NASCAR’s Cup Collection 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 highway. And because it bailed towards pit highway it careened into the sand barrels that defend the top of the pit highway wall.
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The tempo automobile largely prevented main harm 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 observe staff might put the barrels again in place and clear up the sand that had scattered everywhere in the observe on the entrance to pit highway.
Chase Elliott was scored because the chief forward of Christopher Bell on the time of the crimson flag. All 4 drivers competing for the championship had been working within the high 10 on the time of the crimson 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 highway safely.
