Helio Castroneves Eliminated From Daytona 500 In Crash With Teammate
2 days agoFour-time Indy 500 winner Hélio Castroneves was eliminated from his first Daytona 500 start after leader Joey Logano could not get back up to speed at the start of Stage 2 due to a paper bag in his grille, which stacked up the outside line and resulted in a multi-car pileup when John Hunter Nemechek spun Castroneves's teammate Ross Chastain into Castroneves. The incident also took out Martin Truex, Jr. Castroneves finished 39th after only completing 70 laps, but he ran a little better than expected before that as he was inside the top 20 for a while despite his lack of stock car experience. It remains to be seen whether he will ever start any NASCAR races in the future.
Source: Racing Reference
Source: Racing Reference