Overview

• Ware’s left-front brake rotor failed and exploded under heavy braking at Turn 6, sending him into a tire barrier at 93 mph on the final lap of Chicago’s Grant Park 165.
• NASCAR waited 34 seconds before waving the caution flag, allowing Shane van Gisbergen to secure the white flag and win under yellow.
• Ware was released unharmed from the infield medical center and said he will apply lessons learned at next weekend’s Sonoma road course.
• Drivers and safety advocates are calling for faster hazard detection and clearer caution-flag procedures on narrow street circuits.
• Some NASCAR officials have defended the existing restart-cycle rule, arguing that mid-sequence interventions could undermine race integrity.