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Watch: Big wreck breaks out in Cup Series race at Phoenix
NASCAR Cup Series driver Chase Briscoe (19) during qualifying for the Shrines Children’s 500 at Phoenix Raceway. Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images

Watch: Big wreck breaks out in NASCAR Cup Series race at Phoenix

By Samuel Stubbs  |  Last updated Mar 9, 2025 5:15 PM ET

The biggest incident thus far in Sunday's Shriners Children's 500 at Phoenix Raceway collected seven cars and took multiple contenders out of the race. 

On Lap 99, a group of cars was four-wide on the exit of Turn 2. As you can probably imagine, things didn't end well. 

Chase Briscoe, Carson Hocevar and Justin Haley made heavy contact on corner exit, with Briscoe catching air for a brief moment and Hocevar making heavy contact with the outside wall. Riley Herbst, Shane van Gisbergen, Todd Gilliland, Alex Bowman, Noah Gragson, Brad Keselowski and Cole Custer were all involved as well. 

The damage incurred on the cars of Hocevar, Haley and Herbst was terminal, forcing them out of the race. 

The exit of Turn 2 has been the trouble spot early in Sunday's race. Katherine Legge spun by herself on Lap 4 coming off of Turn 2, while Custer and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. went around a few laps later in nearly the exact same spot in which the Lap 99 melee occurred. 

Samuel Stubbs
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Hailing from the same neck of the woods as NASCAR Hall of Famer Mark Martin, Samuel has been covering NASCAR for Yardbarker since February 2024. He has been a member of the National Motorsports Press Association (NMPA) since October of 2024. When he’s not writing about racing, Samuel covers Arkansas Razorback basketball for Yardbarker

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