The last 12 laps of the last breed of qualification of the luck of Clash of the Nascar Cup series at Bowman Gray Stadium were chaotic on Sunday.
According to a A wild crash with Ty Gibbs and Justin Haley ended with the Gibbs car in the air, Josh Berry de Hendersonville, during his first season with Wood Brothers Racing, and Erik Jones restarted in the front row.
By entering the turn 3, Jones consulted himself in Berry, who checked Kyle Larson, who began the chain reaction with Larson hitting Berry and Berry hitting Jones and moved Jones outside a three -wide situation .
Coming to the starting line / final, Larson struck Berry, who struck Jones, turning Jones and striking the front bumper of Larson and caused damage to the Hendrick Motorsports de Chevrolet n ° 5.
Larson ended up winning the last Chance qualification race and Berry won second transfer place in the main 200 -round event, which takes place for later Sunday on Fox.
“I could say early that the car was really strong and I just tried to be as patient as possible,” Berry told Fox Sports Reporters. “Once we arrived halfway, it was time to leave. I hate the one with Erik, I was just trying to go back, I don’t really know all this. It’s just a difficult race on a short track.
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Larson said he was satisfied with the way his car run in the race and went too tight in the corners both to become too loose after the incident with Jones and the damage to his bumper before .
“I would have liked to be able to get better on this restart,” said Larson. “We would probably have a virgin car for the race now. After the damage, I was loose throughout the area. I hope we can be somewhat repaired here and get it a little better.”
Chase Elliott, Larson teammate, is on the pole for the main 200 -round event. Larson will start the 21st, Berry will start the 22nd and Ryan Blaney will start 23rd after receiving a provisional departure place according to the points.
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