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Video: Chicago NASCAR Cup pile-up blocks track, causes early red flag

NASCAR NASCAR Cup Carson Hocevar Chicago Michael McDowell Shane van Gisbergen Brad Keselowski the Chicago Street Course

After qualifying third, Carson Hocevar had high hopes for Sunday's NASCAR Cup race at the Chicago Street Course. But while his teammate Michael McDowell passed Shane van Gisbergen and led the opening lap, Hocevar slipped back to seventh.

Just three laps into the race, Hocevar clipped the wall at the apex of Turn 10, shooting out into the outside wall. At that point, he lost control and spun in front of the field.

Brad Keselowski, Daniel Suarez, Austin Dillon, Todd Gilliland, Riley Herbst, and reigning Supercars champion Will Brown all plowed into it, suffering damage. The track was nearly completely blocked as well. A.J. Allmendinger made it through, but not without being clipped by Keselowski on his way by.

Ryan Blaney and Ross Chastain led the lucky ones through a small opening between the pile-up and the concrete wall. There was also some contact between cars behind the main crash as drivers tried to slow, with Cole Custer sustaining some damage after hitting Erik Jones.

NASCAR was forced to red flag the race in order to clean up the mess. The stoppage lasted 16 minutes.

A replay of the incident on Lap 4. pic.twitter.com/4aWkPLGi8U
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) July 6, 2025

This will also impact the $1 million in-season bracket challenge as Hocevar was part of the final 16, facing off against Tyler Reddick in Chicago. Keselowski was facing Ty Dillon, who entered the tournament as the bottom seed.

William Byron wasn't involved in the wreck, but the championship leader had his own issues early, going to the pits and falling off the lead lap after experiencing clutch issues.

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Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet

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Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet

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Kyle Busch, Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet

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Austin Dillon, Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet

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Chase Briscoe, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

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Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet

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Michael McDowell, Spire Motorsports Chevrolet, Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet

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Carson Hocevar, Spire Motorsports Chevrolet, Brad Keselowski, Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford

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Daniel Suarez, Trackhouse Chevrolet

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Todd Gilliland, Front Row Motorsports Ford

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Brad Keselowski, Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford

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Brad Keselowski, Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford

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Bubba Wallace, 23XI Racing Toyota, Austin Cindric, Team Penske Ford

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Chris Buescher, Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford

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Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet

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Chase Briscoe, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

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Ryan Blaney, Team Penske Ford

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Ty Gibbs, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

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Christopher Bell, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

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Joey Logano, Team Penske Ford

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Alex Bowman, Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

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Katherine Legge, Chevrolet

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Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

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Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet

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Zane Smith, Front Row Motorsports Ford

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Kyle Busch, Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet

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Chase Elliott, Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, Alex Bowman, Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

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Chase Briscoe, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

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Fans

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Michael McDowell, Spire Motorsports Chevrolet

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Ryan Blaney, Team Penske Ford

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Carson Hocevar, Spire Motorsports Chevrolet, Kyle Busch, Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet

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Katherine Legge, Chevrolet

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Tyler Reddick, 23XI Racing Toyota

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Ryan Blaney, Team Penske Ford

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General view

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Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet

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Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet

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Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet

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Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet

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Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet

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Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet

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Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet

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