Spoiler alert: Joey Logano wins. I am disgusted. No matter what happens, Nascar can’t make the All-Star Race worth your time. Nine times out of ten it is a worthless race. And per the norm, Nascar messed the race up again.

Trevor Bayne, Greg Biffle, and Kyle Larson raced their way into this race, and Danica Patrick and Chase Elliot were the Sprint Fan Vote winners. (Both Bayne and Larson beat Elliot to the finish line by inches in their Sprint Showdown segments).

The first of two fifty lap segment of the All- Star Race began with Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch leading the field to the green flag. Harvick led for most of the segment. Late in segment 1 was when the trouble started.

All drivers were required to make a two tire pit stop, and a few waited until the very end to make said stop. Matt Kenseth was the last to do so, but just as he was about to pit, Jamie McMurray had a spinout. Since all laps count during the first two segments, Kenseth was unable to make his mandatory green flag pit stop. He did make it under caution. But due to him being on track, about seven of the field’s twenty drivers were trapped one lap down. And another example Nascar being inefficient with the rules, drivers were not allowed to take a wave around. This left all said lap down drivers trapped down one lap. Also, since he failed to pit under green, Nascar docked Kenseth one lap.

Segment 2 began with a just 11 cars on the lead lap. The rules for this segment say you must make a 2 tire pit stop before lap 85. A caution mid segment meant that drivers would only have a small window in which to pit under green. And on the following restart, chaos ensued.

Chase Elliot attempted to turn onto pit road, but cars were bunched up behind him and he was slammed in the rear bumper by Greg Biffle. Also, behind them, as drivers scrambled to dodge the slowing Elliot, Matt Kenseth turned up the track and pounded into Tony Stewart, whoo was making his last All-Star Race start. Stewart and Kenseth slammed the wall, and Tony spun down the track into Kasey Kahne. Said Stewart after the wreck, “I didn’t know what was happening. We were lead lap, a lap down, then lead lap, then lap down. I’m glad this is my last All-Star race.”

Kyle Larson ended up winning segment 2. A random drawing determined the top-11 drivers must make a pit-stop for 4 tires, and all other lead lap cars must stay out on old tires. Due to Nascar’s failure to properly set rules, only two drivers were on the lead lap who didn’t pit. So much for seeing the exciting difference between old and new tires. Jimmie Johnson and Kyle Busch were the two drivers not to pit. Kyle Larson was the first driver off pit road.

On the restart Larson made mincemeat out of Jimmie and Busch. Larson jumped out front, and it seemed he might win the final 13 lap segment. However, in the closing laps, Joey Logano began to close the gap on Larson and with 3 to go he began to pass Kyle in turns 1 and 2. Just as he began to do so, Kyle’s car swerved up the track and rammed the wall. And get this, Nascar officials didn’t throw a caution! They throw cautions for water bottles and they don’t throw them for a car smashing the wall.

That’s all I know. I couldn’t watch the final laps of the race, they were so stupid. It’s almost like Nascar is trying let the idiots named Joey Logano and Brad Keslowski win. (Brad was second)  As for poor Larson, he seemed heart broken. I did’t stick around for post race interviews, but I read his interview in an article. Just another heart wrenching day for both Larson and Nascar fans. A terrible race, terrible calls by Nascar, and it was won by Nascar’s most arrogant and careless driver. Typical.