Kyle Larson admits mistake after taking Justin Allgaier out of Xfinity battle

Justin Allgaier hoped to earn JR Motorsports its a hundredth win as a crew within the NASCAR Xfinity Sequence. He’s already chargeable for 25% of them, nevertheless it didn’t work out that means.

On a late-race restart, he selected the skin line because the management automobile. NASCAR Cup star Kyle Larson joined him on the entrance row. The 2 drivers have been side-by-side by way of the primary set of corners, however their battle got here to an abrupt finish as Larson acquired free on the exit of Flip 2. He clipped Allgaier, sending him into the skin wall and ending his day.

“Yeah, I do not know,” mentioned a moderately despondent Allgaier, who was consoled by crew co-owner Dale Earnhardt Jr. after the wreck. “We’ll return and take a look at it, however I hate it for our crew, (and) everyone at JR Motorsports. I am actually hopeful that whatever the final result for our #7 crew, I actually hope not less than one of many JR Motorsports Chevrolets is ready to go to Victory Lane and get that a hundredth win for Dale Jr. … Sadly, Indianapolis is a kind of locations the place it does not take a lot to have an incident like that.”

Allgaier did get his want ultimately as 19-year-old Connor Zilisch earned his third consecutive win and JR Motorsports’ a hundredth as a company within the NASCAR Xfinity Sequence.

Kyle Larson explains what occurred

Larson rebounded to complete fourth, and was apologetic after the race as he mirrored on the incident with Allgaier.

“I want I’d have gotten clear there off of (Flip) 1,” mentioned Larson as he watched a replay of the pivotal second. “He [Allgaier] did not actually pack air an excessive amount of on my door there. I simply acquired sufficient and acquired just a bit bit free. My angle was dangerous as I used to be attempting to shortcut the entry, after which I used to be sort of alongside for the trip. Tried to bail shortly and simply caught his left rear, and wrecked him. I hate that.

“You by no means need to do this to someone racing full-time like that, so I want I might have performed some issues completely different. Actually, I do not actually know what I might have performed proper there apart from to perhaps assist my angle into (Flip) 2 a little bit bit. Once more, sorry to Justin and the #7 crew.”

Larson begins thirteenth for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, getting into the occasion because the defending winner of the Brickyard 400.