Martin Truex Jr. got hit from behind on pit road, spun, and nearly crushed one of his crew members. Several people in the NASCAR world said it was lucky the incident wasn't worse, but no one seems quite sure how to stop it. Go figure. Okay, so technically this didnt happen on pit road but more like right next to the entrance of pit road. Initially, members of Truex's team, including team owner and NFL coaching legend Joe Gibbs, were visibly upset, feeling that Larson was at fault. Awesome job.. A trend that you will see throughout this countdown is that its no walk in the park being on a pit crew in NASCAR. Its unfortunate to be out of the race this early at a race track that we normally run very well at.. Snapping the streak and sharing Dovers Victory Circle with his younger brother, Ryan, truly made the week for the veteran. We saw a similar incident one month ago at Texas Motor Speedway, where rookie driver Ty Gibbs grandson of Joe Gibbs lost his cool on pit road. I would have just taken the chance and said You know what? NBCs Marty Snider later reported Geiter was transported to a local hospital. The bulk of those wins came from the late Dale Earnhardt, but Childress had last won at Talladega with Clint Bowyer in 2011. Martin Truex Jr. snapped a 54-race winless streak, scoring the victory Monday at Dover Motor Speedway. We took off, had clean air and the car was just too loose. The 42-year-old New Jersey native finally took the lead for the first time with 69 laps remaining and led all but one of those final laps to claim his first points-paying victory of the season, ending a 54-race winless streak. (16) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, Accident, 34. Our car experts choose every product we feature. The red flag came out at the NASCAR Cup Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday as a crash on pit road halted the afternoon's action temporarily and injured a crew member from driver Ryan Blaney's team. NASCAR has never had a wreck quite like this one and they havent really had one like it since. 2004-2023 CBS Interactive. "It's hard to see down this pit road," Larson said after the race. "If Larson's pit stall is down in Turn 4, further towards [the pit entrance], it doesn't happen," Majors said. Your Privacy Choices: Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads. Watch the NASCAR pit crew member video below. Can you imagine getting hit by a racecar and being launched into the air while not wearing a helmet? This is a situation that could have been a lot worse than what it was. By: Jim Utter . If he stopped for a splash of gas, Busch would surrender valuable track position and essentially concede any chance at racing for Sundays win. Erik Jones of Legacy Motor Club was sixth in a Chevrolet, followed by William Byron of Hendrick Motorsports and finally Christopher Bell, the highest-finishing Toyota driver at eighth. Not only was it the first time in a decade that the Xfinity Series visited Music City, but Saturdays race offered some additional buzz as the first NASCAR race broadcast of the season on NBC. "I just think this is a racing accident," said TJ Majors, host of Dirty Mo Media's "Door Bumper Clear" podcast. Proud of the effort. Tommy Cole, Bill Elliotts jack man, was hit and sent flying. INDIANAPOLIS - On pit road, it's chaos. Its hard to watch it and not shudder at the thought of what might have happened if the hit took place on the door as opposed to just behind the door. FIFA World Cup - Best Goals from Every Angle, Draw for the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023, Fansided, Christopher Olmstead/FanSided via Beyond the Flag, FOX SPORTS, SPEED, SPEED.COM & 2023 Fox Media LLC and Fox Sports Interactive Media, LLC. ), No. Felt today, with that caution, whats going to happen here and then good call by [crew chief] James [Small] to take two (tires) and then I was able to get a pretty good re-start. Early in the race, when the field came into pit road, a wreck near the entrance sent cars in every direction. Just looking for a little more, and I felt like we were pretty close. I dont know. 18 of Kyle Busch was taken out in a crash. The finish was Chastains best of the year. 3, rolled out of the gas and just got ran over. (26) Joey Logano, Ford, Accident, 375. Dale Earnhardts Gruesome Death and How It Changed NASCAR Forever. 