Erik Jones wins wreck-filled Busch Clash in third overtime attempt

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Erik Jones survived four wrecks in the final 22 laps and three overtime restarts to win Sunday’s Busch Clash at Daytona International Speedway. He did it with arguably the most damaged of the six cars that finished the 88-lap race, which began with 18 cars. Jones was listed as being involved in three of the four wrecks. Jones received a push from teammate Denny Hamlin, who was a lap down, and passed Ryan Newman and Austin Dillon on the final lap to claim the win in the exhibition race. Jones beat Dillon, Clint Bowyer, Kyle Larson, Newman and Hamlin. “Not (a race) I would have thought we’d (have) won,” Jones told FS1. “It was an awesome race. I got to give a huge thanks to Denny there in the 11. He stuck with us there that whole last lap. It wasn’t the fastest car I don’t think left in the race. But we brought it home. I owe him one for that, for sure.” MORE: Race results MORE: Keselowski upset with Logano after wreck Jones said he was surprised by how damaged his race winning car was. “I knew it was pretty tore up, I could see the hood, but I didn’t know the nose was so busted in until I saw it,” Jones said. “We recreated the Terry Labonte picture (from his win in the 1995 Bristol night race) with our crew, so I’m excited to see how that turned out. … I’ve won with some beat up cars racing at short tracks, but they never looked quite like that. It’s one I’ll always remember.”

With so much mayhem over the last portion of the race, Jones said he was “just laughing a lot of the time at the end. “Because No. 1, I couldn’t even believe we were still going. And No. 2, that we were up front and having a shot. … I was having a great time. I would love to have that car and point it out and tell the story of it.” The fourth wreck, which led to the final restart, occurred in Turn 4 as a result of contact between Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson. NASCAR ✔ @NASCAR "Goodness gracious!" That sums it up, @JeffGordonWeb. Calamity strikes again late in the #BuschClash. Embedded video 536 12:04 AM - Feb 10, 2020 Twitter Ads info and privacy 228 people are talking about this The third wreck occurred on the first overtime attempt, when Denny Hamlin got loose while trying to fend off Elliott’s attempt to take the lead an