2014 Sprint Unlimited

[8] The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long.

As the field was coming to the conclusion of the first segment – on lap 29 of 30 – Jimmie Johnson, running second, got loose exiting turn 4 and hit the inside wall driver-side.

Matt Kenseth spun after making contact with Joey Logano, which led to Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon, Harvick, Kurt Busch, Carl Edwards, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Danica Patrick being collected in a nine-car crash.

[10] Kenseth put the incident down to him cutting off Joey Logano and failing to leave enough room for his rival upon completion.

Hamlin was the first off pit road, but before the race could be restarted, the Chevrolet pace car caught fire.

[11] Chevrolet issued a statement the following morning about the incident, stating that an assessment was underway into the cause of the fire.

[12] Hamlin led the field to the restart, but his lead was not to last; McMurray and Dale Earnhardt Jr. took spells at the front, before the fourth caution of the race.