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Sport the way we like it: 'Daytona 500 16-car pileup' - SteveG - 02-14-2021 Can't wait for the silent all-electric version of this show. Unknown battery explosions and huge crowd's chanting "VROOM! VROOM!" Sixteen cars were involved in the early crash Sunday at the Daytona 500, which then was delayed by rain. https://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/story/_/id/30901861/daytona-500-pole-winner-alex-bowman-16-car-pileup The Big One hit only 15 laps into the Daytona 500, triggered when Aric Almirola turned into pole-winner Alex Bowman and started a 16-car pileup. Minutes later, the race was stopped by lightning and fans who had been socially distanced in the grandstands instead had to seek shelter in the crowded concourse. Heavy rain followed, shutting down "The Great American Race'' for what will be a lengthy delay. Christopher Bell started the melee when he pushed Almirola too hard near the front of the field and forced the Stewart-Haas Racing driver to bobble as he tried to avoid a slide. Almirola ended up turning right into Bowman. Their contact caused others to collide, sending them spinning and skidding through grass and mud. Martin Truex Jr., Erik Jones, Jamie McMurray, Ryan Blaney, William Byron, Ryan Newman Daniel Suarez and Kurt Busch were among those involved. "We were just getting pushed too hard too early," Almirola said, according to NASCAR.com. "It's a long, long race. Man, we were in a fine position, just sitting there riding around in the top two, three and the 20 [Bell] just came with a big run and hit me really hard in a bad spot and it turned me to the right and tore up our race car and ended our Daytona 500 way too early." Almirola, Bowman, Newman, Jones and Suarez are among those listed now as out for the race, according to NASCAR.com. Hendrick Motorsports had put Bowman and Byron on the front row. Re: Sport the way we like it: 'Daytona 500 16-car pileup' - fauch - 02-15-2021 Rubbin is racing... Re: Sport the way we like it: 'Daytona 500 16-car pileup' - Speedy - 02-15-2021 NASCAR? I have heard of it somewhere. About 10 years ago or so I received a call asking if we would care to have NASCAR’s PR agency or what not hold/pay for a pizza party in our home for all our neighbors who wanted to watch a NASCAR race. I listed our neighbors to my wife, asking if she knew any who might watch a race. We came up with no one including ourselves so we declined. Re: Sport the way we like it: 'Daytona 500 16-car pileup' - DP - 02-15-2021 At least the crash wasn't due to freezing rain... Re: Sport the way we like it: 'Daytona 500 16-car pileup' - cbelt3 - 02-15-2021 Good thing nobody was hurt. G.. good point... I would expect a large part of the battery drain would be the loudspeakers on the cars... ![]() Re: Sport the way we like it: 'Daytona 500 16-car pileup' - mrbigstuff - 02-15-2021 cbelt3 wrote: I also hate Illinois nazees Re: Sport the way we like it: 'Daytona 500 16-car pileup' - RE:up - 02-15-2021 Here it is; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMagP52BWG8 Illinois Nazi's. |