Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series championship race at Phoenix Raceway came to a halt just before the start of Stage 2 after the pace car crashed into the sand barrels entering pit road. NASCAR put the red flag out to clean up something they never could have envisioned happening, let alone in a championship race. But it did, and Jeff Gluck and Jordan Bianchi of The Athletic shared their reactions on “The Teardown” podcast. While not necessarily an error in officiating, Gluck found it interesting it happened just two days after COO Steve O’Donnell praised the officiating in NASCAR. CLICK HERE to go to…