| Car No |
Lap |
Caution |
Incident |
| 42 |
3 |
|
Rookie Kyle Larson scraped the wall, first on Lap 2, then again on Lap 3, with a right-side tire going down. He made it to pit road under green, going one lap down. |
| 11 |
12 |
|
After leading nine of the first 12 laps, Denny Hamlin reported rising water temperatures, due to some debris on the grille. He dropped back to sixth to try drafting behind Marcos Ambrose to remove it. |
| 16 |
17 |
|
Running 21st, Greg Biffle got into the wall on Lap 16, leading to a green flag pit stop to repair the damage. Like Larson, he emerged from the pits one lap down. |
| 42 |
23 |
#1 |
Kyle Larson went for a spin in Turn 2 after another tire went down, bringing out the race’s first caution flag. Larson sustained additional right-side damage, putting him two laps down. Greg Biffle got back on the lead lap thanks to this caution. |
| 78 |
31 |
|
After qualifying on the outside pole, but having to move to the back after a wreck in the Budweiser Duels, Martin Truex Jr. coasted to pit road, saying that his No. 78 car “just blew up”. |
|
32 |
#2 |
Martin Truex Jr. made it to the pits under green, but the oil left on the track from his blowup brought out another caution. |
|
39 |
|
RED FLAG for rain at the speedway. Race resumed after a rain delay of six-plus hours. |
| 5 |
74 |
|
Kasey Kahne went for a spin exiting pit road, possibly due to slick conditions. No damage, but it cost him some time. He got lapped by the field at Lap 90. |
| 18 |
74 |
|
Kyle Busch was penalized for equipment outside the pit box, which required a pass-through penalty under green. After failing to serve his penalty in a reasonable amount of time, NASCAR forced him to serve a stop and go penalty instead, putting him a lap down. |
| 43 |
84 |
|
After leading some laps just before his green-flag stop, Aric Almirola was forced to serve a stop and go penalty for dragging a jack far down pit road. He went one lap down as a result. |
| 34 |
89 |
|
David Ragan went to the garage with a transmission problem. By the time they replaced the transmission and got Ragan back out on the track, he was 24 laps down. |
| 14 |
103 |
|
Tony Stewart pitted under green with some possible electrical or fuel issues. After coming back out onto the track, one lap down, he reported that the problem had not gotten better. |
| 7 |
117 |
|
Michael Annett went for a spin trying to enter pit road (no damage). |
| 5 |
117 |
|
Kasey Kahne was flagged for speeding entering pit road, as he tried to avoid Michael Annett’s spinning car. The penalty put Kasey two laps down, in 40th position. |
| 13 |
117 |
|
Casey Mears was also forced to serve a pass-through penalty, although no reason was given. He went one lap down. |
| 14 |
120 |
|
Tony Stewart came back down pit road under green, with the crew looking in the trunk, trying to figure out what was wrong with the No. 14 car. He eventually went to the garage to try replacing the fuel cell. He came out of the garage 27 laps down. |
| 15 |
129 |
|
During a green flag pit stop, Clint Bowyer got out of the car, reporting that the car was blowing up, ending his night. |
|
145 |
#3 |
A 12-car crash occurred in the tri-oval, as Kevin Harvick made slight contact with Brian Scott, leading to Aric Almirola spinning and taking out a number of cars in the process. Justin Allgaier, Marcos Ambrose, Austin Dillon, Brian Scott and Ricky Stenhouse Jr pitted for repairs, but stayed on the lead lap. |
|
|
|
Aric Almirola, David Gilliand, Paul Menard, Danica Patrick and Michael Waltrip all had their cars taken to the garage. Only Almirola made it back out onto the track, 30 laps down. |
|
162 |
#4 |
“The Big One” made another appearance at Daytona. Austin Dillon clipped the back bumper of Kyle Larson, sending him down the track, leaving a bunch of cars with nowhere to go. The crash ended rough days for rookies Michael Annett and Kyle Larson. |
|
|
|
Marcos Ambrose, Kasey Kahne, Bobby Labonte, Casey Mears, Ryan Newman, Brian Scott and Brian Vickers also suffered damage in the wreck. Only Ambrose and Labonte went a lap down after repairs, Vickers went down two. |
| 21 |
184 |
#5 |
Running in 16th, 2011 Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne’s #21 Ford got loose and into the outside wall, sending him down the track towards the infield. No other cars suffered damage. |
| 41 |
189 |
|
Running just inside the Top 20, Kurt Busch went for a spin into the pit area. Race stayed green. Busch went one lap down, but in terms of position, stayed in the upper 20s thanks to all the drivers who’s days had been affected previously. |
|
194 |
#6 |
Yet another pileup took place near the back of the pack. Justin Allgaier, Parker Kligerman, Terry Labonte, Ryan Newman and Cole Whitt were all involved. |
| 18 |
200 |
|
Kyle Busch got loose as the field headed towards the checkered flag, possibly with some help from Kevin Harvick, collecting Carl Edwards and Reed Sorenson in the process. After fighting his way back into the Top 10 after an early penalty, Busch finished 19th, unofficially. |
