Connor Mosack Caution Costs Layne Riggs Phoenix Win & Owners’ Championship
Riggs was going to win if the race stayed green, but a questionable caution with two laps to go flipped the running order upside down.
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Riggs was going to win if the race stayed green, but a questionable caution with two laps to go flipped the running order upside down.
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