Crash collects multiple NASCAR Cup Series champions at Talladega
A Stage 1 crash in the Jacks Link’s 500 Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway dashed the chance for victories for three past NASCAR Cup Series champions.
Ryan Blaney, Kyle Busch, and Brad Keselowski were involved in a five-car crash on Lap 42 as drivers were trying to come to pit road for green flag pitstops.
Keselowski and Busch made contact before the trioval, sending their racecars into the tri-oval grass area.
Blaney, who attempted to pass below the two, was clipped by Keselowski in the right-rear quarter panel, causing his No. 12 to come to rest in the tri-oval grass area.
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“We were the ham in the sandwich, we got squeezed,” Keselowski said. “I hate that it ruined not just our day, but other’s days.”
Additionally, Alex Bowman and Chris Buescher collected damage in the crash.
Keselowski and Blaney went to the garage area after the crash, ultimately finishing 38th and 39th respectively.
“I didn’t sense anything was going to happen,” Blaney said. “It just stinks. Another DNF is no fun, we’ve been just riddled with those this year.”
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Dominic Aragon is currently the editor-in-chief for The Racing Experts.
From Grants, New Mexico, USA, Aragon started watching NASCAR in 2004 and has been covering the sport since 2009. Aragon is a 2012 graduate of Grants High School and a May 2016 graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Journalism. Aragon has worked in local and national media, as a musician, and an educator. He is co-author of the 2024 book "All of It: Daytona 500 Champion Tells the Rest of the Story" with racer Geoff Bodine.
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