2 min read. Several weeks later at the Cup Series season finale in Atlanta, Bill Elliott appeared to have the best car of the day, leading 94 of the 328 laps of the Atlanta Journal 500. Gosh, so close again, said Chastain, who led 98 laps. Larson returned to the track after repairs. The red flag came out at the NASCAR Cup Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday as a crash on pit road halted the afternoon's action temporarily and injured a crew member from. It felt like weve been close a bunch of times, and we gave some away, thats for sure. Honorable Mention Mason Mingus Goes Airborne. Bill Elliott's NASCAR team involved in 1987 pit road accident Near the end of the 1987 NASCAR Cup Series season on the road course at Riverside, Bill Elliott's crew was in the middle of a pit stop when Michael Waltrip and Jim Robinson made contact on pit road. I felt like we had a car that could run in the top 10 at times, if not the majority of the race. One of the most important was the introduction of a pit road speed limit. Unfortunately, the additional safety precautions were born from tragedy when one pit crew member for Bill Elliotts team lost his life. Ross Chastain shoved his car into the middle for a third lane and his car bounced off Gragson, who hit the wall to trigger the crash. He just ran me over. Hate it I caused that one. Here is the thing when it comes to NASCAR drivers; if its possible to hit it, there will come a point in which someone is going to find a way to hit it. The worst thing about these kind of incidents on pit road is that nobody ever sees them coming, nor do they expect them to happen. Watch as the second half of the field stacks up on pit road at Indianapolis, injuring a crew member for Ryan Blaney's team.-----Subscribe to NASCAR on Y. A member of Ryan Blaney's pit crew suffered what looked to be a lower-body injury when he was struck by two cars during a wreck on pit road early in Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. I havent seen a replay or anything, but I saw a hole there and tried to take it and we came together, Bell stated. Its fortunate that those barrels were in place and it might even be more fortunate that it was barrels and not tires like NASCAR had used on that part of the track previously. NASCAR crew member hit by car. He continued, I know he was coming down, whether or not it kind of is what it is. Fortunately for Jeremy Geiter, those rules were in place on Saturday in Nashville or there might have been a very different outcome. 1:58. NASCAR Pit Road Accidents - YouTube 0:00 / 9:40 Sign in to confirm your age This video may be inappropriate for some users. This situation was scary, plain and simple. When the race went green, it was Ty Gibbs who was out of gas and he immediately pulled out of line. Busch surged into the lead. Cars collided into each other and a crew member of the 12 team got hit. We just had to work our way up from there. That slight hesitation is all it took for an injury to occur. So I chalk this up as a racing deal.". What makes this situation even scarier is that the cars are traveling much faster than they may appear on television. Crew members from other teams were nearby when Gibbs hit Dillon's car, causing it to swerve. Good day for my family and to see Ryan win Saturday hes worked so hard for so long to get good opportunities and its awesome. Team members are now restricted to when they can go over the wall and are required to secure mechanical equipment, and all members must wear helmets. He lost his life several years later in another accident at age 32. a member of Ryan Blaney's pit crew got struck by a car . I agree to receive the "CBS Sports HQ Newsletter" and marketing communications, updates, special offers (including partner offers), and other information from CBS Sports and the Paramount family of companies. Our DeWalt Camry was extremely fast today. When the pit crew jumps over the wall they are anticipating that the driver is going to stop where they are supposed to stop. This is probably one of those moments where Rick Hendrick just shook his head. What happened next, the cameras captured, and the national television audience at home watched in horror. Who had a bad race: Noah Gragson crashed on the backstretch 29 laps into the race and couldnt reach the minimum speed to stay on track. NBC Martin Truex Jr. got hit from behind on pit road, spun, and nearly crushed one of his crew members. The win for the former Cup champion gave the Truex family two NASCAR wins in three days. In the middle of stage 1, Bayley Currey started losing his brakes. Chastain, who took his fourth stage win of the season, finished a slight .505-seconds behind Truex but was unable to make up any real ground on the leader in the closing laps after passing Ryan Blaney, who also took only two tires on that final stop. Unfortunately, pit road accidents are part of racing. 23 Cup car that Gibbs drives. If you watch the replay in the video above, you can see Truex's right-rear tire momentarily lock up from hitting the brakes while he was still in front of Larson. It just kind of sucks to tear up a car when youre getting an opportunity to be here on Sunday. But Talladega has been so great to RC. Kanus who was behind the wall, came out of nowhere when he hopped the wall to check on his teammate and the car all in one motion. It takes a ton of bravery to hop over the wall for a pit stop. Busch won under caution when Bubba Wallace surged into the lead but tried to block good friend Ryan Blaney three times and the third block caused the race-ending wreck. 