NASCAR Cup Series driver Ryan Preece (60) gets airborne after a wreck during the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway. Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images

Watch: Ryan Preece flips in closing laps of Daytona 500

By Samuel Stubbs | Last updated Feb 16, 2025 9:46 PM ET

For the second time in his career, Ryan Preece went for a wild ride at Daytona International Speedway.

With five laps to go in Sunday's Daytona 500, Christopher Bell received a bad push from Cole Custer, turning Bell hard into the outside wall. Bell's No. 20 shot back down the track, where Preece made heavy contact before blowing over and hitting the turn-three wall.

A look at the incident on Lap 196 of the #DAYTONA500. pic.twitter.com/6OJa154GZC
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Preece put his window net down after the crash, signaling to the safety workers that he was okay following the scary incident. Preece walked away under his own power following the crash.

Preece, Bell, Erik Jones, Daniel Suarez, Brad Keselowski and Kyle Larson were among the drivers involved in the crash, which incurred the second red flag of the race. In total, 10 drivers were involved in some way.

Preece flipped in the 2023 summer race at Daytona in another scary crash from which he also walked away.

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Hailing from the same neck of the woods as NASCAR Hall of Famer Mark Martin, Samuel has been covering NASCAR for Yardbarker since February 2024. He has been a member of the National Motorsports Press Association (NMPA) since October of 2024. When he’s not writing about racing, Samuel covers Arkansas Razorback basketball for Yardbarker

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