In the big accident of Daytona 500, from the perspective of drivers

Denny Hamlin Detona was at the tail of a historic fourth victory in 500. Austin syndric In the last four years, his second Harley J. Got an opportunity to secure the Earl Trophy. Chase brisko And Coal custer He was fighting for the biggest victory of his career. And Corey Lajoi A distressed was within the reach that would have shocked the NASCAR world.

Except, suddenly, all five drivers crashed with only half the lap, giving permission William Bayron To steal the victory from under them. Race-defaulting debris is a design of modern Detona 500, in which the last six all end in disaster. Both 2020 and 2022 saw a debris across the line, while 2021, 2023 and 2024 all ended under caution after the debris near the front of the grounds.

But 2025 was unique in the fact that a white flag was reunited (thanks to the two-lap overtime) all eight driver in the first four lines of the eight driver during the last 2.5 miles of the race.

So what In fact Detona 500 in the accident? According to the drivers involved, it seemed from here.

Accident: A refresher

whether Detona 500 is more than a chess match or a stick It is difficult to say, but the accident that took out the main contenders for the race made it more like a boxing match. Whatever the plan is, you are going to be a hit.

What do we know: in white flag, syndric LED, with Hemaline’s toilets and Relay harbest Straight behind him, and the coster out of it. The outer line was behind the caster, in order, Alex Bommon, Brisco and Bayran.

When the herbst slipped from the grass, a lot of reshuffle started and Lajoi jumped in his place. Boman, Hamlin, and Brisco tried to make all the tricks – but the real dirt began when the Castor lost control and slammed on the edge of the Hamlin machine. Mess collected other cars a lot and ruined the drivers many days.

Byron and Tyler Radic made intelligent – or perhaps just lucky – the decision to move up along the outside wall. They remained safe, and claimed 1-2 finish.

Brisco and Cyndric were lucky enough to straighten their cars, respectively, finished fourth and eighth respectively. But Halin, Brisco, and Castor were all kept out of the top -20.

Hamlin: Caster “moved to the left and was trying the crowd”

After the race, Hamlin spoke with Caster on Pit Road before talking to the media.

“I measured 2 (syndrics), and got a run on it,” Hemlin explained as his perspective. “I stayed with him for a long time, where I could control the kind of control that I wanted to pass, and then we had pulled a little away from the pack, so I knew that a run was about to come. 41 (Custer) had a run away, and I chose not to block it, because this race, you have to live to remove it from Turn 4, and we haven’t done it yet.

“I felt that (Caster) came down. I am pushing down (syndric) as much as I can give him everywhere, and cannot stop his run, and I felt that he was not a leftist, but We can do so.

Custer: “Everyone is going for it”

Returning to the CUP series in 2025 after two years in the Xfinity series, Custer said that it was “everyone just a case of advancing hard and side drafting Harding.”

“Everyone is going for this. This is the biggest race in our life in Detonona. It is the peak of our game. I had a big run on 11 (Hamlin). I wish I would wait for another corner, but it This was a big run that I felt that I had to take it.

Cyndric: “Whoever was pushing Denny … ruined him”

For the second consecutive year, Austin Cyndric found himself with a legitimate shot over the victory, wasting only in the last lap. The word “frustration” was at the tip of his tongue.

“You are taking white as a leader. But it was good.

In that final, syndric “Denny immediately wanted to take his run and I still got a good shot from 01 (Lajoi). Anyone who was clearly pushing Denny, he waste it clearly. There was just a ton of speed, In which the ground broke (after the spin of the herbst) I really didn’t know what point I need to really become a leader.

Briscoe: “I’m going to push Denny to win”

The brisco, caught in the middle of a final-lap squeeze, was a front-ride seat for race-changing pileup.

,They all separated like three-wide, and the 11 (Hamlin) car was just sitting there for me, “he said.

At that time, Detona 500 Pol-Sitter thought in its first race as just one. Joe Gibbs Racing Driver:

“I was so,” I am going to push Denny to win. JGR is going to win with his first race here. ” When I hit him, we all came together – I haven’t seen it yet – and somehow I was able to keep it straight, and obviously was able to move forward. ,