Daniel Suarez (99) comes through Turn 4 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Jason Allen-Imagn Images

Watch: Drivers take hard hits in crash during Ambetter Health 400

By Samuel Stubbs | Last updated Feb 23, 2025 6:00 PM ET

The hardest crash, thus far, in Sunday's Ambetter Health 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway took out last year's winner of the race.

On Lap 184, Daniel Suarez got tight on the exit of Turn 4 before spinning across the racetrack. Cody Ware, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ty Gibbs, Cole Custer and JJ Yeley were also involved.

More contenders are collected in this incident early in the final stage! pic.twitter.com/7aNroWeqjJ
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) February 23, 2025

Suarez, Gibbs and Custer took especially hard hits, with the rear end of Custer's Haas Factory Team No. 41 Ford being especially bent. Custer was also involved in the last-lap crash in the Daytona 500.

Suarez is the defending winner of the Ambetter Health 400, but the crash ensures he won't go back-to-back in the second race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season.

Josh Berry won Stage 1 of the Ambetter Health 400, with Kyle Larson winning Stage 2. The crash is the second multi-car crash of the day after Brad Keselowski, Chase Elliott and Corey LaJoie were involved in a Lap 150 incident.

Samuel Stubbs

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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