NASCAR’s Cup Series championship race at Phoenix was red-flagged on lap 69 because of a not-so-nice incident involving the pace car.
As the pace car led the field to green for a restart after a caution flag, the pace car waited a bit too long to duck onto pit road. And as it bailed toward pit road it careened into the sand barrels that protect the end of the pit road wall.
Seriously. We are not making this up. Take a look for yourself.
The pace car largely avoided major damage save for a dent on the back right side of the car. The barrels were not so lucky. The race had to be stopped so track workers could put the barrels back in place and clean up the sand that had scattered all over the track at the entrance to pit road.
