The NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Kansas Speedway came to a halt on Lap 2 after Carson Kvapil's No. 1 Chevrolet Camaro flipped multiple times in a stunning crash.
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The incident unfolded as Kvapil, the race's pole-sitter, raced in the middle of a three-wide pack. He had teammate Justin Allgaier on his outside and temporary teammate William Byron on his inside.
Slight contact from Byron sent Kvapil into a spin. Parker Retzlaff, who had nowhere to go, then hit the No. 1 broadside and launched it into the air. The stock car flipped multiple times down the track before ultimately landing on its roof.
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NASCAR immediately displayed the red flag as emergency crews raced to the scene of the crash. They first checked on Kvapil, who had to remain in the overturned car. They then worked on using a tow truck to turn it back onto the tires.
Once this process ended, Kvapil climbed from the destroyed stock car under his own power. He looked at the damage before heading away with the medical team for his mandatory trip to the infield care center.
"Not too fun. I actually didn't think it was going to flip over like that, but once it started doing that, it didn't really seem too bad," Kvapil told CW Sports after exiting the care center. "My biggest thing is I just hate it for this whole No. 1 Bass Pro Shops team.
"Rodney (Childers, crew chief) and these guys, they brought a really fast race car. I was just hoping to get through the first couple of laps and kind of sort it out and kind of fall in line. We didn't really get to that point. All in all, it was one heck of a ride."
This type of crash is not normal at Kansas Speedway, a high-speed intermediate track. Drivers hit the wall or travel through the infield grass, but they traditionally remain on the racing surface.
One exception occurred during the 2025 Cup Series playoff race. John Hunter Nemechek washed up the track and hit Zane Smith. This pushed Smith's No. 38 Ford into the outside wall.
The Cup Series car rode the wall on two tires for an extended amount of time before ultimately flipping upside down and rolling down the track. It eventually landed on all four wheels and provided Smith with the opportunity to climb out under his own power.
