Chase Elliott had a front-row seat for one of NASCAR's most bizarre moments of the 2024 Cup Series season. At the start of Stage 2, the pace car dove onto pit road in front of Elliott; however, it was a tad too late.

NASCAR red flagged the race and stopped the cars on the track while they cleaned up the mess at the pit road entrance. And they also had to swap pace cars after the original one was damaged in the incident. Yes, there’s a backup pace car. The pace car just CRASHED into the sand barrels at the entrance of pit road!

The NASCAR championship weekend turned into an unexpected spectacle when the pace car crashed on pit row, sparking sharp commentary from racing legend Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Kevin Harvick has publicly criticized the pace car crash during the NASCAR Cup Series championship race at Phoenix Raceway.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. wasn't overly sympathetic to the pace car driver as he spoke about the crash during the NASCAR Championship race

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