LaJoie, who drives the No. 7 Chevrolet for Spire Motorsports, was getting into the tri-oval because the eighth automotive again within the exterior line.
When Michael McDowell crashed from the lead after a failed double block for the win, the sector scattered and spun in each path..
LaJoie moved out of line, lacking McDowell as he tried to comply with Todd Gilliland via the smoke. Sadly, he was pushed up into the wreck as Carson Hocevar and Ryan Preece tangled to his inside.
LaJoie’s automotive was pinned between the Stewart-Haas Racing drivers of Josh Berry and Preece. The automotive dug into the left-rear of Berry’s automotive, which started to raise each automobiles off the bottom.Â
LaJoie’s automotive turned the other way up and was truly sandwiched between the SHR automobiles for a few seconds. Berry’s automotive sat again down on the wheels quickly after, however LaJoie was not so fortunate. The race remained inexperienced because the leaders scrambled towards the the end line.
Photograph by: Danny Hansen / NKP / Motorsport Pictures
The automotive then turned again on its facet, pinned towards the wall with the driver-side door resting on the monitor. Regardless of this, it continued its ahead momentum, remaining up towards the wall resulting from LaJoie’s teammate Hocevar. Intertwined, the 2 automobiles crossed the end line along with LaJoie’s automotive nonetheless on its facet and towards the wall. The warning was out by this level and LaJoie was scored within the 18th place.
Photograph by: David Rosenblum / NKP / Motorsport Pictures
The ordeal lastly ended as the 2 Spire Motorsports Chevrolets grew to become dislodged after the checkered flag with the No. 7 fully rolling over earlier than lastly coming to a relaxation on its wheels. The whole wreck lasted about 15 seconds and Lajoie was unhurt. It was the primary airborne wreck of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Sequence season.
LaJoie stated of the incident: “I used to be truly type of getting cleared. I used to be behind the No. 38 [Gilliland]. Noticed him type of wounded, however I type of aimed for him as a result of I felt like that was my greatest probability of getting via it after which acquired hit within the left-rear. The subsequent factor I knew, my left-side door was on the bottom and it was quite a lot of sparks. After which it flipped over on the roof after which it flipped over on the flat, and slid previous the start-finish line.”
When requested how he was felling, LaJoie admitted: “My again’s just a little tight, however my satisfaction might be damage greater than something simply because we come right here and we need to have a superb day and we didn’t.”
