Things had been relatively calm so far in the NASCAR Xfinity Series’ Henry 180 at Road America on Saturday (July 2).
However, the holiday weekend spirit was not with Noah Gragson or Sage Karam, who dueled side-by-side just over halfway through the race. As the pair began lap 25 and exited turn 3, paint was traded between the two Chevrolets, patience was lost, and Gragson yanked the steering wheel to the right and sent both himself and the No. 45 of Karam spinning under the Sargento Cheese bridge.
The two were running near the tail end of the top 10, which meant three-quarters of the field had to navigate through the melee of cars and smoke. Gragson’s teammate Josh Berry, as well as Brandon Jones, scooted by as the two instigators’ machines, parted like the Red Sea, but Landon Cassill, John Hunter Nemechek and Josh Bilicki were the wreck’s next victims, Cassill’s car popping onto two wheels as it was hit from the side.
THE BIG ONE AT ROAD AMERICA!
A massive crash is sparked after @NoahGragson spins @SageKaram in front of the field as there’s no where to go.@brandonbrown_68 made major contact with @TylerReddick, hoping he’s ok.#NASCAR #Henry180 pic.twitter.com/Ll7ZZufp7L
— NASCAR on TSN (@NASCARonTSN) July 2, 2022
The car that hit Cassill was Myatt Snider, who collected Tyler Reddick in the stack-up, and Brandon Brown subsequently had nowhere to go and piled into Reddick’s No. 48. Andy Lally was also involved as Brown ground to a halt near one of the retaining walls.
Lap 25 carnage during the @NASCAR_Xfinity race.
I hope everyone’s ok. @brandonbrown_68 looked really shook up I really hope he’s alright. #NASCAR pic.twitter.com/MEe1LKPFhG
— Small Budget Racing 🍉 (@BudgetRacing51) July 2, 2022
TV cameras focused on Brown as he delicately extracted himself from his No. 68, collapsing near the wall and clearly in some distress with his hands on his helmet. Snider was the first to get to him, running over after climbing out of his demolished No. 31 and checking on Brown.
Clearly rattled by the hit, Brown eventually managed to remove his helmet and sat with his head in his hands for several moments.
“Hate that we got our BMS team Chevy caught up in that,” Brown told NBC Sports’ Kim Coon after the crash. ” […] Just an area where there’s no spotters and very high speed, trying to carry as much as you can. Caught the dust cloud and, yeah, looks like the [No.] 45 went around, lot of cars went around. I couldn’t really…
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