Video: Bowman, Stenhouse, Elliott Trigger 12 Car Crash on Lap 97 at Talladega

12 car crash talladega — 12 car crash at Talladega breaks out. Screengrab NBCSN race Broadcast.

On lap 97 of Monday’s NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, Alex Bowman was sent hard into the outside wall when Ricky Stenhouse Jr. received a bump from Chase Elliott. The bump draft from Elliott sent Stenhouse into the back of Bowman, which disturbed Bowman’s car sending him into the outside wall hard.

Here is video of the 12-car crash on lap 97:

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. gets into the back of Alex Bowman, and we've got a big crash!

Martin Truex Jr., Kyle Busch, and many more also involved. #NASCARPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/v9LYLSWz4F

— NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) October 4, 2021

Here’s another look at the crash:

Check out @BubbaWallace in the red, white, yellow and black No. 23 getting through this wreck. pic.twitter.com/Lu1djvVRfv

— NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) October 4, 2021

The 12 cars involved in the crash were:

00 – Quin Houff
8 – Tyler Reddick
9 – Chase Elliott
18 – Kyle Busch
19 – Martin Truex Jr.
37 – Ryan Preece
42 – Ross Chastain
47 – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
48 – Alex Bowman
51 – Cody Ware
52 – Josh Bilicki
78 – BJ McLeod

We have passed the halfway point in Monday’s NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, which means the race is official, no matter what happens.

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