Kurt Busch spins after contact from Jimmie Johnson in the straightaway, gets together with Clint Bowyer and the No. 2 spins and slams the wall. Elliott Sadler gets caught in the crash and destroys his car after running into the inside wall head-on. Sadler climbs out of his car but is hurt as he is lying down next to his car in obvious pain. Thanks Nascar.com for the video!…
Blown tires and overheat played a major roll in the early laps of the race. Cars like Ryan Newman (Blown tire, 2x), Denny Hamlin(Overheating), Carl Edwards (Overheating), Brad Keselowski (Overheating) and others hits the pitroad early for unscheduled pitstops, until the yellow finally comes out, when Max Papis car hits fire, and when Robby Gordon’s tire explodes….