NASCAR throws red flag for a wreck at Michigan involving Christopher Bell and Chase Elliott that was so violent it bent the wall

A wreck involving Christopher Bell and Chase Elliott was so violent that it forced NASCAR to red flag Sunday’s race at Michigan with 50 laps to go.

>Elliott and Bell were racing for second place after a restart and Elliott got loose underneath Bell. The contact sent Bell into the wall at a near 45-degree angle. It’s one of the hardest hits you’ll see. Thankfully both drivers immediately climbed from their cars after the crash.

>“Totally my fault, I feel really bad for Bell,” Elliott said.

>Bell’s hit was so hard that the wall was dented where he hit. NASCAR tracks are equipped with SAFER barriers — a dual wall that has foam on the inside to help absorb force. The outer wall bent inwards because of the impact of Bell’s car.

>“I don’t think you’ll see a car hit the wall at a harder, faster impact than there,” Dale Earnhardt Jr. said on the Amazon Prime broadcast.

>The caution flag was the 10th of the race and tied a Michigan track record. William Byron was ahead of Bell and Elliott when the wreck happened.