Whereas battling for tenth-place with simply 55 laps to go, Austin Dillon and his former teammate Tyler Reddick made contact getting into Flip 1. It was a three-wide scenario with Dillon within the center between Brad Keselowski on the surface and Reddick on the within.
The No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet was the one one who misplaced out, spinning throughout the observe and slamming the surface wall.
He was in a position to climb from the automotive below his personal energy, however his race was now over.
The RCR driver then determined to indicate his displeasure with Reddick, chucking his helmet throughout the observe and within the path of the No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota.
After being checked and launched from the infield care heart, he advised NBC Sports activities: “That I used to be mad. I don’t know – I heard (Dale Earnhardt) Jr.’s replay stated that I got here down just a little bit. I felt like I used to be holding my very own. He was at my left-rear getting in there, and I knew we have been three-wide. I feel I’ve acquired the suitable to at the very least maintain my lane. I’ve acquired to show sooner or later to get down. Brad (Keselowski) was on my outdoors, perhaps a half-lane up. However Tyler (Reddick) drove it in there, and clearly I really feel like he drove it in deep sufficient the place he needed to come up the observe into me. We are able to have a look at the SMT and see the little positive actions that we make, however I felt like that was not the time to try this for the No. 45 (Reddick).
I hate it for the No. 3 BREZTRI Chevy staff. We actually sucked at first of the race. We acquired the automotive a lot better and made some good technique strikes. However we simply dwell to struggle one other day, I assume. It was a fairly tough hit.”
When requested if the helmet throw was sufficient, Dillon concluded: “No, I simply want to begin wrecking some folks.”
It isn’t the primary time a driver has tossed their helmet within the path of a rival’s automotive in anger. Tony Stewart famously did it to Matt Kenseth after the veteran drivers wrecked whereas battling for the lead at Bristol in 2012.
