Ryan Blaney and Carson Hocevar carried a late-race clash beyond the checkered flag Saturday night at Bristol Motor Speedway, trading punches on pit road following a fiery conclusion to the Bass Pro Shops Night Race.
The altercation came after contact between the two with 43 laps remaining ended Blaney’s otherwise dominant night. Blaney was battling near the front entering Turn 1 when Hocevar’s No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet made contact with the rear of the No. 12 Team Penske Ford, sending Blaney spinning hard into the outside wall and out of the race.
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After climbing from his car, Blaney was blunt about his view of the contact.
“He crossed and never lifted, and I got crashed,” Blaney said.
The frustration carried to pit road after the 500-lap race. Blaney approached Hocevar after the No. 77 driver climbed from his car and shoved the Spire product. Hocevar responded by throwing punches, and Blaney went back after Hocevar before crew members separated the two.
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A wild scene on pit road. pic.twitter.com/lYzBtdEsqO
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