Bubba Wallace bumped into Carson Hocevar, inflicting a 12-car pileup within the NASCAR Cup Collection Cookout 400 at Martinsville on March 29.
On a restart on Lap 327 with 74 laps to go, Wallace rammed into Hocevar in Flip 4, spinning Hocevar out. The collision gave the impression to be intentional by Wallace, who was taken out of the race. However after being handled and launched from the infield care heart instructed FSI he didn’t imply to trigger the crash.
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“I didn’t admire the three-wide into one, after which I misjudged the middle of the nook and didn’t imply to show him,” Wallace mentioned.
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MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA – MARCH 29: Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 Bob’s Low cost Furnishings Toyota, leads the sector to the inexperienced flag to start out the NASCAR Cup Collection Cook dinner Out 400 at Martinsville Speedway on March 29, 2026 in Martinsville, Virginia. (Picture by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Photos)
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MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA – MARCH 29: Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 Bob’s Low cost Furnishings Toyota, leads the sector to the inexperienced flag to start out the NASCAR Cup Collection Cook dinner Out 400 at Martinsville Speedway on March 29, 2026 in Martinsville, Virginia. (Picture by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Photos)
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MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA – MARCH 29: Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 Bob’s Low cost Furnishings Toyota, and William Byron, driver of the #24 Cincinnati Chevrolet, lead the sector on a tempo lap previous to the NASCAR Cup Collection Cook dinner Out 400 at Martinsville Speedway on March 29, 2026 in Martinsville, Virginia. (Picture by David Jensen/Getty Photos)
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MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA – MARCH 29: Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 Bob’s Low cost Furnishings Toyota, and William Byron, driver of the #24 Cincinnati Chevrolet, lead the sector on a tempo lap previous to the NASCAR Cup Collection Cook dinner Out 400 at Martinsville Speedway on March 29, 2026 in Martinsville, Virginia. (Picture by David Jensen/Getty Photos)
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MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA – MARCH 29: Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 Bob’s Low cost Furnishings Toyota, and William Byron, driver of the #24 Cincinnati Chevrolet, lead the sector on a tempo lap previous to the NASCAR Cup Collection Cook dinner Out 400 at Martinsville Speedway on March 29, 2026 in Martinsville, Virginia. (Picture by David Jensen/Getty Photos)
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MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA – MARCH 29: Clay Campbell, Martinsville Speedway President speaks through the drivers assembly previous to the NASCAR Cup Collection Cook dinner Out 400 at Martinsville Speedway on March 29, 2026 in Martinsville, Virginia. (Picture by David Jensen/Getty Photos)
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MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA – MARCH 29: Chase Briscoe, driver of the #19 Bass Professional Outlets Toyota, indicators autographs for NASCAR followers through the drivers assembly previous to the NASCAR Cup Collection Cook dinner Out 400 at Martinsville Speedway on March 29, 2026 in Martinsville, Virginia. (Picture by David Jensen/Getty Photos)
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MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA – MARCH 29: Daniel Suarez, driver of the #7 Group 1001 Chevrolet, (C) speaks to Chris Buescher, driver of the #17 Kroger/Thomas’ Excessive Protein Ford, (L) through the drivers assembly previous to the NASCAR Cup Collection Cook dinner Out 400 at Martinsville Speedway on March 29, 2026 in Martinsville, Virginia. (Picture by David Jensen/Getty Photos)
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MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA – MARCH 29: Bubba Wallace, driver of the #23 Hardee’s Toyota, indicators autographs for NASCAR followers through the drivers assembly previous to the NASCAR Cup Collection Cook dinner Out 400 at Martinsville Speedway on March 29, 2026 in Martinsville, Virginia. (Picture by David Jensen/Getty Photos)
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MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA – MARCH 29: Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 Bob’s Low cost Furnishings Toyota, indicators autographs for NASCAR followers through the drivers assembly previous to the NASCAR Cup Collection Cook dinner Out 400 at Martinsville Speedway on March 29, 2026 in Martinsville, Virginia. (Picture by David Jensen/Getty Photos)
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MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA – MARCH 29: Chase Elliott, driver of the #9 UniFirst Chevrolet, indicators autographs for NASCAR followers through the drivers assembly previous to the NASCAR Cup Collection Cook dinner Out 400 at Martinsville Speedway on March 29, 2026 in Martinsville, Virginia. (Picture by David Jensen/Getty Photos)
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MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA – MARCH 29: Christopher Bell, driver of the #20 DEWALT Toyota, indicators autographs for NASCAR followers through the drivers assembly previous to the NASCAR Cup Collection Cook dinner Out 400 at Martinsville Speedway on March 29, 2026 in Martinsville, Virginia. (Picture by David Jensen/Getty Photos)
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MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA – MARCH 29: Chris Buescher, driver of the #17 Kroger/Thomas’ Excessive Protein Ford, indicators autographs for NASCAR followers through the drivers assembly previous to the NASCAR Cup Collection Cook dinner Out 400 at Martinsville Speedway on March 29, 2026 in Martinsville, Virginia. (Picture by David Jensen/Getty Photos)
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MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA – MARCH 29: Carson Hocevar, driver of the #77 Chili’s Trip The ‘Dente Chevrolet, indicators autographs for NASCAR followers through the drivers assembly previous to the NASCAR Cup Collection Cook dinner Out 400 at Martinsville Speedway on March 29, 2026 in Martinsville, Virginia. (Picture by David Jensen/Getty Photos)
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MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA – MARCH 29: Connor Zilisch, driver of the #88 Selection Privileges Chevrolet, greets NASCAR followers through the drivers assembly previous to the NASCAR Cup Collection Cook dinner Out 400 at Martinsville Speedway on March 29, 2026 in Martinsville, Virginia. (Picture by David Jensen/Getty Photos)
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MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA – MARCH 29: Carson Hocevar, driver of the #77 Chili’s Trip The ‘Dente Chevrolet, signsgreets NASCAR followers through the drivers assembly previous to the NASCAR Cup Collection Cook dinner Out 400 at Martinsville Speedway on March 29, 2026 in Martinsville, Virginia. (Picture by David Jensen/Getty Photos)
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MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA – MARCH 29: NASCAR Cup Collection driver, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. on the LEGO Metropolis NASCAR Child Zone previous to the NASCAR Cup Collection Cook dinner Out 400 at Martinsville Speedway on March 29, 2026 in Martinsville, Virginia. (Picture by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Photos)
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MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA – MARCH 29: NASCAR Cup Collection driver, Noah Gragson on the LEGO Metropolis NASCAR Child Zone previous to the NASCAR Cup Collection Cook dinner Out 400 at Martinsville Speedway on March 29, 2026 in Martinsville, Virginia. (Picture by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Photos)
Hocevar stayed out and completed seventeenth after the restart.
Together with Hocevar and Wallace, the vehicles concerned included Austin Dillon, Daniel Suarez, Chris Buescher, Austin Hill, Riley Herbst, Zane Smith, John Hunter Nemechek, Erik Jones, Michael McDowell and Connor Zelisch.
The NASCAR Cup Collection is off subsequent week on account of Easter weekend. The following race is April 12 at Bristol.
