Multicar crash erupts in Stage 2 in Daytona's 400-miler

A massive Stage 2 crash dropped several drivers from contention in Saturday night’s NASCAR Cup Series race, erupting midpack at Daytona International Speedway.

Contact between the No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet of Corey LaJoie and the No. 10 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford of Noah Gragson ignited a severe pileup in the 60th of 160 scheduled laps in Saturday’s Coke Zero Sugar 400. Several cars stacked up in the backstraight tangle, including playoff-bubble hopeful Ross Chastain, Daytona 500 champ William Byron and three-time Daytona winner Denny Hamlin.

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The Daytona event is the next-to-last race in the Cup Series regular season. The 16-driver postseason field will be determined after next Sunday’s Cook Out Southern 500 (6 p.m. ET, USA, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, NBC Sports App) at Darlington Raceway.

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