This Race Had EVERYTHING! | NASCAR RaceDay

I got no words I got no [Music] words yo what's up everyone my name is jet welcome back to episode of MDK racing Victory stop recapping what took place in Daytona wow I must say this was the first Super Speedway race in a while that I left satisfied it had everything it had excitement it had crashing great racing and a great finish um but I am still a bit annoyed we'll get to that later but overall I thought it was a really really good Daytona race and I don't know could this I think here's the I feel like this was one of the this was probably the best super supered race in the nextg era I mean this race was really good from start to finish no real dull spots in this one I mean stage one was extremely competitive there was a stat line that had the most amount of lead changes in stage one which was around 30 laps the most amount of lead changes in 35 laps at Daytona in more than a decade that's number one now it was Ford heavy I mean a lot of the top four drivers like Josh Barry's Joey Lanos and uh and drivers like that always up towards the front but still very aggressive racing happened throughout stage one and it really set the tone early on that okay we are going to be in for a show tonight I mean hell before stage 2 even began Daniel Suare is caught on fire after a weird incident on Pit Road which which had sarz his gas can spill some fuel Hamlin drove up you know into his pit box and I guess him hitting the throttle you know ignited the flames and it got onto Suarez's car it ignited the car up Suarez had to get out of the car and they retired from the race back up meanwhile up front on the RAC track Bubba W one of the uh bubble drivers with up front leading early on and then we saw the first big one that take place on the back straightaway and it evolves again your boy cor Joy just man this guy man I I at this point I feel bad for him just 2024 man it man this just sucks it just sucks but again put a bad push creates a stack up creates Carnage Gregson involved lson Ross Chastain among Denny Hamlin among many others involved in the back straight away Hamlin one of the few drivers that was out of the race as a result of this accident around that same time Chase Elliott who was fighting with Tyler reick and Kyle arson for the regular season title he had to go into the garage and he was out of the race due to engine issues that occurred around the same race so lots of Carnage involving bubble drivers and drivers fighting for the regular season title you then had this amazing save with around 18 laps to go when the five car of Kyle lson hiss the two of Austin cnri who somehow saved it don't know how he did but he managed to keep his car going straight and then on lap 82 three things happened at the same time in the back Mar Drake Jr he blows a tire then up front Eric Jones blows a tire and right smack dab in the middle Shane Van gizan blows up Goes Up in Smoke again this race was just weird it was weird wacky wild mental from start to finish and by the way if you want to know the Ford swept the stages Josh Barry won stage one Joe Lana won stage two stage three that intensity was at 10 after stage two Crank that all the way up to 20 because it just went Skyhigh literally it was interesting see these new drivers up front because stage three was Michael McDow and Justin Haley those were the you know the two leaders Haley made a very bold move on the back straightway to jump down low uh to be able to take the lead away for a temporary portion of time and then 21 laps to go is when we started to see these big crashes start to take place but it began on the back straightaway with John herim leading but he gets bumped by Kyle Larson sends him into the side of Justin Haley's car and John herich goes for a long slide doesn't go upside down can't say that for other drivers but you know keeps the car on the ground brings up the caution restart with 18 laps to go then we see the two and the six of cnri and Kowski up front however the six jumps the restart because the two car is the control leader after pit stops the two came out first on pay Ro kazlowski jumped the restart so Kowski was penalized for that and sometimes you know things like that can be a good thing because at that same time maybe one lap later we saw the second big one and it happened really in right before the start Finish Line in the trioval where cindric and Larson make contact McDow then comes up in front of Cedric and entry into turn one cnri just hitting McDow many times sending McDow sideways he gets T-Bone by Lano who sends him up in the air comes back on all fours but collects many cars in the process bubble Wallace another bubble bubble driver Tyler reic his teammate Justin Haley Kyle Larson much more involved in this one that will bring us to a three-lap shootout out syndric leading and Josh Barry is back up in front and then we saw the other big one and another car go upside down that being Josh Barry more aggressive bumping on the back straway SS Josh Barry sideways goes going upside down reminiscent of his teammate Ryan priest but he does not flip due to there being no grass but he makes heavy contact with the inside wall hitting the inside wall upside down does cause for major concern but luckily you know the safety crew were able to put the car back on all four and Josh be was able to climb out of the car under his own power so that was good news um but yeah that's three that's three three in a Spam of two weeks of a car going either actually no four in a Spam of two weeks of a car going up in the air or upside down we had Ryan SE and Cory lejy last week and tonight we had Michael McDow and Josh Barry I mean I don't know what is with cars going upside down and then to be honest at NASCAR they did Implement a new safety measure you know to try and prevent cars from going upside down but at this point you just have to come to grips of the fact that when you're racing at these speeds cars will go cars are going to flip they will flip they're racing at 180 190 mph they're going to flip no matter what you do to it uh it didn't help that when Barry was sideways he had Austin syndric next to him which more than likely did help uh Barry catch air but it again when I say wacky this race was wacky so it is Kyle Bush that through all that my pick to win is sitting in the catbird seat coming to the white flag of the first overtime seeing as though that he was sitting in Prime position to break that Gap and go back to Victory Lane however on the back straightaway you have Kos on the low Lane getting help from Christopher Bell but on the high Lane Harrison