The Daytona International Speedway has always been the World Center of Racing as well as the world center of controversy. Controversy and Daytona have always have been synonymous and there are plenty of memorable controversial moments for NASCAR. But what about the ones that people have been forgotten over time? Well there may be one that perfectly fits this. This is the most controversial Daytona race nobody remembers.
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What is your favorite Daytona controversy?
@Tobi Ojo it wasn’t a playoff race but yeah
I’m assuming you mis spoke because you usually know your stuff, but Spencer won several nascar races…
Mark Martin won the 2007 Daytona 500 by the letter of the rule
HOW IS THIS RACE CONTROVERSIAL?
The fact that the 2000 Daytona 500 is considered ‘the worst’ is by far the biggest controversy I’ve ever seen. Does anyone even remember the 2020 Daytona 500? The biggest highlight up until they came to the finish was that it rained. Does anyone have any form of recollection at all of the highlight we saw when they came to the finish? I stand my case.
As a truck series fan I’m glad this race is getting the attention it deserves
Jimmy Spencer pulled into Victory Lane before anyone knew who won. What a legend.
Haha he knew he second Bobby one he was just trying to force their hand
@334 Outdoors it wasn’t his first run in officials. If it meant he could have his fun with it, may as well
I’d expect nothing less from him tbh
I’m definitely biased since I’ve been a Kurt Busch fan for over two decades, but the only thing legendary about him is his temper.
He pulled a Lightning McQueen
Rick Crawford’s flip symbolizes his life, career and reputation
Angela’s Motorsports didn’t do him any favors either
@Ronnie Watkins
That was Mike McLaughlin
Rick Crawford got a visit from the booty warrior lmaoo
@Jude Fernandez Good! He Deserves it
this was only the 6th truck race at daytona. They didnt start racing there till 2000. The famous Geoffey Bodine wreck race
Jimmy Spencer definitely won 2 races in his Cup series career. Both came in 1994, one was at Daytona.
Other one was at Dega in 94′. He is also 1 of 40 drivers(currently) to win a race in all 3 top NASCAR series.
@MiniMax Diesel Dude if you don’t mind me asking but who are the current active drivers on that list?
@Xavier Juno off the top of my head…. Keselowski, Logano, Busch, Reddick, Chastain, Austin Dillon, Hamlin, Almirola, Elliott, Blaney, Cindric, Suarez, Bell, Harvick, Larson, Custer
He won at least a couple Busch races, as well as two restrictor plate races in ’94 for Junior Johnson.
@Mike D also a Trucks win at Loudon i believe
Not only is this one of the few races in NASCAR history with multiple flips, but I’m pretty sure this is the only race in NASCAR history we’re both vehicles that flipped over were able to drive away.
I thought that was the most noteable thing too! That was some crazy good luck in the same race
The truck race at Knoxville last year had one that flipped and kept going, but two!!!!
“As for Jimmy Spencer, he would never come closer than this to winning a NASCAR race in his career, in any series.”
I think he meant to say for the remainder of his career. Jimmy Spencer did win races.
Stenthouse Jr being behind Hamilton was like a ominous foreshadowing of him becoming Wrecky Stenthouse
I really thought Spencer won it until replay says otherwise. Missed Bobby Hamilton though.
A quick note on the driver shown at 4:40 Shige Hattori. In addition to the Truck Series, he also competed in CART & IRL from the late 90’s-early 2000’s. He currently owns his own team in the Truck Series as well as in the GT4 America Series.
Geez what is it about former drivers that makes them good owners?
Jimmy Spencer is a 2 time nascar champion in the modified He has at least one win in every division
“This debris was real” a rare scene nowadays
I remember this, I was 15 and it’s still probably my most memorable truck race.
I remember this race and was pulling for Jimmy Spencer at the time and I was pissed when Spencer didn’t win. Not that I didn’t like Hamilton because I did but I wanted Jimmy to win that race.
I remember watching this live. Speed channel used to be unmatched back in the day
I completely forgot this race UNTIL THE FINISH. That ending was so weird, I don’t know how you forget this.
Oh the heydays on NASCAR…I remember this race. The flips were amazing and the racing was mesmerizing. What a classic thriller.
Now I know why Stenhouse wrecks the entire field. His young, impressionable mind took inspiration from this race.