Tony Stewart and Matt Kenseth, two of the pre-race favorites to win the Daytona 500, were involved in an early incident Sunday at Daytona International Speedway.
Daytona 500 2015 live results: Tony Stewart’s, Matt Kenseth’s victory hopes hurt in wreck
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Stewart was in the bottom groove when his No. 14 car jumped out from underneath him and darted up the track and into Ryan Blaney, pushing both into the Turn 4 wall. Kenseth was directly behind Blaney and sustained nose damage.
“Sorry guys,” Stewart radioed to his team. “I was tight and didn’t have any room. It just sucked me up there. “That was 100 percent my fault.”
Stewart and Kenseth each made several stops during the subsequent caution to repair the damage, with both falling multiple laps down. The Stewart eventually had to go to the garage.
Stewart was looking for his first Daytona 500 victory, while Kenseth is a two-time winner (2009, ‘12). Kenseth had won last weekend’s Sprint Unlimited exhibition and was strong in his qualifying race Thursday.
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