WATCH: NASCAR Drivers Get In Wild Fistfight After Fender Bender in Pit

Sarah RumpfMar 20th, 2021, 9:10 pm
 

NASCAR fans witnessed a wild scene on pit road Saturday, when drivers Daniel Hemric and Noah Gragson got in a fistfight after a fender bender.

The two drivers were competing at a NASCAR Xfinity Series race in Atlanta, Ga. — the “minor league” race to the NASCAR Cup Series. Gragson backed his car into the front fender of Hemric’s and, well, Hemric was not pleased.

Gragson came in fourth in the race, and while he was being interviewed, Hemric marched up to him, clearly incensed. The two came to blows and had to be separated by their pit crews.

After the race, Gragson shrugged off the incident while talking to reporters, focusing on his top-five finish and thanking his sponsors and team.

“There’s a hole in the nose of my car and he got popped in the eye,” was Hemric’s far more colorful reply. “Where I stand from, we’re in pretty good shape.”

Watch the video clips above, via Fox Sports.

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