William Byron exits Brickyard 400 after hard Stage 2 wreck

On a Lap 75 restart, William Byron crashed out of Sunday’s Brickyard 400 along with AJ Allmendinger.

After Chase Briscoe’s No. 14 Ford got tight exiting Turn 2, it stacked up those behind him, leading to a chain reaction. Ryan Preece was sandwiched between Byron and Harrison Burton, causing the latter two to make contact. Byron’s No. 24 Hendrick Chevrolet eventually spun out and hit Allmendinger’s No. 16 Chevy before slamming the inside retaining wall down the backstretch.

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The streak of the No. 24 winning every 10 years at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval since the inaugural Brickyard 400 in 1994 will end, and Byron will be scored with a 38th-place finish.

Byron entered Sunday’s race fifth in the Cup regular-season standings, 57 points back of teammate Chase Elliott.

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