10 Times Nascar Pit Stops Went Horribly Wrong

Brad Keselowski ran into two of his pit crew earlier this year during the Windows 10 400 at Pocono.

Danica Patrick ran into the back of Clint Bowyer as she exited the pit lane during last year’s Sprint Cup race at Bristol.

Kevin Harvick suffered a pit fire back in 2003 and did the smart thing by getting the hell out of there.

Things got tight in the 2012 Nationwide series pits at Bristol, with Sam Hornish Jr hitting a crew member from the car in front. The mechanic was okay and even completed the pit stop.

Brendan Gaughan’s pit stop in the Nascar Xfinity series race at Richmond earlier this caused a huge fire, but fortunately no crew members were seriously injured.

Carl Edwards was too quick exiting his pit box during the 2013 Coke Zero 400 at Daytona, running over a pit crew member’s foot. Fortunately - and incredibly - he escaped injury.

Nascar drivers get spun around a fair bit on track, but not normally in the pit lane. Brad Keselowski hit David Reutimann as he exited his box in Bristol back in 2013.

Paul Menard pitted with a fire at the Homestead-Miami Speedway in 2013, when his tyre exploded in spectacular fashion.

The concertina effect proved costly for several drivers at the 2009 Ford 400, as a large number of cars piled into the pits at the same time.

Jimmie Johnson missed his pit box in Michigan earlier this year and had to awkwardly reverse back into it.