Racers are very passionate individuals. They put so much time and effort into their profession and it takes a lot of success and fortune to get to the top ranks in NASCAR. That’s why it is likely a driver will say something in frustration when things don’t go well. It happened on Friday night (May 27) in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
If you missed it, Carson Hocevar was leading late until a caution came out. On the ensuing restart, Hocevar lined up next to veteran racer Ryan Preece. As the pack shot down into turn 3 Hocevar lost control of his truck and slid into Preece, causing both to wreck ending their day.
Preece was none too pleased with the incident and let the audience watching on TV know about it.
“All you kids watching right now wanting to get to this level … don’t do that. Race with respect.”
A very frustrated Ryan Preece after the late crash with Carson Hocevar at Charlotte: pic.twitter.com/w9WaYI4a8l
— FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) May 28, 2022
Preece’s comments received a lot of attention both positive and negative. So where do our writers stand? Anthony Damcott and Michael Nebbia debate whether or not Preece’s comments went too far.
Would You Have Reacted Differently?
It’s easy to say that Preece’s comments are out of line, but put yourself in his shoes for a second.
You are a driver who is racing for your career, and every start you make that you don’t finish well in, draws less than positive attention from sponsors and race teams. So, you get wrecked from the lead and you finish outside the top 10 because of it.
Sponsors are going to focus more on just the result than the reason for the result. Now you’re worried that your career could be in jeopardy because of poor results out of your control. You haven’t spoken to the other driver involved yet, but the media shoves a microphone in your face before you have time to calm down. Would you have said anything different if you were…
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