NASCAR Radioactive | 2026 Daytona International Speedway

Pushes in the wall! You're wrecking, wrecking. Check, check, check, check, check. Coming to the line. Cars everywhere. That wasn't ideal. The feeling is just different. The build-up is different because NASCAR gets to race at the World Centre of Racing. Drivers are going to have to be aggressive as soon as the green flag drops because you have stage points. You've got to go get them. A line will be drawn in the famous sand here for who's in and out of the chase. I'm told we've got what we need to do, so let's go do it. Have fun. Thanks for the pass, Kyle's team. Let's get in this chase. We're off and running here at Daytona. We need a bail. Copy. It's off a two. It's really edgy and the two is all over the place. Austin Hill slides up in front of Kyle Larson. He will lead lap 11. You've got still just a five in your mirror. I'm losing my camera connection. Copy that. Kyle Larson's been doing a little rat-a-tat-tat on the back bumper, but he's not broken out of line to initiate a pass. If the 17 gets to the 16 and starts making a run, I will obviously keep you updated. OK. As we come to the white flag of this stage, the question is, will they patiently finish in this order or will they try to pull out of line? Still a single file. 17 and 16 are teaming up now. Here comes Chris Buescher in the 17. With his teammate from RFK, Ryan Priest behind. You're clear to go with Chris. Get up. 17, I'll have the run. I'll probably take it. RFK controlling the first and the second position. Get two Chevrolet's with Larson and SVG. Get together. 97's with you. Here comes your push. Two guys fighting over that 16th and final place. A side-by-side. Buescher's in the wall! You're wrecking, wrecking. Check, check, check, check, check. Green and white checker in the line now. Then Gisbergen's going to win the stage. Coming to the line. Cars everywhere. We're OK. Have one. Should be all good. Yeah, I copy that. You're in a little s***. That wasn't ideal. We ain't giving up, though. This is our race. We got it. Give me the ball there, Derek. We'll get her back. Stage two, here we go. Odie Ware, closest to the yellow line as he surges his way forward. And he's pulled Priest along. That's the 60 of Ryan Priest right behind him, right back in the mix. 37 more. And then look who's lurking, the 12 of Ryan Blaney. I'm going to go. I can't f***ing go nowhere. I feel like the aggressiveness is starting to pick up. You're starting to see the cars move around a little bit more. Elliott to the front ahead of Blaney. 19, Don. You got the 5 pushing, pushing to you, pushing still in line, still too wide. Priest back to the front. What a night for Ryan Priest. One to go. Here comes Ryan Blaney. Charging back to the front of the field. Blaney's got help behind him in the form of Ryan Priest. Push him on throttle. Take him with you. Go into it. Blaney has control, but I think Priest is thinking more points. Pick up the green line checker, line up behind. C2, yellow, yellow, yellow. Good one for Ryan Priest. He grabs nine stage points. All right, boys, let's fight. Green flag goes back in the air and we're racing again. We got to make a move. I believe there are teams that are thinking about stretching fuel. I think there are teams whispering about coming to pit road as groups. Chevy's are getting ready to pit. I don't know exactly when. We need to try to get down right here. Trying to get the one to give us a hold here. Come on over. Here they come. I'm assuming this is just going to be gas only. Probably relatively short stops as well. Only a few seconds of fuel. Really important that they're all on the same plane. See if that changes the way that lead pack races now. Hendrick Motorsports go one, two, three at the moment, but they're now beginning to pick the pace up just to pit themselves. Pick up the pace here. See if we can pick up the pace. This will be a real big cat and mouse game to see if the one and the chase pack can push the lead pack into running out of gas or catch them. We're trying to work at it. We're not running the pace. We're running the run. I see the advantage goes to Ross Chastain and the chase crew. They're only 19 seconds behind. Chastain's best guys are pulling those guys around and there's some in that mid pack that are going to make it. Just so you know, we cannot make it here. When you see those Hendrick cars coming, we've got to pit with them. How bad were you at B? It's bad. Just go as fast as you can. We're going to focus on executing the pit stop here in a few laps. This time. Pit this time. There you go. The counteraction. Look at Zane Smith in the 38. He's got a fellow Ford giving him a little tap. That's the man Ryan Preece who's trying to race his way into the chase. Yeah, the games are over at the front of the field. Contact between Tyler Reddick and Zane Smith. Great save. The worst situation possible for the two in the 97 is that 60 car leading this race. So he's really got to pit, right? If he comes second, what do I have to finish? If he finishes second, you've got to finish 30th. Zane is clear. Inside. Zane Smith goes to the front now. Oh, and he sneaks up in front of the 60. I didn't think there was going to be room. Osavar turns left with a big run. Gone. Too big of a run. Uh-oh. Hang on, Jeremy. Hang on. One's a bit below it. Check, check. It just snapped. Never works out. You know the deal, Saban. One thing's for sure, Brandon. We're going to leave it all here tonight. So let's go get it. Just so you know where the 60 is, I think he needs to win to make the playoff. So he's going to do anything but help us. Green white tractor launches onto you. Green flag goes in the air. Here we go. NASCAR overtime. Preece Smith. Look at the hitting. And look at Josh Berry up high as Rennick goes in front of him. Look at that quick drive fly. Just dust. Everything's good. Just dust. Zane Smith trying to keep them all behind him. White flag is in the air. Pick up the top. One man trying to block all three lanes at the same time. He'll go to the outside and make the block. But the bottom is open. He can't get close. And no, he's head on into the wall. Zane Smith gets it. Stay straight. Keep the wheel straight as you can. Everybody's spinning. What the f*** are we doing? Stupid s***. I know somebody that these cars are probably going to flip easier. And I just saw darkness. I was like, oh, s***. It was me. I think I got hit, like, in the window, man. So, that was great. Cover the 7. Here's your 7. Tight. Huge crash down the backstretch. Caution's out. Preece out in front of the timer. The caution. Ryan Preece has done it. The biggest win of his career. And Preece is in the chase. We f***ing did it. Great job, buddy. Oh, my. Turn it the f*** off. SVG knew the pressure was on, came in in 16th place. One of the few situations that would knock SVG out of the chase was Ryan Preece winning. Oh, boy. The 61 shows us out. Ryan Preece has never been to the postseason. He's going there now. That's called redemption at this place, man. F*** yeah. Love you, boy. Unbelievable.