The car abruptly veered sharply against the interior wall as LaJoie leaped out to the inside of Noah Gragson, igniting the whole affair. The Camaro stock
car started to spin onto the apron before the floor of the vehicle unexpectedly began to slide. The car suddenly took off and landed on its roof without
losing forward velocity. Then, for over nine full seconds, LaJoie’s vehicle slid down the whole length of the back straight until arriving at the grass inside
turn 3. The automobile flipped over once more, barrel-rolled, and finally came to a rest when it struck the lawn, capping the disaster fifteen seconds after it
started. The crash was caused by a various circumstances, but theThe wind and the fast speeds involved were the biggest. LaJoie lost control at
almost the fastest speed a stock car can travel, possibly exceeding 200 miles per hour, because he spun on a straightaway. The spin was further
exacerbated by strong crosswinds that gusted throughout the day, forcing more air under the car’s smooth floor. In the collision, one of the car’s roof
flaps—designed to stop these kinds of “blowover” collisions—deployed, but it wasn’t sufficient to stop the vehicle from rolling. LaJoie’s rollover is the
second one at the track this weekend, matching a record set by Kyle Sieg on Saturday during the Xfinity Series race that was being sponsored. LaJoie’s
rollover may have been caused in part by the Next Generation car’s largely flat floor, but the older vehicle that
