During Nascar sprint cup race at auto club speedway, eight-car crash with only six laps remaining, which included all four drivers on the team of Richard Petty Motorsports: Kahne, Elliott Sadler, A.J. Allmendinger and Reed Sorenson.
There was so much debris that NASCAR called a red-flag period of nearly 22 minutes, in which the remaining cars were stopped while the mess was cleaned up.
The big wreck started when Sadler bumped Dale Earnhardt Jr. from behind, turning Earnhardt sideways.
It was another disappointing finish for NASCAR’s most popular driver, who had started 37th but climbed to 10th place in his Hendrick Chevrolet before the crash. He finished 25th.
“We had a top-10 car today and it’s unfortunate,” he said. “We are doing whatever we can to stay positive.”
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