The wild NASCAR Watkins Glen moments viewers never saw on TV

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There’s no doubt that Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Watkins Glen was fairly calm, as only one driver failed to reach the checkered flag and 32 of 38 starters finished on the lead lap.

There were only two natural cautions — one for flying debris from the infield, and another for a tire carcass at the side of the track.

But there were several moments that the TV coverage either missed live or didn’t show the whole story as the race unfolded. We probably missed some as well but after looking back through onboard footage throughout the field, here’s a rundown of the major moments you may have missed around the 2.45-mile road course:

Carson Hocevar gets frustrated with teammate early in the race

Just 14 laps into the race, Hocevar was running 13th with teammate Daniel Suarez directly behind him. They made slight door-to-door contact through the final corner and Suarez drove away while Hocevar got swamped by the pack.

He lost three additional spots after the loss of momentum, and radioed the team through the esses: “I’m never letting Daniel go again. He can go f*** himself. He doesn’t have to run into me … Never letting him go, don’t even argue it.”

Watch: Hear Hocevar’s frustration with teammate Suárez

Cody Ware slams the tire barrier, suffering race-ending damage

In a moment that probably should have been a caution, the Rick Ware Racing driver crashed hard with ten laps to go. FOX caught the tail-end of it, but was never able to provide a full replay.

Ware was running just inside the top 20 with ten laps to go when got put three-wide through Turn 6. He was on the far-outside, next to Ricky Stenhouse Jr. as Suarez and Kyle Larson went by on the far-inside. Ware ended up getting sideways, tagging the right-rear fender of the No. 47 before spinning wildly into the tire barrier just before the entrance of the final corner. The car was heavily damaged, and photos from the track showed some damage to the barrier as well.

The car shot back out onto the track and came to a rest, but Ware quickly got back rolling. The team sent him back out after making repairs, but he was unable to keep pace and had to retire the car from the race.

Josh Berry crashes on the final lap after multiple late-race incidents

The final stint was not kind to the driver of the No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford. With ten laps to go, Berry spun off the nose of Cole Custer at the exit of Turn 6, just as Ware was crashing into the barrier in a separate incident unfolding just ahead of him at the same time. Custer hit Berry in the left-rear right at the apex of the corner, spinning Berry around and costing him about five positions. It wasn’t going to get any better for the No. 21 after that either.

The moment Custer got into the back of Berry

On the white flag lap, Berry put the bumper to Hocevar as they battled for 27th spot into Turn 1. Berry then came up the track at the exit of the corner, and Hocevar wasn’t giving him any room. They tangled, and Berry spun out, backing into the third of four tire packs lining the outside of the first corner.

“Not clear,” radioed Hocevar, who carried on without issue. Berry limped back to the finish line, dropping to 32nd in the final running order. TV showed us Berry after he got into the tire pack, but viewers at home did not see what caused the incident.