One of the truisms of NASCAR racing is that cautions breed cautions.
Such was the case in Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway.
On Lap 31, just after a restart for the end of Stage 1, Kyle Larson, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Danica Patrick tried to go three-wide entering Turn 4.
It did not end well.
Larson, who was on the inside of the track, made contact with Earnhardt in the middle, who in turn went up into Patrick.
After the contact, Patrick’s Stewart-Haas Racing Ford turned around and she collected the Roush Fenway Racing Ford driven by boyfriend Ricky Stenhouse Jr.