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NASCAR fans climbs onto track during O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Coronado Naval Base in San Diego on June 20, 2026
For the first time in the sport’s history, NASCAR is racing at an active military base this weekend at Coronado Naval Base in San Diego.
As you can imagine, security getting into the event, which featured a 3.4-mile road course around the confines of the base, was extremely tight.
However, it appears that once you actually find your way onto the base and into the event, security wasn’t exactly as strict as it could or perhaps should be.
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Fan Hops Fence Onto NASCAR Track During Red Flag Following Nasty Wreck
In the final stage of Saturday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race, driver Sam Mayer clipped the inside wall at turn one, sending him careening into fellow driver Anthony Alfredo and then hard into the outside wall.
The incident led to a massive pile-up of cars and also displaced the retaining wall, causing the series to throw the red flag and stop drivers on the track so that workers could repair the wall.
During the red flag period, one over-eager fan decided it was a good time to attempt to get a VIP experience. The fan jumped over a fan and approached driver Sheldon Creed, sticking his head in Creed’s window before exiting the track over the fence.
Creed then came over the radio and told his team, “I think he’s wasted. I didn’t even understand what he was saying.”
Unsurprisingly, the fan was later apprehended and is likely in jail or headed there at the time of writing.
Surprisingly, however, it’s not the first time this has happened at a NASCAR race. In August of 2007, a fan at Watkins Glen International in New York did the same thing while seeking an autograph from driver Matt Kenseth.
On one hand, you can’t knock the hustle. But we certainly wouldn’t recommend entering a NASCAR track during a race, especially one that is taking place on a military base.