A multi-car tangle misses Harvick, Byron and others on the final stage in Atlanta
A major crash at the front of the pack slowed the final stage of Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
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Kevin Harvick’s No. (4) Ford broke the lead with Ross Chastain, who radioed his number. 1 Team Trackhouse Racing that it didn’t make contact with the front car. Multiple cars stacked behind these two, including William Byron, Chris Buescher, Kyle Busch, Josh Perry, and others. In total, 12 cars were collected in the melee.
Harvick had just taken the lead on Lap 189 of 260 scheduled for the Ambetter 400 on Sunday. He returned to pit road but took the Stewart-Haas Racing entry to the garage, ending his day with a score outside the Top 30.
Byron was trying to win his third consecutive Cup race after previous victories at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Phoenix Raceway. He was unable to continue, as were Buescher, Harrison Burton and BJ McLeod.
“It’s just part of the race. That’s the way it goes, it’s not really in our control,” Byron said after he was evaluated and released from residential care. “We were out there running in the top five and doing what we had to do.”
This story will be updated.
