 27.
The post NASCAR World Reacts To Sunday’s Big Daytona Crash appeared first on The Spun. Early on Sunday afternoon, several prominent drivers were involved a crash during Stage 1 of the Daytona 500.