There were many wrecked race cars at the end of Sunday’s Daytona 500, but some were damaged in an unusual place for a restrictor-plate race -- the pits.
The five-car incident occurred with 41 laps left in the midst of green-flag stops, starting as Rick Ware Racing teammates Cody Ware and B.J. McLeod made contact near the entrance to pit road.
That set off a chain reaction that collected the cars of Jimmie Johnson, Tyler Reddick and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Every car except Ware’s was able to continue.
Ware, who finished 39th, took to Twitter to explain Wednesday how the wreck unfolded from his perspective in the No. 52 Chevrolet. He blamed other teams for miscommunication.
They kept it a secret that they were pitting, we had no way of knowing to check up or do anything differently and everyone suffered for it
— Cody Ware (@CodyShaneWare) February 20, 2019
Me & the 51 were staying out, had we been told the leaders were pitting we couldve gone to the high line and this wouldn’t have happened, Tab Boyd’s chatter says it all pic.twitter.com/oXPMt1aM3h
— Cody Ware (@CodyShaneWare) February 20, 2019