Allmendinger wins crash-filled Brickyard 200 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
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AJ Allmendinger was in the right place at the right time to pounce and win the Brickyard 200 after several major crashes sent the race into overtime.
But the 0.929-second victory over Ryan Blaney in the first Cup race on the 14-turn, 2.439-mile road course was marred by two huge pileups that brought out red flags. The first came with five laps to go, starting when pole-winning driver William Byron went over the curbing in the fifth turn and was sent off the course. Eight more drivers quickly followed him, immediately bringing out a yellow and eventually a red flag. "It was so weird, I've never had that experience before," Byron said, saying he first noticed the problem when Kyle Larson went through the section just ahead of him. "I nailed something and tore it up."More Related News