NASCAR pace car catches on fire during Sprint Unlimited [VIDEO]

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On Saturday night the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will run the Sprint Unlimited at the 2.5 mile Daytona International Speedway. While this race does not count for the season long championship it does mark the beginning of the NASCAR season as 18 drivers 

The first weekend of the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and you couldn't ask for better weather for the Sprint Unlimited later tonight.

Pace car driver Brett Bodine, a former NASCAR Cup driver, was leading the field under caution on Lap 55 when he suddenly veered off the track with the car smoking. The rear of the Chevrolet pace car then caught on fire, forcing Bodine and another