It always seems to happen this way. With laps wearing down, drivers were pushing one another to the front, running three-wide in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Geico 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. And then chaos ignited.
Kurt Busch was pushing Jimmie Johnson when Johnson's car hooked to the right, turning sideways in front of Paul Menard and stacking up several of the top contenders with 28 laps to go. Cars turned sideways, blocking the track as they slid, sitting ducks as more and more cars piled into the wreckage.
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