1? That fire only grew when it caused on of the tires to blow on the car. 19, and he did the same thing and was able to get around us. We know we could do this. I just got trapped and could never make it back up. Here is a look at some of the worst pit road wrecks in recent NASCAR history. I left here with about $1,500, $2,000, thought Id never have to work again. Poole pinched Zach Price, Blaney's tire . In his case the tire took the brunt of the hit whereas the jack-carrier on the side of the car was flipped onto his back and had the jack fall on him. Started losing brakes in the middle of stage one and we were holding on from there. A NASCAR pit crew member and his wife were killed in an automobile accident in Florida this week while celebrating their honeymoon. Sometimes youve got to be lucky. The fire engulfed the gas man who was obviously close to the incident. The newlyweds died just three days after their wedding. Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led): William Byron 4 times for 193 laps; Ross Chastain 3 times for 98 laps; Martin Truex Jr. 2 times for 68 laps; Kyle Busch 2 times for 25 laps; Brad Keselowski 2 times for 8 laps; Denny Hamlin 4 times for 4 laps; Josh Berry(i) 2 times for 3 laps; Christopher Bell 1 time for 1 lap. Through the years, there have been many serious accidents, including several fatalities. He advanced his position on Ross Chastain and found himself in a battle to win the race in the final corner. Kevin Harvick is third, 38 points behind Chastain. Roll the dice. NASCAR has made it a priority that drivers are not to cause contact that could injured crew members or officials on pit road. Jacked us up there, but at the end of the day it was solid. Ive got to go somewhere., CONTACT AT THE FRONT! Obviously, partly on me. It could have been a lot worse.". He bounced back from a Lap 124 pit stop issue that dropped him to 20th. Kyle said, Look, we done made this deal, we done made our decision, lets ride it out no matter what. He just stayed out. The jackmans launch across the box was slowed due to the car of Suarez. I couldnt load the rear tires, and we were just hanging on. Paramedics arrived on scene moments later, loading the man onto a gurney as his fellow crew members stood around him supporting him. However, after the race, Truex admitted that he struggled to see with the sun directly in his eyes, suggesting he almost missed his pit stall. There was a time when that was actually a real possibility, thankfully this gentleman had himself a helmet. Thankfully, Im OK, Larson said. (9) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Chevrolet, 399. Ross Chastain chased Truex over the closing miles but couldnt challenge for the lead. 6:19 pm ET. Just uncalled for. Weve been pretty fast all year, just havent got the results to show for it., Wow close call for our jackman under the last caution pic.twitter.com/ThAUlgZHI9, Christopher Bell | Joe Gibbs Racing | Atlanta Motor Speedway|NASCAR, Filed Under: NASCAR Cup Series Tagged With: Atlanta Atlanta GA Atlanta Georgia Atlanta Motor Speedway Christopher Bell Cup Series Daniel Suarez Georgia Joe Gibbs Racing Kyle Busch NASCAR NASCAR Cup NASCAR Cup Series NCS Scheduled, Atlanta Race Results: March 20, 2022 (NASCAR Cup Series), Atlanta Motor Speedway: New vs Old track by passing data, NASCAR crew member injured during pit stop (Video), NASCAR pit gun snaps in half during Martinsville pit stop, NASCAR crew member struck on pit lane at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Video), Medical update on the NASCAR crew member that was hit on pit lane at Indianapolis, NASCAR pit crew member killed in honeymoon crash, Atlanta Race Results March 20, 2022 (NASCAR Cup Series). Runs are just so big, and as the leader with Bubba, hes trying to block which is the right thing to do, but I think he kind of moved three times. The one thing that they have in common is that each wreck is bad. ET. However, after the race, Bell was relegated to the last car on the lead lap. The Joe Gibbs Racing No. The Cup race was rescheduled from Sunday to Monday after weather forced a postponement. They never made it. Blaney's team later reported that the incidentlooked worse than it was, and Price was smiling as he was wheeled into an ambulance. Saturdays Xfinity Series race at Nashville Superspeedway provided an example in a frightening pit road accident when Bayley Currey lost his brakes and hit three pit crew members, sending one to the hospital. I'm glad nobody got hurt there.". Some involve multiple cars while others involve a single car and the pit road wall. Praying everyone is ok, I just couldnt stop. In my mind you kind of triple move like that, triple block, and you cant block three times, Blaney said. However, you dont ever head into a track thinking that a crewman is going to be hit by a car. I kept saying that weve got to just keep doing what were doing and not overthink it. Ross Chastain moved into challenging position in the closing miles but couldnt pass Truex. Updated: 6:48 PM EST November 29, 2020. 