🏎️ Chaos, Carnage Part Of Allure Of Daytona 500

Sunday's running of the Daytona 500 became a lesson of attrition. [View in browser]( [FOX SPORTS INSIDER WITH MARTIN ROGERS] In today’s FOX Sports Insider with Martin Rogers: The Super Bowl of racing delivered on excitement until the very end … Eric Bieniemy has yet to land a head coaching role, so what is preventing his ascension? … and more! DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Kyle Larson's car was so mangled, all twisted metal and crumpled paintwork — and so stuck in position — that you couldn't immediately tell if his team was trying to get it onto the tow truck or off of it. A few steps further along the home of NASCAR's row of team garages, a few ticks of the clock after an enthralling Daytona 500, Bubba Wallace's No. 23 was in a similarly distressed state, so much that even one of the world's most iconic logos, the McDonald's arches, was scarcely recognizable on the hood. Walk through Daytona International Speedway's pits before The Great American Race and it's like a stroll through a showroom. Do so after a race like Sunday's and it's a mechanical battleground, the pit staff serving as vehicular medics, the cars now reduced to looking like Thor and his heavy old hammer have just spent an afternoon with them. There was duct tape and drills and bits of disenfranchised steel everywhere. In the space of Denny Hamlin, a three-time 500 winner, the screeching caused by attempts to unbend some mangled carriage even caused one crew member, who is presumably accustomed to such things, to plug his ears with his fingers and wince. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won this year's Daytona 500 in no small part because he did a better job of surviving it than anyone else. He qualified in 31st but he was poised and ready when everything got wild at the end, which is what happens, often, and for very good reason. NASCAR racers are intently focused and resolutely controlled, and here they got through well over half of this grand old race without any significant incident, regardless of the blistering speed. But something happens when the biggest prize is on the line, a sea change that sweeps through the field late, when the real racing begins. For the rest of the story, [click here.]( [STORY IMAGE 1] [IN OTHER WORDS] - Eric Bieniemy is finalizing a deal to become the Commanders' new offensive coordinator. But [why isn't he a head coach]( yet? Ralph Vacchiano takes a closer look at the situation. - NBA commissioner Adam Silver is in favor of player movement throughout the league, but his [stance on public trade requests]( hasn't changed, Melissa Rohlin writes. - With another wild weekend of college basketball in the books, John Fanta breaks down the [notable storylines]( from Saturday’s action. - It wasn't its best performance, but the USWNT [learned where it needs to improve]( in a win over Japan on Sunday, Laken Litman writes. For the latest news and updates, [click here.]( [VIEWER'S GUIDE] Oklahoma State Cowboys at West Virginia Mountaineers (ESPN2, 7 p.m. ET) The Cowboys and Mountaineers clash with each team hoping to add another win with the NCAA Tournament inching closer. No. 5 Kansas Jayhawks at No. 22 TCU Horned Frogs (ESPN, 9 p.m. ET) The Horned Frogs look to pick up a huge ranked win when they take on the Jayhawks in a Big 12 showdown. 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