Top 8 Spectacular NASCAR Crashes of 2007

It's been quite a year for the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, and with that comes a nice collection of crash clips splashed across the ends of the internet.

NASCAR rolled out the Car of Tomorrow for part-time use in 2007 in anticipation of full-time use in 2008 with safety as a top priority. That was indeed a good idea because even though the now-defunct body style was a mostly safe model and the tracks keep adding SAFER barriers, one thing is still the same.

The drivers are still crashing, and crashing hard.

From the last-lap pile-up during the season-opening Daytona 500 to the Chase-changing crash at Dover in the fall, here's a look back at the biggest hits from the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Season.

Enjoy.

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Dover Fall Race
Kurt Busch Starts a Mess

Daytona 500 Finish
Harvick Wins, Bowyer Flips

Click for more NASCAR crashes after the jump.

Nextel Open Start Juan Pablo Gets Loose on Lap 1	Coca-Cola 600 Johnson Loses a Tire, Starts Big One
Camping World 300 Brad Keselowski Pounds the Wall in California Speedway	Aaron's 312 Kyle Busch takes a wild ride at Talladega Superspeedway
Auto Club 500 David Reutimann Scares the World	Coca-Cola 600 Part II Jeff Gordon Grabs Air at LMS