Prior to Saturday night's Budweiser Shootout the stars of the ARCA RE/MAX Series hit the high-banks of Daytona International Speedway for their season opening Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200. Justin Lofton and hometown-native Alli Owens led the field to green flag for eighty laps of intense racing.

What ensued following the drop of the green flag was part typical Daytona race, part demolition derby. Six cautions took their toll on the field as four separate multi-car crashes demolished a number of cars and sent three to the Halifax Medical Center.

It did not take long for the action to heat up as Peyton Sellers spun his No. 47 Chevrolet going into Turn 1. After the initial spin, there was a multi-car crash coming off Turn 4 - the first of many. The first incident collected, among others, Ricky Carmichael, Brett Butler, Michael Phelps, JR Fitzpatrick, Jon Wes Townley and Bryan Silas.

The second caution of the day came on Lap 30, when Owens was pushed into Turn 3 by another car. The hometown driver lost control of her No. 19 Toyota and triggered the second 'Big One' of the afternoon. A number of competitive cars were involved in this incident, including Michael Annett, Joey Coulter, Bill Baird, Steve Arpin, Ken Weaver and Benny Chastain.

Under yellow flag pit stops, a crew member on Joey Logano's No. 25 Venturini Motorsports team reached across the pit wall to grab a loose tire. Unfortunately for Logano, the crew member did not have a helmet on and the youngster was held a lap by ARCA officials.

Ten laps later another 'Big One' took out an additional twelve cars. This time it was the lapped car of Mario Gosselin moved out of the grove at the front of the pack and was tagged in the left rear. Gosselin lost control of his Chevrolet in front of the pack and sent cars wrecking through Turns 3 and 4.

Thanks to this caution, Logano received the Aaron's Lucky Dog award and was back on the lead lap - which at this point consisted of only thirteen cars. With Plano, Texas-native James Buescher out front, the field restarted the race on Lap 50.

Michael Phelps brought out the next caution of the day when he spun down the backstretch on his own. Laps later, front-runner Bobby Gerhardt blew a right front tire and shot hard into the outside wall going into Turn 1.

Restarting the race after Gerhardt's incident, the field set off on a thirteen lap shootout to the checkers. Buescher led them to the green, followed by Logano in second, Patrick Sheltra in third and Jon Wes Townley in fourth.

As Logano made his move to the outside Buescher for the lead, Sheltra was spun between Turn 3 and 4, while veteran Frank Kimmel was spun trying to avoid the wreck. Sheltra was stuck sitting against the outside wall when Larry Hollenbeck drove his No. 23 Chevrolet through the back of Sheltra's car in a violent wreck. Sheltra was sent spinning wildly as Hollenbeck's torn up car came to a rest near pit road.

ARCA officials threw the Red Flag in order to clean up the wreckage and safely remove the drivers from the wreckage. Safety workers went to work cutting Hollenbeck out of his car, while Sheltra was carefully removed. Once out of the car, Hollenbeck gave the thumbs up and waved to the crowd before being loaded into the ambulance.

Patrick Sheltra, Larry Hollenbeck and Bobby Gerhardt were transported to the Halifax Medical Center. All are conscious and alert.

With the wreckage cleared and the Red Flag put away, the field lined up for the final restart. In an unusual Green & White Flag restart, Buescher led Logano and Justin Lofton for the final circuit. Logano laid back on the restart trying to get a run, which happened down the  backstretch. Lofton gave the No. 25 a push going into Turn 3 and Logano looked to make the move for the lead on the high side. Buescher threw the block high, then low and then drove away to earn his second career ARCA RE/MAX Series victory.

"I knew Joey was going to try and get me going into three, like he had been trying to the last couple laps before the Red Flag," Buescher explained. "I knew that was where he was going to try and get me and I told the spotter not to be quiet the entire last lap and he didn't and he let me know when he was coming. I went up the track and blocked him and he didn't get another run.

"It definitely means a lot," Buescher said of earning his first victory at Daytona International Speedway. "Daytona is on top of everybody's list, it was definitely on top of mine. I've got one win here, just have three more series higher than this one that I can win here. That's the goal, win one in the truck, hopefully next weekend in the 10 truck for International Maxx Force Diesel. I'm looking forward to next week to try and do it again."