2018 NASCAR Monster Energy Cup - Daytona 500

The 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Series kicked off with the Daytona 500 which is known to be America's national pastime aside from Super Bowl and it's a brave new world out there because there are so many big changes around the grid following what happened last season and for Chevy drivers, they've been greeted with the new Camaro stock car, which replaced the SS following last year's discontinuation. So, what just happened in the most chaotic Daytona 500 in history?

Lap 59 sees a disastrous end of Stage 1 with a big crash that caught drivers like Jones, Suarez, William Byron, and Jimmie Johnson in a mix. Behind the calamity, Kurt Busch nailed that stage. In the 100th lap, Keselowski's contact with Chase Elliot triggered another big one that caught Danica Patrick and Casey Kahne onto it. Ryna Blaney scored his Stage 2 win. In Lap 199, just as we thought the race is almost over, another big one triggered and it's definitely the biggest in this race. With that, a two-lap overtime was triggered.

After a chaotic Daytona 500, history finally repeat itself as the #3 car, driven by Austin Dillon, wins the 60th outing of The Great American Race. 20 years ago, the #3 car of the legendary Dale Earnhardt Sr. won the Daytona 500 and now, it's happening again, thanks to Dillon himself. Yes, chaos did ensue by history has been made once again in Daytona 500.

Next race will be the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at the Atlanta Motor Speedway on the 25th of February.