DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The first race of the 2020 season among NASCAR’s three national series did not disappoint. The Truck Series season opened with Grant Enfinger winning the NextEra Energy 250 with a thrilling photo-finish race. He beat out second-place finisher Jordan Anderson by just .010 seconds.
Beyond the crazy finish, the race was wild and filled with the type of crashes expected at Daytona International Speedway. But in those wrecks, there was a lot of fire and one truck ended upside down after it slid across the track.
Ty Majeski in the No. 45 Chevrolet was in the wrong place at the wrong time as trucks around him began to wreck just 15 laps into the 106-lap race. (It went into overtime after the scheduled 100 laps.) And when the No. 22 Chevrolet of Austin Wayne Self slammed into Majeski, his truck flipped upside down and slid across the track as a plethora of sparks flew off of it before eventually coming to a stop.
Amazingly, Majeski was OK, but he was stuck in his flipped truck for a few moments, waiting for safety officials to help him out. He told FOX Sports after being cleared by the infield care center:
“Nothing like I’ve ever experienced before. Just unfortunate for our night to get ended that early. … It’s obviously not a good feeling. I’m not hurt, thankfully. Just my pride so it’s all good. We’ll live to race another day.”
But that wasn’t the end of the fiery chaos.
The No. 02 Chevrolet of Tate Fogleman caught fire after being hit by Brennan Poole in the No. 30 Toyota. He, too, was OK, even after being rear-ended while his truck was still ablaze.
Fogleman told FOX Sports’ Bob Pockrass that because he’s caught fire before so he was “kind of used to it.” And he knew how to stay calm, which typically helps the situation rather than panicking.
Still, what a scary situation.
Here’s a look at “the big one” from Friday’s Truck Series race with three laps to go, which seems fairly muted after all those earlier flames.
And then even after Enfinger won the race, Spencer Boyd’s No. 20 Chevrolet caught fire.
