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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChristopher Bell and Chase Elliott crashed during the NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway.<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChristopher Bell and Chase Elliott crashed during the NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway.<\/p>\n
On the Lap 148 race restart, the pair were running side-by-side when Elliott in the #9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro got loose.<\/p>\n
His car shot up the road and collected the #20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Camry.<\/p>\n
Both cars violently hit the wall, causing significant damage to the SAFER Barrier that necessitated extensive repairs and a lengthy delay.<\/p>\n
Both drivers were able to extract themselves from their respective cars without injury.<\/p>\n
Commentators and drivers were left aghast by the crash.<\/p>\n
Bubba Wallace called it \u201cthe scariest hit I\u2019ve ever seen\u201d over his radio.<\/p>\n
Buy tickets to the 2026 betr Darwin Triple Crown. Click here <\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI haven\u2019t seen that hard a hit in a long time,\u201d said commentator and NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt Jr.<\/p>\n \u201cThe impact of that #20 car was insane.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know if you\u2019ll see a car hit a wall harder than that and our drivers get out and walk away because of all of the research and development.<\/p>\n \u201cYears and years of hard work by countless individuals to make the race cars safer, the walls safer.\u201d<\/p>\n Contact between @chaseelliott<\/a> and @CBellRacing<\/a> brings out the yellow on Lap 148. pic.twitter.com\/R4qc5Fv61k<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 NASCAR (@NASCAR) June 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Elliott said he was \u201cfine\u201d after the crash.<\/p>\n \u201cTotally my fault. I feel really bad for Bell and taking him out,\u201d said Elliott.<\/p>\n \u201cI was just trying to run in the bottom and kind of make use of our fresh tyres and try and at least get to second.<\/p>\n \u201cI got in there, got free, and thought I was going to spin, and was kind of committing to spinning out.<\/p>\n \u201cAs soon as I started to commit to spinning, it just hooked up and hooked a right and unfortunately sent Christopher into the wall super hard and me there shortly behind.<\/p>\n \u201cJust racing really hard. I felt like that was a turning point in the race. We needed to make something happen and stepped over the line again and paid for it.\u201d<\/p>\n At the time of the caution, the race was led by William Byron in the #24 Hendrick Motorsports Camaro.<\/p>\n Spire Motorsports\u2019 Daniel Suarez was second while Ross Chastain was third for Trackhouse Racing. Carson Hocevar was fourth for Spire while Hendrick Motorsports\u2019 Kyle Larson was fifth.<\/p>\n Shane van Gisbergen was running 22nd at the time of the yellow.<\/p>\n Get the latest NASCAR news, stats, and US racing coverage at Speedcafe US<\/a><\/p>\n