Vern gets a big big push from Parker redav or redav I should say pushing the 21 card to the lead and then Harrison burn he did some really really aggressive close blocking coming off at turn number four Kyle Bush he gets one more shot at the 21 car of Burton he goes High Burton blocks Bush goes low Burton blocks again goes below the yellow line comes back up to hold off Bush to win at Daytona in his 998th career start his first win like I said in the Nascar Cup Series he led only one lap that being the final lap but he also gives the Wood Brothers their 100th Cup Series victory of course happening at at Daytona with his father Jeff Burton on the call with NBC I mean it was an awesome moment it was an awesome moment now there was a bit of controversy was Harrison burn below the yellow line it was deemed that he was push below the yellow line which he was um when he made contact with bush that Senter below the yellow line and he came back up right away so I didn't think there was any issue with that but yes Harrison Burton wins at Daytona it was an awesome awesome moment to see with Burton on the call uh calling his son's first career Cup Series win so it was a awesome moment to see a look at the unofficial result let's take a look at the results here so Harris Burton wins Kyle Busch in second Christopher Bell third Cody W fourth and Ty Gibbs the top five Bubba Wallace even though with his damage still rebounds for sixth place Parker retap in seventh eighth is bra Kowski even with his speeding penalty he rebounds to finish eighth sideways cuz he got turned right before the finish of the race Daniel hemr and Chris Bucher the top 10 then rookie Carson josar chass Zayn and 12 Zayn Smith Chase Brisco John herich Alex B Eric Jones Austin cnri BJ McLoud and Joey gase the top 20 and then I mean everyone else were involved in crashes like Kyle Larson Austin Dylan marrick Jor 24th Josh Barry 26 Byron uh was not able to complet the Daytona sweep in 27th reick the points leader still the points leader in 28th Michael mow who had a very fast car in 30th as well as Jo lagano and Ryan blay in 29th and 31st respectively Justin Haley tough break for him in 32nd and then Shan van gizan 35th Elliot 36 Denny hman 38th and Daniel Suarez rounds out the 40 car lineup so with the surprise victory of Harrison burn has absolutely flipped the playoff grid this is what it looks like at the moment I believe Tyler reic has about an 18-point Gap ahead of Kyle Larson heading into the final race of the regular season but look at the right side Harris burn is now colored in green be officially becomes the 13th entry into the NASCAR playoffs Mar Tri Jr Ty Gibbs Chris busher Bubba Wallace and RJ chain they're the only ones that can make it on points and Trux he no longer has that one race Gap he's within the 60o range at plus 58 gibbes plus 39 and Chris buser now has a 21o gap ahead of Bubba Wallace Ross chassin now minus 27 Kyle Bush and Chase Brisco Todd Gillan those drivers on back they have to win if they want to make it into the playoffs it's actually kind of funny because Bubba if if it Harris a burn didn't win that race if it was a repeat winner Bubba would have been plus six and Bubba I think was the best out of the 17 and the one car in terms of being up front and also good luck cuz the 17 and the one were also caught up in crashes but it it's just kind of funny how the playoffs work because don't get me wrong first off let's we'll get to that later I got to give a huge shout out to Lee DIY don't get me wrong I like Rick Allen but wow when you go back the call that Lee DIY gave on that final La not just the final la lee DIY was amazing to listen to from start to finish NBC made a I think a great call having Lee DIY uh be the league commentator as much as I like I like Rick Allen I do like Rick Allen but Lee DIY he he was meant to be calling races and I'm glad he will be NBC's lead guy into the future because he called that race especially that finish he called it beautifully also huge shout out to NBC you know commercial free or at least you know not going to a full commercial uh commercial break during green flag racing I thought NBC did a great job how they covered the race having Jimmy Johnson come on board and give you know some commentary on the NBC Peacock pit box I thought the whole TV crew did a great job especially Le DIY um the Razer like I said was amazing awesome the finish I again I am so happy for Harrison burn I like Harrison burn a lot I I wanted him to do well I've always wanted him to do well and I did feel bad for him that he got kicked out of the 21 ride but again it's a waste of a playoff spot like I'm sorry that was Harrison Burton's sixth top 20 finish only six times this year including his win has he finished in the top 20 inside the top 20 again like again this is the problem with the playoffs this is the problem with it why I can't why I or many others can't take it seriously yes he we know he's going to be out in the round of 16 but it is a waste of a playoff spot drivers like TRX like busher like Wallace like chess are more worthy of that playoff spot than a Harrison buron than an Austin syndric I hate to be that guy but yeah like again like it doesn't again I'm happy for him but it's like oh you're in the playoffs now uh okay you see the issue with this but that's for another story but um what would I rate this race I again this is like eight and a half maybe nine out of 10 like I thought this was an awesome an awesome uh uh race wasn't perfect you know that goes to Atlanta still but it was an awesome race at Daytona so I left this race very satisfied from the racing to the commentary I thought it was great very happy for Harrison burn but man One race to go Darlington very interested to see how this goes um I mainly believe the main battle is going to be between busher Wallace and chain with trrex and Gibbs the speed that they have if they can just keep their noses clean they'll be fine the main battle is going to be between the seven the 23 and the one car because they are pretty even on speed and you let's be honest busher has a pretty decent Gap 21 points he is ahead of Bubba Wallace and busher we know how good of a car he had back in the spring race uh before he got taken out by Tyler reic so those three drivers are going to be very fun to watch how they compete against each other into the final race at Darlington but those are my thoughts on this race what are your thoughts let me know in the comment section down below did you like it did you not the next time man I'm jet from MDK thank you so much for watching and I'll see yall next time [Music]