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#WRECKFEST NASCAR DRIVERS#

#WRECKFEST NASCAR DRIVERS#

Drivers say they want to be at the front to avoid crashes, but that wasn’t helpful this time.ĭale Earnhardt Jr. One of the reasons for the chaos in the Daytona 500 is where the accidents started.

The 27 trucks that wrecked in that race were the most since 2012 when 30 trucks were involved in incidents.The 35 cars involved in wrecks in the Xfinity race was nearly more than the total for that event for the previous three years combined (38).The 35 cars involved in crashes in the Daytona 500, according to Racing Insights, were more than the number of cars that wrecked in the past two Daytona 500s combined (29).

There were 122 vehicles in accidents in 2012.

Only once in the last 10 years were more vehicles damaged during Speedweeks.

There was a 29.2-percent increase in the number of vehicles involved in wrecks during Speedweeks from last year.

There were 106 vehicles involved in accidents in the Cup, Xfinity and Truck Series races during Speedweeks.

Reasons vary on the cause of the pileups - from aggressive driving to inexperienced drivers to rule changes and the introduction of stages - but Speedweeks 2017 will go down as one of the most wreck-filled weeks in years. More than 100 vehicles were damaged in wrecks during races at Daytona International Speedway, including 35 each in the Daytona 500 and the Xfinity race, based on NASCAR reports and information from Racing Insights. Daytona Speedweeks proved to be one of the costliest ever for NASCAR team owners in the Cup, Xfinity and Truck Series.