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This year’s Daytona 500 is one of those times

Recent years have given us a mixed bag when it comes to NASCAR’s flagship event. The race was ruined by old action on several occasions and by heart attack above others, causing the famed Daytona 500 to lose some of its luster for many fans.

This year, however, auto racing fans got to see a horror movie from start to finish.

The race saw a number of late warning flags due to collisions, including the flag that finished on the final lap when Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. overtook Joey Logano to take the lead. But that shouldn’t take away from what was once one of the most competitive Daytona 500s of all time.

There are 52 lead changes in this year’s edition of Great American Race, taking it to an all-time second place in that respect. Only one 2011 have seen more.

More importantly, the race during 212 laps is almost never dull. Typically, on NASCAR’s super-fast tracks, drivers will spend the longest part of the race in a single-row formation as they wait for the right moment to move. That rarely happens on Sundays.

Making this all the more impressive is that until the end of the period we saw such action that the race didn’t turn into a destructive derby. Riders can race forward instead of letting the track position drop into their lap due to attrition.

Stenhouse, who won the third Cup Series event of his career – all on the superhighway – drove a smart, methodical race. He rode in the middle of the caravan all afternoon and didn’t take the lead until he passed.

Those who disagree with NASCAR’s most chaotic form of racing often argue that winning the Daytona 500 now takes more luck than skill. In some years, they may be right.

However, this is not one of them. After several years of failure, the 2023 version of the Daytona 500 is a step in the right direction to return racing to legendary status.




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