The chaos at Watkins Glen International during the NASCAR Xfinity Series race still has fans buzzing. With nine laps to go, Austin Hill made contact with Michael McDowell’s No. 11 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet exiting Turn 5, sending McDowell into the guardrail and triggering a 16-car pileup that blocked the track entirely. The red flag waved for over 45 minutes as crews repaired the damaged barriers, leaving drivers like William Sawalich, Josh Bilicki, and Ryan Sieg out of the race. McDowell, making his first Xfinity start since 2007, walked away but didn’t hold back post-race: “He turned me for sure… There is no way he was gonna get alongside me.”

This wreck echoes some of NASCAR’s wildest moments, like the 2002 Aaron’s 312 at Talladega, where Johnny Sauter sparked a record 31-car crash in t

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