KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Ty Majeski climbed out of his damaged No. 98 ThorSport Racing Ford truck following a 200-mile event at Kansas Speedway and walked toward awaiting media members.
But he walked right past them, and instead dead-reckoned straight to an awaiting Rajah Caruth, who sat patiently in a nearby pit wall.
Their topic? Who wrecked who, and they were agreeing to disagree.
The two had been racing hard for third place with 60 laps to go during Saturday’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Heart of America 200 at Kansas Speedway. However, their duel came to a climax when Majeski attempted to pass Caruth on the outside on the exit of turn 4.
Caruth attempted to block the oncoming Ford by veering back to the outside. Alas, Enfinger was already there, and the contact resulted in Caruth colliding with the outside safer barrier.
Caruth was done for the night, and later, after he was released from the infield care center, explained his decision to attempt the block.
“I’m a guy that hates blocking usually,” Caruth said outside of the care center. “But I felt like I picked the top because I knew he was going to fake me left to get to my right side, and I felt like I picked it the second time, and he just turned left there.
“So that stinks because I cut guys a break when they do that all the time, and the first chance he got, I kind of got into him.”
Near the end of the event, Caruth sat on the pit wall where Majeski would eventually park his truck and waited. When the two finally talked, the driver of the No. 98 told Caruth he tried to block him twice.
“Well, I thought he made a double move,” Majeski said. “He did a slide job on me off of [turn] 4, which is fine. He was plenty clear, and I was fine with crossing over going bottom, and I felt like he came off the wall and blocked me bottom.
“So, I went top, and I was there or, you know, had a run to be there, and he said his spotter called him on the side. He was following his mirror and, obviously, we went wrecking.”
Caruth disagreed.
“He felt like I double moved, and I don’t think I did,” Caruth later told Frontstretch. “I felt like I picked the top just to not give up my right side.”
With that, Majeski, who is a 28-year-old NASCAR racing veteran, saw a bit of himself in the young Caruth. Despite the damage from the crash practically ruining his…
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