[Music] during Saturday night's Coke Zero sugar 400 at Daytona things took an unexpected turn for Daniel Suarez of track house racing shortly after stage one ended in a bizarre incident NASCAR driver Suarez's number 99 Chevrolet caught fire as he was driving down pit Lane with the rear of the car completely engulfed in flames Suarez showing incredible composure stayed in the car far longer than most would have eventually bringing it back to his pit box where the fire was extinguished unfortunately the damage was severe enough to end his night prematurely despite this setback Suarez's win earlier in the season ensures his place in the playoffs providing some relief amidst the disappointment initially there was confusion about how the fire started swarez had just pitted a lap earlier making the sudden Flames puzzling the cause was eventually traced to an unusual set of circumstances involving Denny Hamlin's number 11 Toyota which was in the adjacent pit stall as Hamlin was trying to leave his pit box he had to quickly switch between the brake and throttle causing Flames to shoot out from his car these Flames ignited fuel on the ground in Suarez's stall leading to the fire the other crazy thing is I was able to feel the heat Suarez said but because I don't run a rearview mirror I run the rear view camera I couldn't see it the rear view camera as you guys know is connected in the rear bumper I can see the smoke but I couldn't see the fire I can feel the heat but I couldn't see how big it was although this incident forced Suarez out of the race it could have been much worse shortly after the race experienced its first big one a major wreck that took out several drivers including Hamlin