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How the Daytona 500 has turned into a race decided by final lap chaos

In 2018, Aric Almirola's car went head-on into the wall in Turn 3 on the last lap of the Daytona 500 after a shove from Austin Dillon. Dillon went on to win the race.

A year ago, Ryan Newman's horrific wreck happened as he went into the wall off the nose of Ryan Blaney while they were battling race-winner Denny Hamlin for the win. Late Sunday night, Michael McDowell swiped the Daytona 500 after his push of Brad Keselowski went wrong on the final lap when Joey Logano tried to block the move.