NASCAR: 5 things for new fans to know for the Daytona 500
New NASCAR fans Daytona 500 guide: No. 5 – “The Big One”
When cars are traveling at around 200 miles per hour, inches away from each other, mistakes are bound to be made, and this is how wrecks happen. Even drivers with the best reaction times and the best wreck avoidance will not be able to escape some Daytona 500 wrecks.
“The Big One” refers to a certain kind of pileup that takes out a lot of the cars in the field at superspeedways.
There are many examples of this kind of wreck at Daytona International Speedway over the years, and this is one factor that makes the Daytona 500 so exciting to watch. As fans, we should never hope for or root for wrecks, but with the style of racing that takes place at the four-turn, 2.5-mile (4.023-kilometer) high-banked oval, they are bound to happen.
The Big One hit just before the rain in #DAYTONA.pic.twitter.com/hJ64E372x0
— FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) February 14, 2021
There will be a lot of wrecks in this year’s Daytona 500, but when it comes to “The Big One”, you’ll know it when you see it. Hopefully your favorite driver makes it through unscathed!
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