‘Big One’ hits Talladega Truck Chase race – Nascar

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A severe multi-truck crash thinned the field in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series’ fred’s 250 Powered by Coca-Cola at Talladega Superspeedway.
 
The melee was triggered in the 59th of 94 laps, when Ben Rhodes‘ ThorSport Racing No. 41 Toyota was shuffled out of line after a push from Timothy Peters heading into the 2.66-mile track’s first turn. After bouncing off the outside retaining wall, Rhodes’ truck veered back into traffic, touching the No. 86 of Brandon Brown and congesting the high banks.

“It’s just a shame that it ended that way,” said Rhodes, who was running third at the time of the crash. “I just felt a huge shove from the rear and I had no way of controlling it.”
 
With the track blocked, several other drivers piled in. Among those involved: pole-starter Cole Custer, Chase competitors Daniel Hemric, Peters and William Byron as well as Korbin Forrister, John Wes Townley, Tyler Reddick, Chris Fontaine, Dylan Lupton, Austin Cindric, Rico Abreu and Cody Ware.

Although several trucks absorbed hard hits — with Brown’s among the hardest — all drivers were evaluated and released from the track’s infield care center.