NASCAR powerful.
As we speak, NASCAR is at Pocono Raceway in Pennsylvania, and it’s at all times fascinating as a result of it’s the one monitor on the Cup Sequence schedule with simply three turns, and it’s been a staple on the schedule since 1971.
Chase Briscoe is at present on the lead with greater than half of the race nonetheless to go, however there was a scary second on pit highway a number of minutes in the past when automobiles have been coming onto pit highway, as a result of as AJ Allmendinger entered his pit field, Shane van Gisbergen within the #88 was simply forward, and when the No. 16 crew got here round his automotive with tires, AJ’s automotive knocked considered one of them out of his guys fingers, and it went flying in direction of SVG’s crew and rolled into their field.
The tire flew over there and hit former D1 lacrosse participant J.P. Kealey, who’s the #88 rear tire changer, within the aspect and he fell to the bottom. He took a tricky hit, clearly it may’ve been loads worse and fortunately it wasn’t, however I’m positive he’ll be sore tomorrow… he received up fairly quick and nonetheless completed the cease like a champ, although.
“Your reminder that pit crew athletes are insane.”
Have a look:
Dale Jr. and the opposite guys within the sales space have been speaking about how laborious he was hit, and clearly it’s a harmful job to be operating round these automobiles once they’re coming in, although there’s a 55mph pace restrict… it’s good to know he’s okay, although they confirmed a shot of him sitting down after the cease was over, and he undoubtedly seemed like he had been by way of it some.
A number of the pit crew members are former collegiate, and typically even skilled, athletes, they usually’re job in racing is tremendous bodily so that they’re utilizing to enjoying laborious and having to be powerful, however nonetheless… getting hit by a flying tire isn’t any joke and fortunately he was alright.
Like I mentioned, I’m positive he’ll be feeling it tomorrow, however his fast restoration was spectacular and it’s definitely not one thing you see tremendous usually on the Cup Sequence stage on pit highway.
One other angle:
Glad our pit crew teammates on the 88 have been okay after this little subject on pit highway.
JP is TUFF so we all know he’ll be alright. 💪 https://t.co/PKE2ZhNAsB pic.twitter.com/dimhDlqywg
— Kaulig Racing (@KauligRacing) June 22, 2025
