X (Twitter) users responded Wednesday night when NASCAR Cup Series officials declared Austin Cindric the Duel 2 winner over Erik Jones at Daytona.

Bubba Wallace won a Duel Thursday. Erik Jones did, too, until a review gave the victory to Austin Cindric. And Corey LaJoie is in the Daytona 500.

NASCAR has started off the 2025 season with multiple controversial last-lap calls/no-calls on back-to-back weekends at Daytona and Atlanta. The first came at Daytona International Speedway during Duel 2 when Erik Jones crossed the finish line first but officials declared Austin Cindric the winner because he was positioned just ahead of the No.

Austin Cindric nipped Erik Jones in a photo finish to win the second Daytona 500 Duel qualifying race Thursday night. Jones patiently waited to celebrate for several minutes with his No. 43 Toyota parked at the finish line.

With a massive wreck littering the asphalt behind them, polesitter Austin Cindric edged Erik Jones for the victory in the second Duel. Though Jones was first to

Daytona 500 champion from Mooresville, North Carolina, edged Erik Jones at the moment of caution on the final lap to claim his first Daytona Duel victory while the third-generation LaJoie from Charlotte,

Jimmie Johnson finishes third in the Daytona 500 as all three Legacy Motor Club cars finish inside the top 12 for the best showing in team history. It all started Thursday in Duel #2 as Erik Jones beat Austin Cindric to the line.

But after a delay to review video, NASCAR declared Cindric as the winner because his No. 2 Ford was ahead by inches when the caution was thrown just before the flagstand."I feel bad for Erik having to go all the way over there,

X (Twitter) users responded Wednesday night when NASCAR Cup Series officials declared Austin Cindric the Duel 2 winner over Erik Jones at Daytona.

NASCAR fans shared their displeasure over the controversial call that led to Penske’s Austin Cindric snatching away the Daytona Duel victory from Erik Jones. The No. 43 Legacy Motor Club Toyota crossed the finish line 0.

Austin Cindric wins the 2025 Duel 2 at Daytona International Speedway! Check out the full NASCAR results from Daytona, who locked a spot.

When is a last-lap wreck enough to force a race-ending caution? It's a question that's plagued NASCAR's race control over the first two weeks of the 2025 season.