Smith was able to get out of the car under his own power.
Zane Smith’s car flipped over after he rode the wall in Turns 3 and 4 late in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas.
Smith got pinched into the outside wall by John Hunter Nemechek on the first lap of a two-lap overtime restart following a spin for Carson Hocevar. As Smith’s car was pinned between Nemechek’s and the wall, the front end lifted off the ground and the car turned on its side and slid along the wall before it tumbled down the track to a stop.
Smith was able to get out of the car himself after track personnel arrived on his car.
Zane Smith exited the vehicle under his own power after this incident late at @kansasspeedway. pic.twitter.com/vbF4OXvROl
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) September 28, 2025
The crash caused a red flag for NASCAR to clean up after the crash and make any repairs to the track and wall. The 267-lap race was officially halted on lap 269.
Bubba Wallace was leading at the time of the red flag as he was racing for the win with Christopher Bell. Denny Hamlin had the race under control before the caution preceding Hocevar’s spin, but a slow pit stop forced him to restart sixth before Hocevar’s incident.
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