Wait a minute … wasn’t Talladega supposed to be the horror show in Chase races?
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Cole Custer’s spin was wild. That shock absorber that nailed Ross Chastain’s car was surprising.
Then, all hell broke loose for drivers in the Xfinity Chase.
This crash collected Bubba Wallace, Justin Allgaier and Ryan Reed.
The, Brendan Gaughan found himself in the wrong place going the wrong way.
Kansas was the first race in the Xfinity Chase’s Round of 8. Charlotte, which started the Cup’s Round of 12, saw five Chase drivers with significant problems that put them in danger of elimination.
Cup cars run Sunday at Kansas.
Everyone, it seems, got practice for Talladega, where accidents can and will happen — involving more than a dozen cars at a time.
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By the way, Kyle Busch won the Kansas Xfinity race — his ninth in 16 starts.
