Within the last run of the NASCAR Cup race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, a heated battle was unfolding for the race win, but additionally close to the rear of the highest 20. r and l spent a number of laps dive-bombing each other, making contact, and even hitting the wall as they fought for place.
At one level, Stenhouse shoved McDowell off into the nook in Flip 1 after which tried to tug off an unsuccessful slide job. That was basically the tip the of their on-track battle.
After the back-and-forth combat for place, McDowell went on to complete nineteenth whereas Stenhouse fell again to twenty third.
On the cool-down lap, Stenhouse chased down McDowell and began door-slamming him up the monitor. Riley Herbst needed to carry to keep away from being caught up within the sport of bumper tag.
McDowell returned the favor as they went again down the monitor, and Stenhouse then brake-checked the Spire Motorsports driver. McDowell then aimed for his right-rear, and spun Stenhouse up the monitor earlier than carrying on.
This cool-down lap was something however calm.
@StenhouseJr and @Mc_Driver make contact. https://t.co/dVplQ78aTf
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) 6
The very best a part of your complete post-race conflict was that Brad Daugherty, who’s the co-owner at Stenhouse's Hyak Motorsports group, was a part of the USA Sports activities present and noticed it for the primary time dwell on on air.
"Hey, maintain on, what on the earth?" reacted Daugherty, laughing. "What are we doing? After the race! Oh no … don't tear it up now!"
On pit street, the 2 drivers shared a much more cordial encounter after parking bumper-to-bumper, speaking issues out with Stenhouse leaning into the window of McDowell's automobile. No punches have been thrown, and it didn't appear to be both driver was overly aggravated at that time.
Michael McDowell and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. talked after the race. It didn't appear too heated. I checked in with Stenhouse (off-camera) and he mentioned he hit McDowell so McDowell hit him again and never a giant deal. @NASCARONFOX https://t.co/wEWlVvVvDE
— Bob Pockrass (@bobpockrass) 6
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