Ryan Preece's crash Sunday was the latest in an uptick of cars flipping after wrecks and the second such incident for Preece in two years.

Ryan Preece has walked away after a spectacular crash during the closing laps of the 2025 Daytona 500, going airborne and flipping down the Daytona backstretch and up the banking in Turn 3. It all occurred after a multi-car crash that began when Christopher Bell got spun in front of traffic while racing for the win with four laps to go.

With four laps left, Preece turned upside-down and essentially did a wheelie in his No. 60 Ford. His car flipped onto its roof and turned back onto its tires before hitting the outside wall. Preece dropped his safety net to signal to crews he was OK. He finished 32nd.

For the second time in two years, Ryan Preece went airborne in a terrifying crash on the backstretch at Daytona International Speedway. Preece, who was making his Daytona 500 debut with Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing,

As a 20-car pack of cars raced toward the finish of Sunday’s Daytona 500, Ryan Preece, in the busy middle of the group, suddenly rode his car high into the Daytona night, then flipped and slammed into the outside wall.

That was an unnerving moment during the last stage of the NASCAR Daytona 500 race at Daytona International Speedway in Florida.

Ryan Preece's car goes airborne in Turn 3 after colliding with Erik Jones (43) during the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

Preece was referring to the wreck he endured on Sunday at Daytona International Speedway: the one where he was knocked in the side by an out-of-control Christopher Bell, into Erik Jones, and up into the air at 190-plus miles per hour — floating and flipping upside down until he crashed into the wall, almost into the fence.

A look at Ryan Preece, NASCAR driver in the No. 60 Ford for RFK Racing