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Anybody who has watched a NASCAR race at Talladega Superspeedway knows that they can frequently get wild.
When one individual makes a mistake, forty automobiles traveling at over 200 miles per hour are inches apart and frequently result in a catastrophic collision.
However, on Sunday, the situation reached unprecedented proportions when a 28-car crash eliminated almost every competitor and prompted NASCAR to issue a red flag, ending the race completely.
Error Leading The Pack Causes Massive 28-Car Collision At Talladega NASCAR Race
With barely five circuits to go, leader Austin Cindric was unintentionally spun by former series winner Brad Keselowski, who was assisted by another former series champion and former teammate Joey Logano.
Without control, Cindric whirled to the right and then back to the left, gathering nearly every car in the queue behind him.
Logano remarked, “At the end of the races, everyone just gets more aggressive.” “Compared to his previous performance, the No. 2 (Cindric) went out there a little bit more. I took a shove from Harrison Burton, the No. 21 player, and gave it to Keselowski, the No. 6 player. From there, you are unable to see what is in front of you.
It’s not Brad’s fault, it’s not anyone’s fault; he arrived at the No. 2 with some momentum. It is an outcome of the races that exist. As the laps become closer together, everyone becomes more and more combative. It does occur; it occurs frequently.
It does occur frequently. So much so that multi-car collisions at Talladega and other superspeedway-style tracks came to be known as “The Big One.” But the largest wreck occurred on Sunday.
In the modern era of NASCAR, the previous record for the most vehicles involved in a single collision was 27.
For Cindric and Logano, who are still in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs, the incident was particularly noteworthy. Cindric would have gone straight to the next round with a win. Logano, on the other hand, fell 13 points short of the playoff cutline after being eight points ahead at the time of the event.
The pair now have one race, next week at Charlotte, to try to progress. That race probably ought to go to Cindric. Logano needs to figure out a method to overtake someone or catch Chase Elliott, who is now ranked eighth.
