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The big one came near the end of the second stage of the Daytona 500 and was caused when Denny Hamlin attempted to take the lead from Justin Algaier.
Allgaier races full-time in NASCAR's second-tier O'Reilly Auto Parts Series for JR Motorsports. It was his second straight Daytona 500 racing for Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s team, as it has attempted each of the past two 500s.
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