NASCAR Driver Joey Gase Chucks His Car's Bumper At Driver Who Crashed Him

People love seeing some emotion out of race car drivers and a shorter track like Richmond Raceway can usually make that happen.

This was the case for NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Joey Gase who found an interesting way to voice his displeasure to the driver who wrecked him in Saturday's Toyota 250.

Gase wound up going hard into the outside wall after contact with Dawson Cram, which destroyed the rear part of his car and left it stranded in the middle of the track.

As you can imagine, Gase wasn't happy about this. Although, there was no need to use your imagination because he made this very clear.

The 31-year-old pulled the rear bumper — which was hanging by a thread — off the back of his No. 35 Chevrolet and threw it at the windshield of Cram's No. 4 Chevy.

That's a new one. We've seen guys throw gloves and helmets at other drivers to show their displeasure, but I don't recall anyone ripping off a piece of their car before.

Gase was still heated when he spoke to the media after getting the thumbs up from the medical folks.

"I think him just not having his head screwed on right," Gase said when asked what led to the incident. "Y'know, I gave the kid his first opportunity ever in Xfinity and I know (Cram's car owner) Johnny Davis is in the business of wrecking race cars, and we're definitely not."

Now, there's some pretty huge irony in the guy who peeled the bumper off of his car and threw it at another driver calling out another team for being in "the business of wrecking race cars," but you can understand he's frustrated in a big way.

I think we can assume NASCAR — or NRSCAR as it was spelled on a logo at Richmond — won't be happy at this one, and Gase may have some 'splaining to do.

We'll see if any animosity carries over to the next race which will be next weekend at Martinsville.