Fan Runs Onto NASCAR Track During Race and Tries to Climb into Driver’s Car

A wild NASCAR moment unfolded in San Diego when a fan jumped a fence, stormed onto the track during a race, and tried to talk his way into a driver’s car.

The bizarre scene happened Saturday, June 20, during the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Naval Base Coronado — the first time in NASCAR history that a race has been held on an active military base.

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The event was already unusual enough. Drivers were racing around a 3.4-mile road course built inside the highly secured military base. Fans had to go through tight security just to get inside.

But once the race was underway, one spectator somehow managed to turn the historic event into a security nightmare.

The chaos began late in the race after driver Sam Mayer clipped the inside wall at Turn 1. His car slammed into Anthony Alfredo’s before crashing hard into the outside wall, triggering a nasty pileup.

The wreck was so severe that it damaged the retaining wall, forcing officials to throw the red flag and stop the race while crews made repairs.

That’s when one fan apparently decided it was his moment.

During the red flag delay, the man climbed over a fence and walked onto the track. He then approached driver Sheldon Creed’s car and stuck his head through the driver’s window.

Creed was still sitting inside his car when the shocking encounter happened.

Moments later, Creed got on his team radio and seemed just as stunned as everyone watching.

“I think he’s wasted,” Creed said. “I didn’t even understand what he was saying.”

After his brief and bizarre pit-stop-style visit, the fan climbed back over the fence and left the track area.

He was later apprehended, according to reports, and likely faced serious consequences for trespassing onto an active NASCAR track — especially one set up on a military base.

As shocking as the incident was, it was not the first time a fan has wandered onto a NASCAR track during a race delay.

Back in 2007, a fan at Watkins Glen International in New York walked onto the track while trying to get an autograph from driver Matt Kenseth.

Still, Saturday’s stunt was especially alarming given the location, the security concerns, and the fact that it happened during a historic NASCAR weekend at an active naval base.

NASCAR fans are known for being passionate. But jumping a fence, walking onto the track, and trying to chat up a driver from the window is one way to make sure you leave the race in handcuffs instead of with a souvenir.