DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Feb. 17 (UPI) -- Michael Waltrip and Tony Stewart won the Daytona 500 qualifying races Thursday, the second of which included a multi-car wreck that left tempers frayed.
Dale Jarrett and Jimmie Johnson had already won the front-row positions, but the rest of the field for Sunday's spectacle was set with Thursday's twin races.
Waltrip won the first race for a spot on the inside of the second row. Stewart then avoided a big crash to claim a spot alongside Waltrip for the Daytona 500.
On the 36th lap of the second race, Kevin Harvick bumped the back of Johnson's car in the second turn.
Johnson, who was leading the race, went spinning and the cars of Joe Nemechek, Mark Martin, Rusty Wallace and Dave Blaney were destroyed in the collision.
"It's a shame," Johnson said. "He (Harvick) tore up six good race cars. I hope that (car owner Richard) Childress either fires him or NASCAR does something about this."
"He's just driving stupid," Nemechek said. "He'll get it back. Everybody's racing and he's trying to turn people around in the corner."
