Jimmie Johnson and Kyle Busch have been knocked out of the Daytona 500 in a multi-car accident started by Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Busch led a race-high 88 laps before the accident, which came just after a restart with 75 laps to go in Sunday’s race at Daytona International Speedway.

AJ Allmendinger will not finish out the season with Red Bull Racing. It had already been announced Allmendinger wouldn’t be returning to the Number 84 Toyota for the 2009 season and the team is letting him go early to pursue another job. Mike Skinner and Scott Speed will share the seat for the final seven races of the year.