Matt Kenseth hits Jeff Gordon at Bristol
With four laps to go in the Food City 500 at Bristol, Kurt Busch bump passed Matt Kenseth to take the lead. Kurt Busch ended up winning the race but the real story at Bristol, as always, was the drivers tempers.
The biggest incident that stands out is Matt Kenseth and Jeff Gordon. In the final laps of the race, Mat Kenseth was working his way back to the front after fading back from the Kurt Busch push. He got behind Jeff Gordon who was in third and bumped him, knocking him all the way back to 21st place. Needless to say, Jeff Gordon was a little irked. Matt Kenseth tried to approach him after the race to apologize and Jeff Gordon pushed him back about two feet. Jeff was still wearing his helmet and Hans device, Kenseth backed off and later said that he was wrong to approach Jeff right after the race. He said he should have known that Jeff would still be upset and should have let him cool down.
Bristol is known for being a rookie-killer also. The only rookie this year to finish all 500 laps was Denny Hamlin who finished 14th. Martin Truex, Jr. caught the worst of it when he was schooled by Jeff Gordon first who spun him out when he was a lap down and didn’t let Gordon go by. Next he came back out on the track and tried to pin Jeff Gordon up against the wall. Tony Stewart who was directly behind him and running in the top 5 spun him out again. Did he learn his lesson? We’ll find out soon enough!
Posted on March 26th, 2006 by Nascar News
Filed under: Jeff Gordon, Matt Kenseth, Nascar Races | Comments Off
