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He pulls across Hamlin.
Green flag
And we are GREEN, GREEN, GREEN! Busch leads as planned.
"You know what you gotta do here" Hamlin is told.
It's going to be six laps to decide the Daytona 500.
Hamlin's spotter is telling him which Fords are "good cars" – ie: not rolling wrecks.
Hamlin: "I'm going to let him in, but..." Not sure Hamlin appreciated Busch's move on him just before that yellow.
One to go until the restart.
The cars that led a charmed life during that wreck? Harvick and Logano. You just wonder if they will put a new Ford fable into Victory Lane?
Pit stop
Stenhouse, Elliott, Preece, Bowman and Byron pit.
Yellow flag
The red flag is over, the cars are rolling under yellow.
Comments from Paul Menard on the incident.
Great slo-mo footage shows Stenhouse bumping Logano's left-rear fender as Logano backs off to avoid spinning DiBendetto. How damaged is the #22 Penske Ford? We'll see soon enough
And equally admirably, Menard 'fesses up, admits it was his fault.
"Just a racing deal," says DiBenedetto generously, regarding the hard taps he took from Menard which caused him to spin and trigger the 18-car wreck
More footage of the Big One!
Dillon is rolling! He's been rescued.
Crash
Truex was so close to escaping, but DiBenedetto just rocketed down the track out of the barrier and took him out.
Byron is still on track, but has hefty rear-end damage.
He's still sat it in, just waiting to see if it rolls when they budge him!
Dillon's car is wedged tight on the bottom of the 32-degree banking, that will take some shifting.
Those that got through it: Busch, Hamlin, Bowyer, McDowell, Harvick, Logano, Stenhouse, Preece, Bowman. Logano took a huge shot in the rear.
Red flag
We are under a red flag.
Suarez, Newman, Dillon, Hemric, Byron you name it, they were involved. Turn 4 is just a collection of ambulances and wrecked race cars right now.
Crash
The 38 went underneath Almirola, that was brutal. Blaney was taken out. And everyone who was following.
What a sad end to an epic run from DiBenedetto.
Crash
Menard pushed Di Benedetto into a spin, that was the trigger.
Almirola's car was right on top of another one.
Half the field involved, it looked like.
A huge crash at Turn 3.
Yellow flag
AND THERE'S THE BIG ONE.
Busch passes him on the inside!
Hamlin holds on. He goes high.
Green flag
Ten laps to go. It's GREEN, GREEN, GREEN for the Daytona 500! It's Hamlin leading from Busch, Bowyer and Di Benedetto.
Quote
"All the Fords are lined up back there from the third row" Busch's spotter tells him.
Pull those belts down tight, we're heading towards the final 10 laps!
"Quick yellow, one to go" Hamlin's spotter tells him.
By: Charles Bradley, David Malsher
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