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Staff Picks From the Frontstretch YouTube Page, 2023 Edition

Cory Roper

2023 saw another year of massive growth for Frontstretch’s YouTube page.

This year saw over 10,000 new subscribers to the channel and over 11 million views. 

For 2023, our staff members looked back and picked their favorite videos of the year from Frontstretch‘s YouTube.

A Fight Breaks Out in the Garage; An Unlikely Hero Breaks It Up

The 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Season saw many twists and turns along the way. While the season finale saw an unprecedented amount of attrition to determine a champion, the biggest altercation happened during the second round of the Truck playoffs.

In the closing laps at Talladega Superspeedway, rookie Nick Sanchez and veteran Matt Crafton tangled coming out of turn 4. Crafton spun, collecting nine other trucks in the incident.

After the race, Sanchez was walking in the garage area with a couple of team members when Crafton approached him from behind, and the two drivers quickly got into a fight.

Frontstretch‘s Wyatt Watson got exclusive footage of the altercation, and the moment quickly became viral throughout the NASCAR community.

Cory Roper pulled Sanchez away from the scene as Sanchez was seen with a bloody nose.

Frontstretch‘s Dalton Hopkins caught up with Roper after the fight, and he shared his viewpoint of what happened.

While these are two separate clips, they both paint a vivid picture of what happened following the crash at Talladega.

Sanchez and Crafton were both penalized before the next race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. – Kevin Nix

Tony Stewart Sets SRX’s Standards

Season three of the Camping World SRX Series featured a new TV partner, a new night for racing and a number of new drivers making a foray into the Thursday Night Thunder events.

One constant, however, remained, as Paul Tracy continued to have run-ins with competitors and crash cars.

In the opening races of the summer season, Tracy seemed to almost always have a helping hand in every caution for incident, leading to several torn-up SRX cars.

In the third event of the season at Motor Mile Speedway, Tracy squeezed Josef Newgarden into the outside wall and spun in front of the oncoming cars. As Tracy’s machine slid down the banking towards the inside wall, he collected Ken…

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