Stage 3 went to NASCAR Overtime in Saturday’s Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race, and during that session trouble erupted for some of the race’s top contenders.
Martin Truex Jr., Kurt Busch, Brad Keselowski and Clint Bowyer were among those involved in the eight-car wreck when Truex’s No. 78 Toyota spun in Turn 4, forcing Busch’s No. 41 Ford into the wall, where it got struck by brother Kyle Busch’s No. 18 Toyota.
“Yeah, just not a whole lot of room going into (Turn) 3,” Truex said. “You know we were four-wide on the restart there and just trying to get into 3 without getting crashed. I knew if we had a shot with 10 to go, we had a shot to win that thing, and if I’d have lifted there, we would have never won it. That’s the way it works.”
Keselowski’s No. 2 Ford took heavy damage in the wreck and had to be towed to the garage area. Austin Dillon, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Matt Kenseth were also involved in the melee.
Truex, Keselowski, Bowyer and Kurt Busch suffered too much damage to continue.