John Wes Townley and Spencer Gallagher wrecked, wrestled and threw a few punches in Saturday night’s Drivin for Linemen 200 at Gateway Motorsports Park.
Townley was the aggressor, coming down the track after he and Gallagher exited their wrecked trucks on Lap 154, grabbing Gallagher in a headlock and throwing him to the ground.
They clinched and tossed each other around several times, falling to the pavement again, and then Townley landed a flurry of punches to Gallagher’s head, while Gallagher appeared to landed just one punch in retaliation.
That late-race incident was their second of the night. Contact with Gallagher earlier in the race caused Townley to crash.
John Wes Townley channeled Dean Ambrose and hit him with a Dirty Deeds 😳😳😳 pic.twitter.com/aVhFv2kWgh
— Xfinity Racing (@XfinityRacing) June 26, 2016
None of the safety workers interceded, prompting a lengthy delay before a NASCAR official arrived on scene and broke up the pair.
The race was red flagged for a third time so that the track could be cleaned up.
Both drivers were taken to the infield care center to be examined for injuries -- in separate ambulances.
Christopher Bell won the race.
Well @JWTownley is now officially my newest hero. It's about time someone had the balls to do what they thought was right 👍🏼👍🏼
— Tony Stewart (@TonyStewart) June 26, 2016
Not sure, fighting to me is not acceptable in motorsport. https://t.co/qrebLHPLOP
— Brad Keselowski (@keselowski) June 26, 2016
Let um fight it out love it!! That's what our sport was built on the drivers emotions!! #nascar
— Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (@StenhouseJr) June 26, 2016
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