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<\/p>\nOn Lap 194 of the 300-lap NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway, the caution flew for an engine failure back in the pack.<\/p>\n
Mason\u00a0Maggio was limping his car around the apron in the No. 91\u00a0DGM Racing Chevrolet, white smoke billowing from underneath. He quickly turned behind the pit wall and came to a stop in the garage. Just as he did that, flames erupted from underneath the car and began to engulf the backside of that Chevrolet.<\/p>\n
Maggio was out of the car fast, with a crew member from JR Motorsports (the well-known Mark ‘Hollywood’ Armstrong), and another from Peterson Racing helping him as he climbed from the car.<\/p>\n
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Maggio was okay, giving the cameras a thumbs up as the safety crew used multiple fire extinguishes to put out the flames. They then dumped a lot of speedy dry to absorb all the fluid that leaked from the No. 91 machine.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, I’m all good,” Maggio told The CW. “I knew there was going to be a lot of sparks under the lights here at Bristol, I just didn\u2019t expect my car to ignite it. Just a shame. We were doing okay. We were hoping for a better day, but it was weird. I just saw the oil pressure starting to drop out of nowhere on that last restart and lo and behold I was in smoke. We just lost the motor at that point. I didn\u2019t expect it to go up in flames like that. For all the family \u2013 mom and everyone at home, I\u2019m good. Definitely a bummer. Wish we had a much better day.”<\/p>\n
Maggio was running 35th before the dramatic engine failure, which was his 25th career start in the NASCAR O’Reilly Series. The race was briefly red-flagged for cleanup.<\/p>\n
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Mason Maggio fire, No. 91 DGM Racing Chevrolet<\/p>\n
Photo by: Jonathan Bachman – Getty Images<\/p>\n
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