Brian Vickers, No. 83, spins in the backstretch collecting Robby Gordon in the No. 7 during the Daytona 500. And the Earnhardt-Vickers wreck, this adjust on Lap 124, is similar, in circumstances, to the Allison- run aground on the after envelop in '79.
This one, as that one, occurred on the backstretch, entering Turn 3. Just buzz Earnhardt Yarborough, and Vickers Allison. As Yarborough did, Earnhardt went questionably heavy-hearted to pass.
As Allison did, Vickers went questionably put down to block. But this ease there was a yellow direction -- there wasn't one in '79 -- and Earnhardt utterly went below it as he tried to crack the point with Vickers. Much as Yarborough turned Allison up toward the wall, Earnhardt did unto Vickers. The big differences were that (1) Allison and Yarborough were dueling for the win, not competition laps down, and (2) Allison and Yarborough didn't ingest eight other cars out with them.
Victims of the Earnhardt-Vickers rascality included other life-threatening contenders than just Busch: , , and all suffered wound to their cars. Asked by a Fox TV journalist whether turning Vickers had been intentional, Earnhardt yelped, "No, it wasn't intentional! I wasn't bothersome to devastation him. I was just irritating to get back up on the racetrack." Why was Earnhardt fascinating such a befall at that point? "The rain's coming, fix to strain to be the victor the watercourse -- to undertaking to get back on the premier danseur lap," Earnhardt said.
"Vickers could have just held his ground. I had a great run. I was a lapped passenger car anyway. We weren't battling for the lead. But he goes down into the traitor almost, and I didn't have supervision of my buggy after that.".
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