Truex Jr., Almirola among several drivers wiped out after wreck
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Matt Kenseth and Kasey Kahne made contact and crashed, bringing out the race’s sixth caution on Lap 104 of the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway.
Other cars involved in the melee were David Ragan, Jamie McMurray, Kyle Larson, Aric Almirola, Brad Keselowski, Sam Hornish Jr., Martin Truex Jr., Trevor Bayne and Danica Patrick, who cut a tire as she ran over a piece of debris from the incident.
Almirola is the defending race winner.
“I was following Jeff Gordon up through there and he got shuffled out and I kind of committed to him and we started moving back up there pretty good,” Almirola said.
“I was happy about the momentum we had and next thing I know some cars got together on the inside, and I heard the noise and heard them start to spin. … It is a game of inches here sometimes, and I think a couple feet more forward and we wouldn’t be in this. It stinks. I am certainly disappointed.”