- Stenhouse Jr appeared to walk away unscathed and finished the race in 34th
- AJ Allmendinger, manager of the no. 16 Celsius Chevrolet, won the race.
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NASCAR driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. escaped a scary situation at Charlotte Motor Speedway when he got out of his car after it caught fire during the race.
During the 96th lap of the race, Stenhouse Jr was forced to pull over to the side of the track as the transmission shot up flames from under his car.
After a few moments passed, he then nonchalantly left the vehicle as if nothing had happened, before emergency crews could be rushed to his car to put out the flames.
He went on to finish the race in 34th place and appeared to be unscathed.
The Mississippi native qualified for the NASCAR playoffs thanks to his victory in the Daytona 500 at the start of the season, but failed to make it past the Round of 12.
NASCAR driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. walked out of his car after it caught fire mid-race
Stenhouse Jr appeared to walk away unscathed and eventually finished the race in 34th place
He was eliminated from the postseason along with fellow drivers Joey Logano, Kevin Harvick, Ross Chastain, Bubba Wallace and Michael McDowell.
Non-playoff driver AJ Allmendinger beat William Byron in a 10-lap run in NASCAR’s second playoff race to win the Bank of America Roval 400 on Sunday.
In the final race of the Round of 12 playoff segment, Allmendinger passed Joe Gibbs Racing driver Ty Gibbs in multiple restarts and Kyle Busch on the final one with 10 laps to go for the win.
The manager of the no. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet, a native of Los Gatos, Calif., won for the third time in 426 Cup Series starts — all on road courses.
Byron got within a car length with two laps to go, but Allmendinger beat him at the dam by 0.666 seconds.
Busch, needing a win to advance to next Sunday’s Round of 8 in Las Vegas, finished third and was unable to advance.
Gibbs and Joey Logano finished the race fourth and fifth respectively.
Tyler Reddick was ninth in the standings and just two points behind Keselowski for last place when the race started, and took his no. 45 23XI Racing Toyota on pole for the second time in 2023 and sixth of his career.
AJ Allmendinger, manager of the no. 16 Celsius Chevrolet, would win the race on Sunday
Reddick led every lap in the incident-free Stage 1 around the 17-turn, 2.32-mile road course that includes part of CMS’ oval.
Over 25 laps, his Camry beat teammate Wallace’s by just over five seconds, followed by playoff rivals Chastain, Martin Truex Jr. and Christopher Bell while Toyotas captured four of the top five places and earned bonus points.
Non-playoff driver Chase Elliott passed Bell for the lead on Lap 36 and held it throughout the stage as other teams started firing early to set themselves up for the final 59-lap run.
The Hendrick Motorsports driver beat Bell for the Stage 2 win, but the checkers came up with a yellow flag due to caution for an incident between Josh Bilicki and Corey LaJoie.
Wallace, who was running 11th with 22 laps remaining, was sent after Daniel Suarez’s Chevy hit Austin Cindric’s Ford. It beat Wallace’s no. Dropped 23 in the low 30s – yielding 20 points from position. He came back to finish the race 16th.