The Chase became a real chase during the second-to-last race of the NASCAR season thanks to Clint Bowyer and Jeff Gordon duking it out off the track. If you read Mankind Unplugged or follow us on Twitter, you know that on Sundays we talk NASCAR and the J-E-T-S. Since the Jets are showing us they are who we thought they were, we’ve dedicated most of our Sundays to NASCAR. This Sunday it went down at Phoenix Raceway—on and off the track.
Clint Bowyer and Jeff Gordon have a bit of a history of on-track issues, but this was the first time it spilled off the track. After Jeff bumped Clint, sending him into the wall, it was on at Phoenix Raceway. Some say Jeff hit his breaking point when he decided to take Clint out with just a few laps left in their chase to get the white flag.
It was an ugly situation, and it got uglier once Jeff got out of his car. Anything can happen in racing—and it did. The crews physically went after each other as Clint chased Jeff down. As Clint says in his 5-Hour Energy commercials, “when I got to get stuff done…” Clint was still in the Chase, but now it’s over after Jeff Gordon took him out. Check out the fight and what led up to it.
VIDEO: Clint Bowyer and Jeff Gordon Fight!
Back on the track, the caution came out before the white flag. Although it was presumed Kevin Harvick had won, the replay confirmed he didn’t get to the line before the caution. Thanks to Danica Patrick—who always seems to be in the wrong place at the wrong time—the drama wasn’t over. With barely two laps to go, there was a massive wreck to finish the race thanks to oil spilled all over the track by your favorite lady driver. With punches thrown, a pit road brawl, benches emptied, and an oil spill, Kevin Harvick still took the checkered flag.
Thanks to Jimmie Johnson running into the wall earlier in the race, Brad Keselowski moved into the top spot and now leads The Chase with one race left to end the season. Brad has the lead and should win this year’s NASCAR championship, but as he said himself, “there are no guarantees.”
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