Within the background of the playoff battle, one other story was creating in the course of the NASCAR Xfinity Sequence subject. After transferring Jeb Burton out of the best way on an early restart, Sam Mayer needed to be careful for the No. 27 automobile for the remainder of the race.
“Go forward and inform the 41 [Mayer] that he is finished,” radioed Burton. He is finished once I get to him. F*** him and his championship.”
Ultimately, the 2 drivers did discover one another once more, racing aggressively. On the ultimate lap, Burton was proper behind Mayer within the battle for sixth. With out hesitation, he moved Mayer and took a spin. In Flip 1 after the checkered flag, Mayer appeared to deliberately wreck Burton and himself.
That motion might result in potential penalties subsequent week after NASCAR evaluations the incident, however beforehand, officers nearly all the time take a dim view on post-race retaliation.
Burton was livid, and whereas there was no altercation on pit street, Burton’s staff proprietor, Jordan Anderson, did method Mayer and provides him an earful over his torn up race automobile.
“I actually hate it for Jordan,” mentioned Mayer after the race. “Jordan is without doubt one of the coolest guys within the storage. He is labored his tail off to get so far. I undoubtedly remorse wrecking considered one of his race automobiles after the competitors is over, however Jeb wants a wake-up name. He doesn’t have the it issue. He has the — completely different issue.”
Mayer’s feedback towards Jeb did not cease there.
Mayer rails towards Burton
Sam Mayer, Haas Manufacturing unit Crew Ford
Picture by: Jared C. Tilton/Getty Pictures
He had loads to say about Burton, telling The CW: “The 27 [Burton] did us no favors. Final week, he prompted a demolition derby and a car parking zone on the entrance straightaway on the quickest race monitor we go to (Talladega). And now he simply decides to be an absolute dumbass and simply go round and race a man with a purple spoiler (playoff driver), like simply terrible. It was terrible to be round him all day. He’s simply quick sufficient to be actually, actually annoying however not quick sufficient to do anything value a rattling. Sucks to be in that spot, round him.”
Mayer additionally quipped that he is most likely going to get in bother for this interview, however he continued to tear into Burton in all of his post-race feedback.
Throughout a later media scrum, Mayer added: “It’s a precept factor. He’s the worst individual to race round in the complete storage. He has a fame of being over his head each single week and this was a primary instance of it.
“He simply can’t take no for a solution and a man with a purple spoiler racing for one thing big, moved him out of the best way and went on and was quicker than him ultimately and as quickly as he acquired again to me he gave it the beans and tried to wreck me three corners in a row.
“Thank God I’ve sufficient automobile management to the place I can maintain onto it and never wreck, however he has no respect for somebody racing for one thing greater than what he’s, and I imply, what’s he? He’s like thirty fifth in factors and I don’t know what he’s attempting to do. It’s terrible.”
Burton thinks Mayer will likely be in “deep bother”
Jeb Burton, Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet
Picture by: Jared C. Tilton/Getty Pictures
In his personal post-race feedback posted, Burton mentioned of the run-in: The incident with the 41. Originally of the race, he was performing like a baby and shipped me into the nook as a result of he was mad concerning the accident that occurred final week. On the finish of the race once I caught him, it was time to race him like he raced me. I moved him, I did not wreck him, and he did not prefer it.
“After which after the race, he wrecked us. I assumed that was fairly humorous, so I am positive he’ll be in serious trouble for that. I feel he is simply disillusioned that he did not make the playoffs, so he is performing like a baby.”
Whereas Burton crossed the road sixth, Mayer solely misplaced one spot from the bump-and-run, ending seventh. Mayer was additionally approached by an aggravated Justin Allgaier after the race, who voices his displeasure for a separate incident involving Mayer.
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