Daytona 500: Fire Breaks Out, Twitter Has A Blast

It’s been one wacky event after another for this Daytona 500. It was initially supposed to begin at 1:00 on Sunday. The rain delayed it for hours, before it was finally cancelled for the day, to be postponed until Monday at Noon. After all the complaints that it would be happening while everyone was at work (oh yeah, and some more rain), they decided to reschedule it for 7:00PM.

It did begin, and then during the second lap, there was a crash involving Jimmie Johnson and GoDaddy girl Danica Patrick. Then, later in the race, an explosion occurred when Juan Pablo Montoya crashed into a jet dryer truck.

Here’s what the Twitterverse is saying about that:

@CodyWill
Cody WilliamsOMG! JET FUEL FIRE AT THE DAYTONA
500!!! 36 seconds ago via txt · Reply · Retweet · Favorite · powered by @socialditto

@S_Hundley
Sheila HundleyWrecks, heavy rain then huge fire. Locusts next at the Daytona 500? 1 minute ago via Twitter for iPhone · Reply · Retweet · Favorite · powered by @socialditto

@k8tie335
kathleen hickeyJet dryers catching on fire,to Brad Keselowski tweeting, to Carl Edwards wanting cheese itz #craziest daytona 500 ever! 2 minutes ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® · Reply · Retweet · Favorite · powered by @socialditto

@Kellllllllllll
Kelly ThompsonThe firefighters putting out the fire on the Daytona wreck>>>>>> so hawt! 2 minutes ago via Twitter for Android · Reply · Retweet · Favorite · powered by @socialditto

@saintrosesid
David AlexanderNASCAR just can’t win w/Daytona 500, 5x out, Danica out, now jet fuel fire. 3 minutes ago via Twitter for iPhone · Reply · Retweet · Favorite · powered by @socialditto

@jhanereifsteck
Jhane ReifsteckI thought God was a NASCAR fan. Apparently he really doesn’t like Daytona. Rain yesterday. Fire today. Manna tomorrow? 4 minutes ago via Echofon · Reply · Retweet · Favorite · powered by @socialditto

@LaSportsDude
Jordan GroveSurprised there hasn’t been a “Fire, Water, Burn” reference to Daytona yet. No Bloodhound Gang fans on twitter? 4 minutes ago via txt · Reply · Retweet · Favorite · powered by @socialditto

@PCTrojan
Brian AnslowThe fire at the Daytona fire is so sureal! I will be shocked if this doesn’t cause the end of the race. 5 minutes ago via TweetDeck · Reply · Retweet · Favorite · powered by @socialditto

@RalphFilardo
Ralph FilardoIn this day and age, the quickest way to clean a massive Daytona fire is laundry detergent?! 6 minutes ago via Twitter for Android · Reply · Retweet · Favorite · powered by @socialditto

@AlanRucker
Alan RuckerIf you had Dave Blaney winning Daytona after a jet fuel fire in your prop bets you’re making straight bank tonight. #CashMoneyHomey 6 minutes ago via Twitter for iPhone · Reply · Retweet · Favorite · powered by @socialditto

@Freshmen_Glory
Mark LogginsJet fuel fire at Daytona product placement!!! #tide 7 minutes ago via web · Reply · Retweet · Favorite · powered by @socialditto

@Stevegocke4
Steve GockeI love me some NASCAR and wish I could have watched the Daytona 500 tonight and my favorite driver create a huge ball of fire! Nice job JPM! 7 minutes ago via Twitter for iPhone · Reply · Retweet · Favorite · powered by @socialditto