1? With just over 30 laps remaining, the caution flag came out. Its just special, you know, Truex said. I think if we had taken four, we would have lined up fourth. 34. The force jarred the tires loose from the grasp of one member and bounded down pit road. The second-place car of Ricky Rudd approached from behind headed toward its stall, located directly in front of Elliotts. Hendrick Motorsports driver William Byron led a race best 193 laps and won a series best sixth stage, to finish fourth. Im proud of this FedEx team for bringing me a car capable of winning today, but sometimes you cant get those last few spots. In the most recent incident, drivers will typically move to the left into the second lane before slowing down. In this particular situation Ward Burton makes contact with Casey Atwood and the result was not good. Younger brother Ryan Truex took care of business in Xfinity Series race. 2 team. The good news here was that everyone was okay after the contact and in case you missed it, that guy was indeed down right there. Larson said he was fortunate he was not injured. 48 in place of an injured Alex Bowman. To the left of the accident, Team Penske driver Ryan Blaney was already in his pit stall and the crew was at work to change four tires. The red flag lasted a little over 11 minutes and then the race was able to get underway again. I'm not here to save you. He promptly made contact with the leg of a pit crew. I owe them a big apology and a bit more. Wallace briefly pushed ahead until he was spun by Blaney, and Busch got his second win of the season. "Once the wreck started happening in front of us and we all got bottled up there, one car after another was getting run into," Allgaier said. Its not very often in any NASCAR series that you see a car (or truck) get all four tires off of the ground. But as "Door Bumper Clear" host Brett Griffin noted, there is always going to be some risk for the crew members. By the end of the race I felt like we had improved and learned so much we just couldnt get the track position back. Needless to say it wasnt a good moment for anyone when Jeff Gordon got turned and took out a chunk of the No. NASCAR AT INDY: Live updates, highlights from Sunday's race. Chastain was second, Ryan Blaney third, William Byron fourth and Denny Hamlin fifth. He's watching his [dash] to make sure he is right at that speed limit. I did not mean to do that at all, Chastain told his crew via radio. As Truex neared his pit stall, he quickly veered to the left, and Larson hit him from behind, causing Truex to spin. @KyleBusch gets to the lead and wins at @TALLADEGA! we knew we could do this. The incident occurred as Hemric attempted to pull into his pit stall for new tires and fuel. pic.twitter.com/CCAak9kCCO. Most recently, Harrell worked with Alex Bowman in the NASCAR Cup Series. It was also interesting to see Chad Knaus spring into action the way that he did as it was all happening. This Fastenal Mustang had good speed in it all day probably fifth to 10th is probably where we were going to be. Some of these races come down to that, Busch said. On a pit stop during the races final caution period, Truexs team opted to put only right-side tires on his Toyota. What drivers said Monday during and after the NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover Motor Speedway: Martin Truex Jr. Winner: Man, it feels incredible. He bumped the slower car of Brennan Poole, sending Poole up the track and into the path of Kyle Larson. The leaders pitted, and Truex took two tires, while Chastain got four. Byron was a dominant force in winning the first stage but said his car got very loose later. Neither of the cars was damaged to the point where they had to be removed from the race but they did both suffer damage. Childress entered the post-race news conference carrying an open bottle of champagne from his vineyard. Weve led laps. 36. 3 Jeff Gordon Takes Out The No. Stay up to date with what you want to know. No. 28 crew as well as a NASCAR official. The blue dot on the GPS won't help you here. NASCAR fans are mourning the loss of a Hendrick Motorsports pit crew member. But Martin really made a pretty quick, evasive left-hand [turn], and he slows down in that outside lane [in front of Larson].
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