Brian Vickers' blown right-front tire breeds eight-car melee at Talladega
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Sunday, October 05, 2008
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Red Bull Racing's Brian Vickers crashes into Dale Earnhardt Inc.'s Martin Truex Jr. after blowing a tire during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Amp Energy 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.
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TALLADEGA, Ala. – Before the "Big One" in Sunday's Amp Energy 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, there was another incident. And it was pretty big itself.
While a late 12-car crash involving Chase contenders Carl Edwards, Greg Biffle and Dale Earnhardt Jr. among others stole the most attention, an eight-car wreck on lap 68 proved the undoing of several drivers as well.
Red Bull Racing's Brian Vickers blew a right-front tire and lost control of his Toyota in a huge pack of cars, setting off a chain reaction crash that also collected Dale Earnhardt Inc.'s Martin Truex Jr., Yates Racing's David Gilliland, Gillett Evernham Motorsports' Kasey Kahne, Roush Fenway Racing's Jamie McMurray, Petty Enterprises' Terry Labonte, Haas CNC Racing's Tony Raines and Red Bull's Mike Skinner.
Five cars involved in the fray had spent time out front.
"I just went down into the trioval and it didn’t cut or go flat - it exploded," said Vickers, who led three times for 10 laps but finished 35th. "I saw the right-front fender going through the air before the front of the car even dropped. It was the same thing that happened to (Dale Earnhardt) Jr. in practice.”
Truex was battling for second at the time of the incident, which started when Vickers' blown tire forced him up the track into Truex's Chevrolet. Truex finished 41st.
"It is frustrating certainly," said Truex. "We had a great car."
Others were equally disappointed.
“That was a shame, you know," Skinner said. "The car was pretty good. We were just biding our time. Our goal today was to miss that and we didn’t miss it.”
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