The NASCAR Cup race at the Circuit of The Americas last Sunday was an eventful one, not much really for good reasons. It was heavily marred with late cautions, overtime, wrecks, and whatnot. The late restarts caused a chaotic scenario in Turn 1, which eventually instigated several drivers to bump in order to ensure a good ending to their race. One of Tony Stewart‘s team’s drivers was the victim of the wreck fest and left infuriated after the race.

In fact, the Stewart-Haas Racing driver’s was so furious that he vented out both on social media and in the post-race interview. However, an experienced NASCAR spotter recently expressed his displeasure with this reaction as he slammed the driver.

Veteran spotter has a blunt message for Tony Stewart’s driver following his post-race rant

Without a doubt, it was a heated affair at COTA with drivers pushing their agenda at all costs. The Daniel Suarez incident is a perfect example of it. However, some drivers were unlucky to be caught in others’ acts. Ryan Preece was one of them as he was taken out in a wreck coming into Turn 1 with Ty Gibbs hitting him in the rear.

After crashing with multiple other cars, Preece’s car was destroyed as he finished 32nd in the race. Furious with how things played out, he went on a viral rant. However, it did not get the best of reactions, certainly not from a veteran NASCAR Spotter.

Speaking on the Door Bumper Clear Podcast, Brett Griffin recently slammed Preece for his rant. He said, “I mean don’t talk about an a**-kicking if you ain’t gonna offer one up yeah. If you’re gonna threaten to throw hands, go throw some hands. If I was him [Preece] I’d leave my helmet on though just in case that other guy’s tougher than you are.”

Griffin further explained why such incidents are a common phenomenon in the Cup Series. He said, “This is a product of what is on the line; it’s the stage points, it’s the finishing position, it’s the opportunity to make the playoff, the opportunity to make the All-Star Race.

“And then you have these late race cautions at these tracks where there are places like Turn 1 exist or a place like Martinsville or a place like Bristol where you’ve got an opportunity to lay a bumper to a guy and change your season right completely.”

The experienced spotter sent a stern message to Tony Stewart’s 32-year-old driver. He said, “So if you’ve got an opportunity to go win at all costs, we talk about it on the show, win at all costs. So what’s that mean, it means you might knock somebody to hell out of the way and that’s what we’re seeing here. And Ryan Preece better get used to it because I’m gonna tell you what, it ain’t gonna get any easier for you.”

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While those were strong words, one cannot be a hundred percent sure what Preece would make of them. On the other hand, the Stewart-Haas Racing driver certainly had some more things to say about the lack of respect among drivers.

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After his rant after the race on Sunday, Preece echoed Kyle Busch‘s comments about the lack of respect among drivers. Just recently, when asked how he would resolve this problem if he were in charge of NASCAR for a day, the #41 driver gave an unexpected answer.

Speaking to Frontstretch’s Andrew Stoddard, Preece said, “I don’t think anything that they [NASCAR] do can change that. I  think that’s a respect level within the driver’s circle. You know, where I come from, there’s that unspoken rule.

“And, by no means am I saying that I’m an angel because I’ve certainly wrecked people. […] But I think it needs to be started, it’s more than the driver’s circle and that’s how it’s going to get fixed.”

It remains to be seen how this issue gets resolved. Furthermore, it will be interesting to watch how other drivers react to Preece’s comments.

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