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Kyle Larson crashed out and collected Chase Briscoe at Lap 56 of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs in Atlanta. Both drivers were released from the infield care center after being evaluated.
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Larson was running third when his No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro lost control exiting Turn 2 and hit the wall. While several cars managed to avoid the incident, Briscoe's car made contact with Larson's rear bumper. This resulted in a multi-car crash that ended the race for both Larson and Briscoe.
According to the 32-year-old Chevy driver, he was feeling fine and expressed his gratitude to NASCAR and his team for the advancements in safety technology within the sport.
“I feel fine,” Larson said. “Thanks to Hendrick Motorsports and NASCAR for the safety.”
The 32-year-old addressed the question of whether he felt any indication of his car losing control, a phenomenon known as oversteer, where the rear wheels lose grip. He said,
“No, not at all. Never, not once. If anything, I was getting tighter and tighter. So yeah, that caught me way off guard. I wasn’t, never once even in the same corner like loose and then it just started stepping out. I [corrected] and overcorrected, I guess.”
Briscoe, meanwhile, reported being unharmed despite experiencing brake pedal issues in his No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford Mustang.
“I’m glad my ankles didn’t get messed up. The brake pedal and everything went through the floorboard, so I’m thankful that I’m alright, for sure,” Briscoe said via Ford.
Here's what Briscoe, 29, had to say about the accident:
“I was trying to watch my outside into Turn 1 and I was probably a little late seeing the No. 5 car wrecking, I didn’t reallyexpect anyone to wreck because they weren’t two-wide. I saw the smoke and was trying to slow down, I knew he was coming down the race track. I just kept trying to feed the car left to slow it down and I just couldn’t get left quick enough.”
Larson entered the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs as the top seed, while Briscoe secured a spot after winning the last race of the regular season at Darlington.
"Everybody controls their own destiny" - Kyle Larson on the importance of execution
Prior to the start of the playoffs, Kyle Larson expressed confidence that every driver could influence their postseason fate by performing well and minimizing mistakes. However, the Hendrick Motorsports driver will leave Atlanta with just one point, which will have a negative impact on his points standing.
“Honestly, I think everybody in the playoffs controls their own destiny. I think if you can go out there and your team as a whole can execute well, do a good job from start to finish, not make many mistakes, I think you can control your owndestiny. Sure, with us having the amount of points that we do, great, but everybody I think controls their own destiny."
The next race in the Round of 16 will take place at Watkins Glen International, a road course, on September 15.
