Ryan Preece’s visit to Daytona seems cursed in some manner. In 2023, his car went airborne, flipped mid-air a dozen times before crashing on the ground. That horrifying crash had a sequel this February, when a brush with Christopher Bell made his Ford rear up into a wheelie on its back wheels before going airborne. Although those spine-chilling endeavors finally came to an end on his last visit to the superspeedway, fresh threats appeared. They were none other than Hendrick Motorsports rivals.

Ryan Preece was a hair’s breadth away from clinching a 2025 playoff seat. He clinched 7 top tens and 3 top fives across the regular season. What is more, Preece regularly beat both Brad Keselowski, his team owner, and Chris Buescher, his teammate, in terms of stats. But an encounter in Daytona dashe

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