Crashes Open NASCAR Speedweeks
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Filed under: Denny Hamlin, Mark Martin, Daytona Int’l Speedway, NASCAR Crashes
A six-car crash that occurred less than an hour into NASCAR’s first practice of 2010 at Daytona International Speedway Thursday has forced five drivers into back-up cars before the first green flag of Speedweeks has dropped.
Two more cars — those belonging to Kurt Busch and Juan Pablo Montoya — were damaged Thursday night in the second practice for Saturday’s Budweiser Shootout non-points race .
The collision in opening practice started when Denny Hamlin and Mark Martin collided in Turn 1 and collected the cars of Jamie McMurray, Greg Biffle, Joey Logano and Clint Bowyer, who was driving the No. 29 Shell Chevy for his Richard Childress Racing teammate Kevin Harvick, home sick with flu.
“Believe it or not, it was actually a case of two guys trying to play it safe,” said Hamlin, as his crew made room in the garage for his back-up No. 11 FedEx Toyota.