WATCH: Viral in-car footage shows Alex Bowman was allegedly robbed of a Daytona 500 win

Alex Bowman scored his career best Daytona 500 finish of P2.

WATCH: Viral in-car footage shows Alex Bowman was allegedly robbed of a Daytona 500 win

Alex Bowman and William Byron at Daytona 500 (Via IMAGO)

The 2024 NASCAR Cup Series opener, the Daytona 500, ended under caution, with Hendrick Motorsports starman William Byron scoring his maiden win at the Track. He won the event under caution after NASCAR was forced to yellow flag the race due to the crash involving Ross Chastain and Austin Cindric.

No:48 Hendrick Motorsports driver Alex Bowman was fighting alongside was fighting for the win alongside Byron, Chastain, and the 2022 Daytona 500 winner Cindric. He bumped the No:1 Trackhouse Chevy slightly off his path and took the lead from Willaim Byron while the caution flag came out.

A video, sourced from Bowman’s in-car footage, has gone viral on social media. It shows the No:48 Chevy has taken the race lead before the yellow lights, indicating the caution was shown on the fences. This shows the lights turned on at least two seconds after Bowman took the lead from his teammate.

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But a statement from NASCAR showing why the caution was called, despite only Cindric and Chastain being involved in the incident, refutes the Bowman was robbed allegation. The photo shared on X by NASCAR clearly shows that Byron was leading when the caution was called as Cindric’s car found its way back to the track from the infield grass. The confusion was just about the fact that the lights ahead of Bowman took some time to get turned on, making the whole drama a misunderstanding.

Alex Bowman triggered a big crash at the Daytona 500

Bowman was the key factor behind the biggest wreck of the day at Daytona. The laps 192 wrecks, which collected 22 cars, including race win contenders, was a product of Bowman’s move on teammate William Byron.

The Big one at Daytona 500
The Big one at the Daytona 500 (Via IMAGO)

The No:48 driver, who got a good run on his teammate in the No:24 car, gave him a push, resulting in Byron making contact with Brad Keselowski. This triggered a chain reaction while Byron and Bowman escaped unharmed.

Keselowski, who lost control of his No:6 Ford, went up the track and collected Joey Logano, and the duo preceded to collect over 20 cars between turn three and turn four. Denny Hamlin, Ryan Blaney, and Martin Truex Jr. were some big names who got caught up in the mess.

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