Alejandro Avila
The NASCAR Xfinity Series from Martinsville, Virginia saw two drivers get heated on the track after a collision in the half-mile short track unfolded.
Sam Mayer bumped into Ty Gibbs, which set off a multi-car collision that allowed AJ Allmendinger to pass the group and nab the $100,000 bonus on the line.
Mayer’s disrupting of Gibbs’ bid for the extra cash kept tempers running hot as the two came helmet-to-face on pit road.
Gibbs, 19, grandson of team owner Joe Gibbs, was still wearing his gear and was first pushed by Mayer, which set off a couple of punches by Gibbs that landed cleanly on his opponent.
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NASCAR media caught up with Mayer after the fight to cap the night in Martinsville Speedway,
The 18-year-old appeared on camera with a bruise over his left eye as he called Gibbs out for running scared and keeping his helmet on during the fight.
“He got upset … whatever, he threw a couple of punches,” Mayer said.
He commented on Gibbs’ tainted reputation following the cheap hits. “They were weak so I can’t say much about that,” Mayer added.”I just put the bumper to him for a hundred grand and he got upset about it. But he’s been doing that to everyone else every week so far so I don’t understand how it could be that one time.”
“It’s kinda funny because he walked up to me. I had my helmet off already and he kept his helmet on. So obviously he was scared about something.”
“I didn’t see the actual wreck. But, I saw on pit road, the stupidity,” Allmendinger told reporters after the brawl.
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He didn’t take his helmet off before throwing punches. Weak move. Idc how rich his family is, I’d stomp him out later that night for sure.
You don’t see this BS in real racing MOTOGP or F1 people watch (not me) nascar for the crashes and drama fights its like the WWE on wheels