Absolute heartbreak for Cole Custer, who was looking to repeat as the race winner of the NASCAR Xfinity Series Production Alliance Group 300 at Auto Club Speedway. Unfortunately, after winning Stages 1 and 2 in the No. 00 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford Mustang, a tire blew on Custer’s car on lap 91.
The cut tire sent Custer into the wall, and Austin Dillon had nowhere to go and piled into Custer.
Here is the incident that most likely ended Custer’s hopes of a win:
CUSTER BLOWS A TIRE!
The winner of the opening two stages has major damage after cutting down a right-front on the restart with @austindillon3 having nowhere to go.#NASCAR #PAG300 pic.twitter.com/jhuKBxayvG
— NASCAR on TSN (@NASCARonTSN) February 27, 2023
Custer had led a race-high 46 laps before the incident. It now looks like Sunday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race should be John Hunter Nemechek’s to lose.
