Martin Truex Jr. found the tire barriers at Sonoma
Martin Truex Jr. had 14 top-10 finishes in the first 15 races of 2015. He now has 14 in the first 16 races.
Truex’s race went south in the early stages on Sunday at Sonoma when he made contact with David Ragan.
The two were racing side-by-side in the esses when they made contact. As Truex’s car nudged ahead of Ragan’s they made contact again and Truex was heading into the tires.
The impact necessitated a red flag to fix the tires and the concrete wall behind them. Truex was unhurt.
I kind of had [Ragan] passed about four times and every time he just didn’t really give an inch,” Truex said. “I hit him down there in Turn 7 on accident and kind of doored him and I think he got pissed off and turned me on purpose. It’s just unfortunate that happened, but that is part of the restarts here and part of the craziness that happens. You have to be up front.”
Truex’s team got his car wounded car raceable again and he was able to get back on the track, albeit many laps down. Not long after Truex emerged onto the track again, Ragan was in the tires.
Ragan was racing alongside Carl Edwards when Edwards’ car hopped off the right-side curb. The two cars made contact and went spinning into the wall on the other side of the track from where Truex hit.
Edwards took the blame for the incident with Ragan. When asked about his kerfuffle with Truex, Ragan said Truex paid the price for their contact.
Ragan finished 39th, Edwards was 40th and Truex was 42nd.
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