NASCAR races through rain on an oval, entire field immediately wrecks.
Yes, those are the two side-by-side leaders spinning on their own in front of the field at the same time. Yes, the entire field proceeded to barrel into the crash. Yes, that's one single car slipping underneath the massive wreck to go from 14th to the lead just before that potentially race-ending downpour.
"It was raining for a good lap before we got to turn 1," driver Justin Haley told NBC. He went on to call it"Pretty unacceptable," adding that"it was pouring in turn 1. You would think we would be a little more competent." Haley's comments are not subtle. For the fourth time in three years, NASCAR has badly misjudged track conditions and allowed a race to continue until a wreck became inevitable. At COTA, the series had the excuse that cars on wet tires were capable of running in at least light rain. On the three ovals, with slick tires coming across a damp banked track at speed, this was never going to end any other way.
Austin Dillon, driver of the sole car in the lead pack to slide through the wreck as it happened, is scored as the race leader. If the race ends here, he'll be added to the playoff field by virtue of this race win. Ryan Blaney, who has run in the top five of the championship battle all season but has not won a race, would be eliminated.
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