Cup: Logano Triggers Big Crash that Takes Out Favorites

What’s Happening?

Following a relatively clean first stage, Stage number 2 and beyond was littered with cautions. Most of these cautions were a result of tires going down after only about 20 laps or so of use. But the caution on Lao 216 was purely driver error. Joey Logano, who was running 7th at the time, made a move down on the apron approaching the finish line. Chaos ensued. Here’s what happened.

• As you can see in the footage above, Joey Logano drove his No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford deep into the dogleg. He gives Ross Chastain a poorly timed push that gets him out of shape, sending them both up the track.
• As Logano and Chastain shot up the track, there was nowhere to go for a plethora of drivers. Caught up in the incident were Anthony Alfredo (subbing for an injured Alex Bowman), Bubba Wallace (who just narrowly escaped without major damage), and Austin Cindric.
• This is a particularly heartbreaking set of circumstances for Cindric, who was having a stellar day. He was comfortably battling inside the top 10 all race long only for his day to be ended prematurely by his teammate.
• Logano was resourceful over the radio after the incident. He stated “I didn’t mean to do that, obviously”. Intentional or not, it still ended the day for a lot of great cars.

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