The primary NASCAR Cup Collection Playoffs race of the season didn’t precisely go nicely for one-time Kyle Larson, as a fiery wreck left him all the best way within the again in thirty seventh place.
Larson’s No. 5 automobile was racing within the nook at Atlanta Motor Speedway when he acquired free and took a tough proper flip into the wall. As he got here down the banking, Chase Briscoe tagged him as he couldn’t get across the cloud of smoke that Larson despatched towards incoming drivers.
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Chase Briscoe, #14, is concerned in a wreck with Kyle Larson, #5, round Flip 2 throughout a NASCAR Cup Collection auto race Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024 in Hampton, Georgia. (AP Picture/Greg McWilliams)
Each walked away unscathed and have been cleared by medical professionals on the infield care heart.
“Thankfully everything held up well inside of the car,” Larson advised NBC Sports activities. “That was a huge hit. I’m not really sure, like, what caused it. I was actually sort of like tight loaded in the corner. That was pretty far out the corner and stepped out. I don’t know. It just all happened really fast.”
Briscoe stated he couldn’t decelerate quick sufficient to get round Larson.
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“I knew he was coming down the racetrack and just kept trying to feed the thing left and slow it down, and I couldn’t get left quick enough and then he kind of started sliding back down the track at the very last minute, so I tried to turn back right to avoid him and just KO’d him. It was a big hit. One of the biggest hits I’ve had in a long time,” he added.
Larson entered the Atlanta race as the highest driver and Briscoe snuck into the playoff area with a win at Darlington.
Kyle Larson speaks to media members in the course of the NASCAR Playoffs Media Day on the Charlotte Conference Middle in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Sept. 4, 2024. (Jim Dedmon-Imagn Pictures)
Joey Logano picked up the victory in Atlanta with Daniel Suarez, Ryan Blaney, Christopher Bell and Alex Bowman. Logano is now in a fantastic place to make the Spherical of 12.
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Larson is in tenth place. He’s 15 factors above the lower line. Briscoe is now in sixteenth place and 21 factors beneath the lower line.
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