As the field made their way through the tri-oval headed towards the white flag, Ryan Newman got into the rear of rookie driver, Alex Bowman. Bowman then bounced of Jimmie Johnson and shot back across the track into the outside retaining wall. As drivers checked up, Justin Allgaier and Cole Whitt got together. As Allgaier?s front end hit the grass, debris from his car littered the track. A large piece of a bumper cover came to rest in the middle of the track, just before the start/finish line. NASCAR, at first, did not throw the yellow, leading everyone, including the television announcers, to believe the field would race back to the line.
As the leaders worked their way down the backstretch, however, the yellow was thrown
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