Five laps remaining on Sunday in NASCAR Cup Series Verizon 200 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course, a wild wrecked erupted after William Byron caught the curbing coming off of turn six.
The Turn 5 curbing gives way as several cars hit it and careen into the tire barriers beyond Turn 6, including William Byron, Joey Logano and Ryan Preece. Also invovled: Christopher Bell, Matt DiBenedetto and Daniel Suarez. Martin Truex Jr. is sent to the other side of the track. Red flag is out.
I'm not sure I've ever seen anything like that. Insane. The curbing we've been talking about all day came up and took a bunch of cars out like spikes on the racetrack. Un-real.
Glad Logano is OK. Bunch of cars are most certainly not OK.
— Jeff Gluck (@jeff_gluck) August 15, 2021
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THE WILD WRECK!
BIG TROUBLE at @IMS!
The curb comes up, debris goes everywhere, and multiple cars are collected – with Joey Logano going into the tire barrier. #NASCAR
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NASCAR has pulled the entire curbing away
NASCAR has pulled the entire curbing away at @IMS.
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Here are the views of some of the drivers involved in the wild wreck:
William Byron: “It basically felt like I hit a wall.”
Christopher Bell: “Just a bunch of carnage.”
Joey Logano: “Wrong place, wrong time. … I was headed to the wall and had a lot of time to think about it. I went for the ride.”