Video: Holmes, Melton Okay After Scary Drivers Side Impact on Opening Lap at Kansas

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An insane opening lap in Saturday’s Dutch Boy 150 at Kansas Speedway for the ARCA Menards Series, has already sent a pair of cars behind the wall without completing a single lap.

The accident happened when Bret Holmes was put into a three-wide situation with Corey Heim and Jack Wood, sending the No. 23 sideways and eventually spinning up the track, into Scott Melton’s No. 69.

Green flag is out at @kansasspeedway!

But the caution comes out on Lap 1. BIG trouble for @bretholmes23, who collects Scott Melton@FS1 | @MRNRadio pic.twitter.com/RwT7hLyL7T

— ARCA Menards Series (@ARCA_Racing) May 1, 2021

Thankfully, both Holmes and Melton were able to climb from their vehicles unharmed, after an incredibly hard impact to the driver’s door.

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