Five Of The Wildest NASCAR Fires From This Decade
By Nick Livers
October 2013: Kansas Bush Fire
It may not hold the cultural and historical relevance of the burning bush Moses encounters in the Bible, but it was enough of a distraction to bring out the caution at Kansas during the Cup race. What initially looked like smoke from an on-track incident proved to be otherwise. Usually, off-track fires come from the inside of the oval but that wasn’t the case here.
According to a track spokesperson, a lit cigarette caused the blaze. The caution wasn’t a long one, and crews working at the track quickly eliminated any safety threats present. In the spirit of the list, however, it deserves a nod for the weird atmosphere it created at the track that day.
The race broke the track record for cautions by one, a statistic for which we can thank the burning bush.