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Bell, Buescher suffer hard crash on restart at Talladega
NASCAR Cup Series driver Chris Buescher. Jason Allen-Imagn Images

Watch: Christopher Bell, Chris Buescher suffer hard crash on restart at Talladega

Chris Buescher and Christopher Bell saw their race at Talladega come to a jarring end on Sunday. 

Bell and Buescher led the field back to the green flag in the Jack Link's 500 on Lap 52, but trouble struck both leaders on the exit of turn 2. 

Contact from Denny Hamlin — Bell's teammate at Joe Gibbs Racing — sent Bell into Buescher and both drivers spinning down the backstretch. Both Bell and Buescher hit the inside wall, with Bell receiving the worst impact. 

Bell's No. 20 Toyota hit the inside wall so hard that the radiator flew out of his totaled vehicle as he spun back up the track after impact. 

Thankfully, both Bell and Buescher were okay after the incident. Both drivers climbed out of their vehicles under their own power. It's the second time in as many days that a scary hit has occurred on the Talladega backstretch, as Connor Zilisch suffered a hard crash on the final lap of Saturday's NASCAR Xfinity Series race. 

Samuel Stubbs

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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