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Grant Enfinger wins ARCA Series race at Daytona International Speedway

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    Jeb Burton (13), Benny Gordon (11) and Mark Thompson (66) collide on the front stretch during the ARCA Series auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack) (The Associated Press)

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    Mark Thompson (66), Jeb Burton (13) and Benny Gordon, back, slide off the track after they were involved in a wreck during the ARCA Series auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014. (AP Photo/David Graham) (The Associated Press)

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Grant Enfinger won the ARCA Series race Saturday at Daytona International Speedway.

Enfinger raced to his third career victory in the stock car series, winning for the first time at Daytona. He became the 37th driver to win in 51 ARCA races at Daytona.

Frank Kimmel, ARCA's career victory leader with 80, was second, followed by Clay Campbell, Tom Hessert and Tyler Reddick. The 54-year-old Campbell is track president at Martinsville Speedway and drove at Daytona for the second straight season.

The race got out of control with a multicar wreck 13 laps into the 80-lap event. Buster Graham blamed Chase Elliott for being turned sideways and triggering a massive wreck that took out whopping 15 drivers.

Elliott, the 18-year-old son of 1988 Cup champion Bill, made his 12th career ARCA start — and not many friends.

"It's too early in the race to get aggressive like that," Graham said. "He's got a lot to learn."

Will Kimmel started eighth and had one of the cars collected in the crash.

"It's part of it when we come down here to Daytona with a bunch of rookies," Kimmel said. "There's some people in fast cars that really don't know what to do with them. When you stick them in a bunch like that, they think that because they've got a run, you're supposed to hit the guy in front of you and they don't use the middle pedal."

The short fuses extended to pit road, where a brief scuffle broke out between a pair of teams shortly after the wreck.

Elliott was ninth and prospect Dylan Kwasniewski was 14th in his first ARCA start at Daytona.

ARCA managed to capture some headlines early in Speedweeks. Spencer Gallagher's No. 23 Chevrolet was disqualified Friday from the race for using a mechanical lowering device. But he slid into GMS Racing's second car and finished 20th.

Five other drivers had qualifying times disallowed following failed inspections. Bobby Gerhart, who has eight ARCA Series victories at Daytona, got into a heated argument Friday with officials over the accuracy and consistency of the series' pre-qualifying inspections. He started last, hit the wall early and rallied to finish sixth.