NASCAR’s Cup Sequence championship race at Phoenix was red-flagged on lap 69 due to a not-so-nice incident involving the tempo automobile.
Because the tempo automobile led the sector to inexperienced for a restart after the primary stage break, it waited a bit too lengthy to duck onto pit street. And because it bailed towards pit street it careened into the sand barrels that defend the tip of the pit street wall.
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The tempo automobile largely prevented main injury save for a dent on the again proper aspect of the automobile. The barrels weren’t so fortunate. The race needed to be stopped so monitor staff might put the barrels again in place and clear up the sand that had scattered everywhere in the monitor on the entrance to pit street.
Chase Elliott was scored because the chief forward of Christopher Bell on the time of the pink flag. All 4 drivers competing for the championship had been operating within the high 10 on the time of the pink flag. William Byron led them in third, Ryan Blaney was in fourth, Joey Logano was in sixth and Tyler Reddick was in seventh.
Fortunately, the delay lasted lower than 10 minutes and the race was in a position to get restarted because the tempo automobile made it to pit street safely.