NASCAR says low-speed tire blowout on Derrike Cope’s car caused bizarre explosion
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. – A confluence of events — contact with another car, excessive heat of a broken caliper and a gradual stop – caused the bizarre explosion in Derrike Cope’s car Saturday. NASCAR vice president of officiating technical inspection Elton Sawyer said Cope picked up a right-front vibration that apparently came from hitting a […]