2023 Olympus 500

Round 4 of the Piston Cup was at the Olympus 500 as it had a crazy race with a shock top 5 it was a rainy end with 4 CAUTIONS IN 10 LAPS. It began to rain on Lap 477. On Lap 480 Fox Roofflap, Mitchell Carblow and Landon Mitchentire Jr all crashed to bring out the 1st caution. On Lap 484 2nd caution was when Denny Carlin hit the outside wall. On Lap 487 Joey Pitcrews, Ryan Laney, GoGo Logano, Jim Yardley and Daniel Swevez all collided in the big one bringing out the 3rd caution. On the 4th Caution on Lap 490 Cruz Ramirez collided with 2 Lap cars, Billy CarJoy and Kyle Buschtire. Chase Racelott was injured in a skiing accident and Max Carstappen was now racing the WGP Championship. William Byrev won the race with a shock 2nd Adam Wheeler, 3rd Connor Tormaski, 4th Aaron Clocker and 5th Tim Treadless.

## Transcript

### Start

* Bob Cutlass: GREEN FLAG AS WE BEGIN ROUND 4 HERE IN OLYMPUS!

### Rain Lap 477

* Natalie Certain: IT'S STARTING TO RAIN!
* Tony Gaswart: YES WE DO SO MANY CARS ARE PITTING RIGHT THIS INSTANT!
* Bob Cutlass: This race has turned on its head!

### Lap 480 Crash

* Bob Cutlass: MITCHELL CARBLOW SPINS INTO MITCHENTIRE JR UP AND OVER HE GOES!
* Tony Gaswart: ITS STARTING TO GO ALL CRAZY MITCHENTIRE JR IS ON HIS ROOF!
* Bob Cutlass: I also saw Fox Roofflap got involved too! As he had his own crash.

### Restart

* Bob Cutlass: We're back racing with Connor Tormaski leading but look at the order Tormaski, Byrev and Clocker in the top 3.

### Lap 484 Crash

* Bob Cutlass: OH WE GOT TROUBLE INTO THE WALL HARD GOES DENNY CARLIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENDER!
* Natalie Certain: That's gonna be huge for Cruz Ramirez in the Championship!
* Tony Gaswart: We just restarted 4 laps ago and we have a caution again.

### Restart

* Bob Cutlass: We are back racing as the green flag comes out!

### Lap 487 Crash

* Bob Cutlass: WE GOT MORE PROBLEMS AGAIN THIS IS THE BIG ONE!
* Tony Gaswart: THIS IS BIG!
* Bob Cutlass: THATS LOGANO AND SWEVEZ WHO WERE IN 6TH AND 7TH!
* Tony Gaswart: PITCREWS, YARDLEY AND LANEY INVOLVED THIS!

### Restart

* Bob Cutlass: Oh great here we go this is gonna be another restart!

### Lap 490 Crash

* Bob Cutlass: ANOTHER CRASH AGAIN AND ITS THE LEADER CRUZ RAMIREZ!
* Tony Gaswart: NO WAY! THATS MADE THE CHAMPIONSHIP MORE CRAZY!
* Natalie Certain: She collided with 2 lap cars.
* Bob Cutlass: Kyle Buschtire hits Billy CarJoy puts him in the wall and Cruz Ramirez hits Buschtire!

### Finish

* Bob Cutlass: TWO LAPS TO GO!
* Tony Gaswart: BYREV IN TOTAL CONTROL AND LOOK AT THE FIGHT FOR 2ND TORMASKI AND FONG SIDE BY SIDE AS THEY START THE FINAL LAP!
* Bob Cutlass: OFF GOES M FAST FONG BUT HE SAVES IT UNBELIEVABLE AS THE ORDER HAS CHANGED MASSIVELY! A DOMINANT RACE IT HAS BEEN FOR THE 24 AS WILLIAM BYREV WINS IN OLYMPUS 500! ADAM WHEELER GETS HIS 1ST EVER PODIUM TORMASKI 3RD 4TH CLOCKER AND 5TH TREADLESS! GOODNESS ME!
* Shifty Drugs Crew Chief: Well done William that was total control.
* William Byrev: Thanks Guys we absolutely smashed it!

## Results

1. William Byrev - 500 laps - 43 Points
2. Adam Wheeler - 500 laps - 42 Points
3. Connor Tormaski - 500 laps - 41 Points
4. Aaron Clocker - 500 laps - 40 Points
5. Tim Treadless - 500 laps - 39 Points
6. Bill Brady Jr - 500 laps - 38 Points
7. Tyler Reverick - 500 laps - 37 Points
8. Flip Dover - 500 laps - 36 Points
9. Jonas Carves - 500 laps - 35 Points
10. Cam Spinner - 500 laps - 34 Points
11. Flip Spinner - 500 laps - 33 Points
12. Carstin Dillon - 500 laps - 32 Points
13. Chris Bueshcar - 500 laps - 31 Points
14. Sky Lewis - 500 laps - 30 Points
15. Alex Bowman - 500 laps - 29 Points
16. Kevin Carvick - 500 laps - 28 Points
17. M Fast Fong - 500 laps - 27 Points
18. Aric Amirolling - 500 laps - 26 Points
19. Brad Carslowski - 500 laps - 25 Points
20. Joel Carterson - 500 laps - 24 Points
21. Bubba Wheelhouse - 500 laps - 23 Points
22. Chris Weathers - 500 laps - 22 Points
23. Corey CarJoie - 500 laps - 21 Points
24. Michael Alexander Latifi - 500 laps - 20 Points
25. Jim Burnsly - 500 laps - 19 Points
26. Klint Shiftright Jr - 500 laps - 18 Points
27. KA Bullets - 500 laps - 17 Points
28. Kevin Oildrip - 500 laps - 16 Points
29. Eric Jones - 500 laps - 15 Points
30. Ace Cohen - 500 laps - 14 Points
31. Devin Redline - 500 laps - 13 Points
32. Cruz Ramirez 490 laps (Accident) - 12 Points
33. Kyle Buschtire - 489 laps (Accident) - 11 Points
34. Billy CarJoy - 489 laps (Accident) - 10 Points
35. Daniel Swevez - 487 laps (Accident) - 9 Points
36. Ryan Laney - 487 laps (Accident) - 8 Points
37. GoGo Logano - 487 laps (Accident) - 7 Points
38. Jim Yardley - 487 laps (Accident) - 6 Points
39. Joey Pitcrews - 487 laps - (Accident) - 5 Points
40. Denny Carlin - 484 - (Accident) - 4 Points
41. Landon Mitchentire Jr - 480 laps (Accident) - 3 Points
42. Fox Roofflap - 480 laps (Accident) - 2 Points
43. Mitchell Carblow - 480 laps (Accident) - 1 Points