Daytona 500: Jeff Gordon, William Byron turn heads with Joey Logano accusation

Criticism of a big wreck at the Daytona 500 has come in hot and heavy from multiple angles and Jeff Gordon surprisingly landed a haymaker during an interview with winner William Byron.

According to Matt Weaver of Sportsnaut, reporters were asking Byron if drivers were making ‘dumb moves’ and Gordon chimed in unprompted.

“Joey did,” Gordon said, referring to Joey Logano.

Byron then added: “I’ll second that.”

The wreck in question occurred with 15 laps to go when Logano got a big run out behind Ricky Stenhouse Jr. As he closed down the space, Logano saw a lane to the middle to potentially slip by Stenhouse.

Stenhouse attempted to block him, and that’s what started the big chain reaction at the Daytona 500.

Both cars bumped a bit before eventually careening out of control and wiping several drivers out of the race, including Kyle Busch. Busch had some choice words for Logano after the race.

“Looks like the fastest car got in a hurry to get to the wreck,” Busch said on a post-race interview on FOX. “Logano was by far the fastest car today. Saw a lot of laps led and he could about do anything. The Penske cars were very strong. We still got 20 laps to go and he’s trying to go through the middle and make a hole that isn’t there. Just created chaos.”

He wasn’t done there, either.

“We had a fast car and we were in position and just kind of biding our time and seeing what was going to happen next,” Busch said. “Yeah, just, you’ve got to know how wide your racecar is to be able to find a hole that it will fit in, and he obviously doesn’t know that.”

Even the broadcast crew for the Daytona 500 seemed to realize Logano and Stenhouse put everyone in a no-win situation by forcing things.

“I mean it’s just two guys who don’t want to give,” analyst Kevin Harvick said. “I mean we’re 15 laps to go. In that scenario Stenhouse doesn’t want to give up the track position and Logano feels like the block was too late and he is probably a little bit frustrated.”

In the end, multiple drivers ended up frustrated at the Daytona 500. And even Jeff Gordon thought there was a clear party at fault.