WATCH: Pace car hits pit road sand barrel
AVONDALE, Ariz. — Before the start of Stage 2 in the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race Sunday, the NASCAR Toyota Camry pace vehicle struck a sand barrel at the entrance of pit road, causing a nearly 6-minute red flag.
Last season in the NASCAR Cup Series cutline race at Martinsville, the pace car appeared to stop working.
A backup Toyota Camry pace car was used after the incident.
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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.
Aragon, his wife Feliz, and son Christopher currently reside in Grants, New Mexico, USA.
You can reach Dominic at daragon@theracingexperts.net.