“Nice People” Hailie Deegan & 63-Year-Old NASCAR Veteran Blame Former ARS Champ for Ruining Tony Stewart’s Series

The first three races of Tony Stewart‘s SRX Series have witnessed a fair share of drama and on-track incidents. In the first few races, several cars suffered brake issues and Tony Stewart received a lot of heat regarding this. However, this Thursday at the Pulaski County Motorsports Park, the cars ran fine, but one of the 12 drivers did not.

The third race of the Camping World SRX Series was won by SRX debutant Kyle Busch. However, he had to maneuver through a lot of chaos to get to the checkered flag. A major incident on the 89th lap of the race left four vehicles considerably damaged.

Paul Tracy’s antics cause huge chaos, taking Hailie Deegan and Ken Schrader with him

Paul Tracy’s driving ended up taking Hailie Deegan, Josef Newgarden, and Ken Schrader out of the race. In the very last section of the race, Tracy ended up pushing Newgarden right into the wall on the exit of turn 4. They made a huge contact and ended up taking Deegan and Schrader who were right behind them.

A caution was brought out after the incident. Upon restart, all the race cars involved in the incident except Deegan retired due to significant damage. The damage was not only painful for the drivers, but also for the FURY team members that build and repair the cars.

Right after the incident, Ken Schrader, one of the cleanest and calmest racers, was so frustrated that he declared that he would never race with Tracy again.

On the other hand, Tracy tried defending his move by saying, “I mean, Newgarden and I were bouncing off each other for a couple of laps. I got a nose ahead of him, a half a car length ahead of him, and I just got hooked and turned sideways on the straightaway,”

From the replays, it appears that Tracy was intentionally trying to push his opponent into the wall.

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What happened when the dust settled down?

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During the race, both emotions and adrenaline were running high. However, once the race ended Schrader seemed to be pretty calm about the situation. When he was asked about the incident again, he added a sarcastic note, “Paul (Tracy) took out three 0r four cars again. Same thing.” 

Hailie Deegan gave her take on the incident, as she said, “I feel like I am a pretty nice driver or at least have been in the past and I’ve tried being so nice and the nice people are the ones that are taken advantage of.” 

She later added, “It s*cks because you need to race like an a**hole to not get wrecked.” 

Despite the incidents, watching Kyle Busch win the race in his SRX debut was great for the spectators. Moving forward, it will be interesting to see if things get serious between Schrader and Tracy.

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