Corey LaJoie was caught up in a last-lap crash at Talladega Superspeedway that noticed Tyler Reddick keep away from the chaos to choose up his first NASCAR Cup Sequence win of the 2024 season.
The chain-reaction crash began as Michael McDowell tried to dam Brad Keselowski from taking first place on the Geico 500. He got here down to dam Keselowski and received into the nostril of the No. 6, turned sideways and spun out into the wall.
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Josh Berry of No. 4 Stewart Haas Racing Overstock.com Ford, Ryan Preece of the No. 41 Stewart Haas Racing United Leases Ford, and Corey LaJoie of the No. 7 Spire Motorsports Gainbridge Chevrolet wreck on the final lap of the Geico 500 on April 21, 2024, at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama. (Jeffrey Vest/Icon Sportswire through Getty Pictures)
![Several cars involved in a serious accident](https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2024/04/1200/675/Corey-LaJoie2.jpg?ve=1&tl=1)
Someway, Tyler Reddick was in a position to escape this mess and win the race. (James Gilbert/Getty Pictures)
A number of vehicles, together with LaJoie’s, received caught up within the wreck. Someway, LaJoie’s No. 7 received beneath the No. 4 of Josh Berry and turned sideways onto the wall. LaJoie’s momentum carried him by way of the start-finish line as he lastly received proper aspect up.
LaJoie informed reporters, “Right now, I used to be the one the other way up.”
“I did a full rotation. So, I did left aspect on the bottom for a bit. Then it form of stopped. Then it flipped over, hit the roof after which landed on all fours,” he defined after the race. “And the all-four hit was fairly large. I’m glad I slipped previous the start-finish line although.”
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![Three cars involved in a bad Talladega wreck](https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2024/04/1200/675/Corey-LaJoie.jpg?ve=1&tl=1)
This view reveals the carnage on the finish of the Geico 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on April 21, 2024, in Alabama. (James Gilbert/Getty Pictures)
LaJoie completed 18th. Ross Chastain, Carson Hocevar and Ryan Preece additionally received caught up within the wreck with LaJoie.
Reddick took residence the victory. Keselowski, Noah Gragson, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Alex Bowman rounded out the highest 5. Anthony Alfredo, William Byron, Todd Gilliland, Daniel Hemric and Harrison Burton completed within the prime 10.
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It was Reddick’s first win for the reason that Hollywood On line casino 400 in Kansas final yr.
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