Carson Hocevar caused a seven-car pileup to open the NASCAR Chicago street race.
Hocevar clipped the inside of the turn 11 curve, ricocheting him to the outside wall on turn 11 on lap 3 of the Grant Park 165 street race in Chicago. Hocevar crashed off the outside wall and moved up to the inside before twisting back toward the outside wall.
Austin Dillon was the first to be collected as he had nowhere to go with Hocevar’s car in front of him. Brad Keselowski, Daniel Suarez, Todd Gilliland, Will Brown and Riley Herbst also were collected in the crash.
The crash forced a red flag to stop the race, allowing racing officials to untangled the cars.
The Hocevar crash came after the Spire Motorsports driver qualified third for the NASCAR Chicago street race.
Shane van Gisbergen, who won the July 5 Xfinity race at Chicago, sat on the pole for the Cup Series race. Michael McDowell was second.
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