Kyle Larson will try to snap a 0-for-11 skid in the Daytona 500, and The Associated Press will be embedded with his No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports team.

Daytona has never been good to Larson despite three poles. He is actually 0 for 21 in the Cup Series with nine DNFs, and his Daytona national series debut was terrible: Larson flew into the fence on the final lap of the 2013 Xfinity Series race and demolished his car.

Ahead of Kyle Larson’s 12th Daytona 500 start, his son Owen doesn’t have a lot of faith in him. Kids, what are they even good for? Even NASCAR drivers have to deal with contrary children, and they know exactly how to get under their parents’ skin.

A Daytona Duel big one ended the second duels race Thursday. It involved aNASCAR Cup Series champion and a highly touted rookie. Coming to the checkered flag in the second qualifying race, rookie Shane van Gisbergen tried to make a move to the outside and was not clear of Christopher Bell.

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NASCAR crash in the second Daytona Duel has forced Kyle Larson and six other drivers to move to backup cars and behind the field for the Daytona 500.

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