After Sunday evening’s NASCAR All-Star Race, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. threw a punch at Kyle Busch as Busch used his automotive to slam Stenhouse Jr. right into a crash with the wall on Lap 2, forcing him out of the race.
Busch was clearly motivated to retaliate after Stenhouse Jr. went three-wide on the primary lap. Stenhouse was unable to exit the monitor till the top of the race, as there was no technique to exit the infield on the North Wilkesboro monitor. Stenhouse Jr. parked his automotive in Busch’s pit stall and advised an interviewer he would await Busch, Yahoo Sports activities reported, referring to a 2011 incident when the automotive’s proprietor, Richard Childress, 65, punched Busch, then 26. Busch had door-slammed Joey Coulter, who ran for Childress within the O’Reilly Auto Elements 250.
“You hit the fence your self. I did not contact you,” Stenhouse Jr. advised Bush. “Return and look … I did not contact you. Not even as soon as. … You hit the fence and then you definately hit me. ..return and take a look at it.” Then, he took a swing on the bush.
Kyle Busch and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. combat after the All-Star race. pic.twitter.com/IJMttBw90W
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One other angle of the encounter after the race. pic.twitter.com/JCgSZhEzwa
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“He left the door open, I went via the center, virtually cleared him, 34 [of Michael McDowell] Ran up the monitor and all of us touched there — no huge deal,” Stenhouse advised Fox Sports activities. “Then Kyle tried to wreck me. [Turns] 3 and 4 after which lastly destroyed me [Turns] 1 and a pair of. … He did a nasty job to start with after which acquired mad about it — I feel that is how his season went. I am undecided why he was so mad. I flicked it three-wide, however he hit the fence and got here off the wall and bumped into me. I do not know, once I was speaking to him, he saved saying that I destroyed him. Undoubtedly made me annoyed how he runs his mouth about me on a regular basis. I do know he is dissatisfied as a result of he cannot run in addition to he used to.”
On the way in which to his stall, Busch mentioned, “The primary lap of the race, our automobiles nonetheless do not have water temperature and we’re destroying one another. [Turn] 2. I am bored with working round to everybody. However that is what everyone does – everyone runs over everyone.”
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“I believed Kyle and I at all times raced one another laborious for the Nationwide Sequence once we have been competing for wins week in and week out, by no means had an issue,” Stenhouse mentioned after the showdown. “I destroyed him as soon as at Daytona and he is been badmouthing me ever since. I really feel like we take to each other with one another off the race monitor, I’ve talked to him fairly a bit and I am undecided why he was so mad that I pushed it three-wide however he hit the fence and sort of got here out the wall. He bumped into me and I do not know, once I was speaking to him he saved saying that I destroyed him. So clearly there was frustration with how he at all times runs his mouth about me however I do know he is annoyed as a result of he would not run in addition to he used to and I perceive that. We’re a single-car crew right here and dealing actually laborious to exit and get higher each weekend.”
