On the final lap of Stage 2 in Saturday’s XFINITY Series race at Talladega Superspeedway, Aric Almirola tried to give Ryan Reed a push from behind and instead ended up sending Reed’s No. 16 Ford into the outside wall, collecting the No. 62 Chevrolet of Brendan Gaughan in the process.
That sent several cars behind the lead pack scattering every which way, with the cars of pole-sitter Blake Koch, Cole Custer Chris Cockrum and Scott Lagasse Jr. all suffering major damage. Seven cars were involved in all.
Reed’s car was destroyed, while Almirola, who won Stage 1 of the Sparks Energy 300, escaped relatively unscathed and took the blame for causing the incident.