A bit of drama in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Riley Herbst is not very happy with AJ Allmendinger after being wrecked at Charlotte. Herbst is thinking about getting payback next week at Portland.
Riley Herbst was doing just fine. He was in a thick battle on the track with Cole Custer, AJ Allmendinger and others. While fighting Allmendinger for position Herbst put a slide job on the 16 car.
Allmendinger didn’t like that much and just kept driving forward with a run off the corner. A bump to the left rear and Herbst was spinning out and wrecking soon after.
“I haven’t seen a replay,” Herbst admitted, via Bob Pockrass of FOX Sports. “I passed him twice clearly, slid him, racing at Charlotte it’s hot, passed him. Next week is Portland his favorite track? We’ll see what happens.”
Riley Herbst then doubled down on the threat of retaliation at Portland next week.
“I mean it’s really hot, Charlotte. Everyone is sliding around. My spotter said ‘clear’, I moved up to the fence and he had a run off the top which is fine and he could have tried to slide me back and get some momentum but instead he just got my left rear and hooked me. So, unfortunate. But probably unfortunate for him.”
Drivers get upset in the heat of the moment. I’m not an expect, of course. However, what I saw on the replay below was Allmendinger deciding he wasn’t going to lift or try a slide move on Herbst with Sam Mayer so close behind him.
Also, Herbst gets loose just before Allmendinger makes contact.
AJ Allmendinger felt he had earned that line and he held his line. Riley Herbst can be upset about that, he deserves that much. One word of advice: I wouldn’t make Allmendinger mad, especially at a road course.
Will Riley Herbst retaliate at Portland?
Next week at Portland on the road course, the NASCAR Xfinity Series will be racing once again. Last year the end of the race provided us with one of the best road course races regardless of series that we have seen in years.
Riley Herbst feels strongly about this situation. AJ Allmendinger is apparently going to get the bumper for what he did at Charlotte. Here’s the only advice I have for Herbst: time it right and don’t give him time to catch you.
It is HARD to actually wreck someone on a road course. You can knock them off the road, sure, but if they just get back on there and have enough laps to catch you, you’re in trouble. There are also the consequences of retaliation against Allmendinger, especially on a course he is a strong favorite to win at.
AJ Allmendinger isn’t going to take kindly to having a potential win taken from him. The man is addicted to winning and these road courses are as close to “Easy Mode” as Allmendinger gets during the season. Riley Herbst better make his shot count.
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