The NASCAR Cup Series had a competition caution flag scheduled for Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday. But as the cars rolled down the pit lane for some initial adjustments, there was a collision of several cars near the pit lane entrance on lap 16, and a crew member was hit.
Just when the NBC broadcast for the Brickyard 400, officially called Big Machine Hand Sanitizer 400 Powered By Big Machine Records, explained how Indy’s pit lane, with a speed limit of 55 miles per hour, is the narrowest of all. the tracks of the Cup series, chaos erupted with contact and flying tires.
As the cars arriving at the pit road piled up, Zach Price, the rear tire changer for Ryan Blaney’s No. 12 Team Penske Ford, appeared to be hit by Brennan Poole’s No. 15 car and was pinched. briefly between the two cars. Price’s helmet came off and he was able to crawl out of the center of the hole.
The race was red flag, and security teams attended to Price, who smiled and raised his thumb while on a stretcher.
Steve Letarte, the former Dale Earnhardt Jr. crew chief who now works in the NBC broadcast booth with Earnhardt, explained during the broadcast:
“He slowed down because he’s facing directly in front of 12. So as he slows down, you can see them piling up behind him, just like on the interstate. When someone slows down, nobody expects it, everyone they stop and obviously the chain reaction. There started to be contact and there was just no room to avoid it. “
In addition to Blaney and Poole, Martin Truex Jr., Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Christopher Bell, Ryan Preece, Chris Buescher, Corey LaJoie and Justin Allgaier, who is behind the wheel of the No. 48 Chevrolet and replaces Jimmie Johnson, who tested positive for COVID-19 – were involved in the crash of the well road. And the race ended early for Truex, Allgaier, Stenhouse, LaJoie, Preece, and Poole.
After being evaluated and released from the spotlight on the field, Allgaier, who runs full-time in the second-tier NASCAR XFINITY Series, told NBC his point of view while driving down pit road:
“No. 15 actually hit my back. I didn’t know if I got the gentleman at number 12 or not. Once the accident started happening in front of us and we all bottled up there, car after car ran into each other. Just a shame I hate these guys in this Ally No. 48. They’ve done a great job. They have prepared very well for the circumstances. “
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