So sad:Kyle Busch and Corey LaJoie collide in a latemulti-car crash at Pocono.
It’s hard to race like an ass. It’s difficult to do without overstepping your boundaries. That’s simply the nature of this beast. “The top guys at it are extremely smooth and consistent at that level.”
Corey LaJoie’s No. 7 Chevrolet collided with Busch’s No. 8 Chevy as the field fanned out and attempted to funnel into Turn 1 in the final stage of the Great American Getaway 400. The shove sent Busch’s No. 8 spinning into the infield grass and back into traffic, colliding with the vehicles of AJ Allmendinger, Harrison Burton, Ryan Preece, and Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
RELATED: Race results | At-track images from Pocono Busch, who is on the longest winless streak of his Cup Series career, fell even further behind in his quest for a playoff spot with a 32nd-place finish. Busch slid to the back of the pack for Sunday’s start when his Richard Childress Racing team detected an oil leak on the grid, resulting in his fifth DNF in the previous seven races. When asked about his interaction with LaJoie, Busch took the high road and thanked his sponsors. When questioned, Busch responded, “That’s simply racing these days.” “That’s what occurs.”
LaJoie, who finished 19th, indicated after the race that he would have done the same way if faced with the same situation again. “No, you’ve got to take the run,” said LaJoie, who was held up by a pit-road speeding penalty on Lap 96. “I don’t want to…” I’m not the type of guy who wants to ruin someone, but if Kyle only blocks once, I believe we can both go around the corner and fight another day. But the second block, which he thought he had covered but didn’t, was what killed him and a couple of other individuals. But gosh, it’s extremely hard. Running 19th is quite difficult. I mean, that’s all I have.
Busch was 98 points behind the provisional playoff elimination line heading into Sunday’s 400-miler. After Sunday, he is unofficially 102 points down with only five regular-season races left. MORE: Updated Cup Series Standings LaJoie said that the two’s contact was unintentional. “I think Kyle and I have been racing around each other long enough; we’re not going to crash into each other on purpose,” LaJoie stated. “We both are guys that feel like we belong, especially him, but I’m not going to apologise. I’m not sorry, because it was the situation. If the situation had been reversed, I believe he would have said the same thing.
Preece (30th), Burton (31st), and Stenhouse (33rd) were all out. “It is always irregular. That’s what we do now,” Burton said during a visit to the infield care centre. “It’s just part of the way we race.” These vehicles are so close together, and track position is so vital, that you have to race like an ass, which is difficult. It’s difficult to do without overstepping your boundaries. That’s simply the nature of this beast. “The top guys at it are extremely smooth and consistent at that level.”
