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Grass causes another massive NASCAR wreck at Texas, eleven drivers involved

JHby: Jonathan Howard05/03/25Jondean25
NASCAR Texas grass Xfinity Series
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The infield grass at Texas has once again caused a massive NASCAR wreck. This time, just as the Xfinity Series started Stage 3. Getting ready to go into the final leg of the race, a couple of drivers dipped down into the grass and from there, chaos.

We saw it in the Truck Series race last night, and we have seen it happen again in the Xfinity Series. This grass is public enemy number one for drivers in Fort Worth right now.

Something about this Texas grass keeps pulling NASCAR drivers in. In this case, it caused a wreck that collected a total of 11 cars. A few are done for the day. This race is becoming a battle of attrition.

Besides the number of cautions in this race, which started happening early and have continued to be often, this race has been dominated by two drivers. Justin Allgaier and Austin Hill are the only two to actually lead any laps up to this point in the race (84 laps to go).

It is a battle between RCR and JR Motorsports. Or at least, it has been. Nick Sanchez and Big Machine Racing are hoping to get an upset win and take Allgaier off the top spot. Don’t forget about Kyle Larson, either. He’s filling in for the injured Connor Zilisch and has a great run going.

The NASCAR weekend at Texas has been all about the grass. For some reason, despite the infield remaining more or less unchanged since the track opened, drivers are hitting the grass a ton this year.

It doesn’t help that rain on Friday made the infield wet. So, these cars are just slamming into mud and getting destroyed.

NASCAR at Texas: Mowing the grass

Last night in the Truck Series race, Gio Ruggiero got into the grass very early in the race. He did it once and got away with it, and then he did it a second time. He did not get away with it. This seems like less of a grass issue and much more of a driver issue.

For whatever reason, drivers are hugging that quad-oval line very tightly. A driver issue, spotter issue, whatever it is, somebody has to be better. Ruggiero’s wreck was a violent one that took out three fast race trucks. Today, we have seen a number of cars damaged for similar incidents.

Of course, restarts continue to be the most difficult part of NASCAR racing, and Texas makes it tougher. But that is no excuse for these drivers, especially in the Xfinity Series. Most drivers are able to miss the grass, so let’s just correct the few who are having issues and not do anything crazy like changing the infield.