Source: NASCAR.com/Bleacher Report

With one race in the books, Reed tops the Xfinity Series standings with a nine-point lead over Brendan Gaughan. Here is a rundown of the current top 10:

Saturday’s race rewarded those who were skilled and fortunate enough to avoid crashes, as only 20 of 40 cars remained on the track at the conclusion of the event.

Brad Keselowski was in control during the early going by leading nine of the first 10 laps, but one miscue can prove catastrophic at Daytona, and it resulted in him getting shuffled back several positions, as seen in this video courtesy of Fox Sports: NASCAR:

The fireworks truly began on lap No. 23, however, as the first of many big wrecks occurred when Tyler Reddick and Scott Lagasse Jr. traded paint.

A total of 20 cars were involved in the incident, which resulted in a red flag temporarily stopping the race:

The action resumed following a lengthy cleanup process, but it wasn’t long before the race was forced to be halted again.

On the 29th lap, Daniel Hemric knocked Justin Allgaier off-kilter, and the result was a 12-car pileup that claimed several top contenders:

Of the drivers who were knocked out of the race, Allgaier, Erik Jones, Darrell Wallace Jr., Brandon Jones and 2016 Xfinity Series champion Daniel Suarez all qualified for the inaugural NASCAR Xfinity Series Chase last season.

Following the crash, Suarez felt as though the drivers made some tactical errors, per Joe Menzer of FoxSports.com: “It was way too early to be racing each other that hard.”

According to Tom Jensen of FoxSports.com, NASCAR Cup Series driver Kevin Harvick expressed his belief that inexperience was to blame for the accidents: