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Tony Stewart‘s final Sprint All-Star Race was cut short after a wreck midway through the event knocked out his No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet Saturday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
On Lap 23 of the second 50-lap segment, a wreck involving the three-time Sprint Cup Series champion, Kasey Kahne, Greg Biffle and Matt Kenseth evolved on the front stretch.
“I mean, the No. 24 (of Chase Elliott) wrecked everybody and put everybody behind him in jeopardy and we got caught on the outside of it,” Stewart said.
‘Smoke,’ who gave the pre-race command, was referring to a strategy play by Elliott’s team. Elliott appeared to be signaling he was going to pit road for his mandatory green-flag pit stop during Segment 2. As cars charged forward behind him, the incident unfolded.
“I got more than bumped from behind, I got rolled over,” said Kenseth, who was penalized in Segment 1 for not completing the mandatory Segment 1 pit stop under green. “I saw them checking up and wrecking in front of me and I slowed up just a little bit and somebody just drove right over top of me wide open.”
Stewart would be scored last in the 20-car field. Kenseth finished 18th.