Cole Custer isn’t sweating his role in two crashes at the end of Sunday night’s Daytona 500. Though Custer drew criticism from some drivers and fans for triggering two “Big Ones” — the first with five laps remaining in the race and the second on the final lap — the Haas Factory Team driver said he was not second-guessing himself much in the aftermath.

Cole Custer during qualifying for the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/)

Denny Hamlin thought he was in the right spot on the last lap of Sunday’s Daytona 500. Cole Custer saw an opportunity. William Byron collected the checkered flag. Byron went from seventh to first on the backstretch when he slipped by crashing cars to win the Daytona 500 for the second year in a row.

But one of the major moments from this season’s Daytona 500 was a scary crash involving Ryan Preece, coming in the closing laps. With the field bunched up Christopher Bell got a big bump from behind by Cole Custer,

Cole Custer, driver of the No. 41 HaasTooling.com Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Haas Factory Team in the NASCAR Cup Series, was battling for the win in Sunday’s Daytona 500 before getting involved in an accident coming to the checkered flag.

For the second time in 18 months, Ryan Preece walked away from a frightening airborne crash at Daytona International Speedway. With only five laps to go in Sunday’s (Feb. 16) Daytona 500, second-place Christopher Bell spun right in front of the field after a push gone wrong from Cole Custer.

It took overtime and a crash on the white-flag lap for William Byron to win his second straight Daytona 500 on Sunday. Byron was ninth going into the final lap in overtime when Cole Custer and Chase Briscoe made contact causing many cars to spin out.

Read the recent NASCAR news and rumors about Cole Custer for fantasy racing. After unexpectedly battling for the win in the Daytona 500, Cole

Haas Factory team enjoyed a successful team debut this weekend at Daytona, as Sam Mayer and Sheldon Creed finished second and third in the Xfinity Series. On the Cup side, Cole Custer had a chance to go to victory lane in the Daytona 500,

Ryan Preece took another crazy ride Sunday at Daytona in the latter stages of the 67th running of the Daytona 500. Preece was minding his Ps and Qs when Christopher Bell got a push from Cole Custer on the top line.

It took overtime and a crash on the white-flag lap for William Byron to win his second straight Daytona 500 on Sunday. Byron was ninth going into the final lap in overtime when Cole Custer and Chase Briscoe made contact causing many cars to spin out.

Though Custer drew criticism from some drivers and fans for triggering two “Big Ones” — the first with five laps remaining in the race and the second on the final lap — the Haas Factory Team driver said he was not second-guessing himself much in the aftermath.