A week after a hard crash in New Hampshire, Jeb Burton had another abrupt, and violet end to his Xfinity race.
Saturday at Pocono on lap 47, Santino Ferrucci got loose exiting Turn 3 underneath Cole Custer. He spun in front of much of the field. As the pack tried to clear Ferrucci, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. spun sideways, slid down towards the end of the outside pit wall along the frontstretch squeezing Burton into the wall and sending him launching into the air and onto his roof.
The car slid upside down for about hundred feet before coming to rest. NASCAR immediately put out the red flag and the AMR safety crew was soon on the scene. After a few minutes the safety crew slowly turned the car back over and Burton climbed from the mangled machine.
Ferrucci who is racing part time in the series took the blame for the crash.
“I just made a mistake,” he said. “Not how I wanted my day to end.”
Burton was checked out and released from the infield care center. He thanked the safety crew for the diligence they took to get him out of the car. Still, he was obviously disappointed.
“It’s been a tough year,” he said.
“Man, that was not good,” he added. “Just appreciate the safety crew. They got to me fast.
“We don’t have a lot of cars. To tear up a car two weeks in a row isn’t good.”
Noah Gragson won the race.
Greg is the author of "The Nuts and Bolts of NASCAR: The Definitive Viewers' Guide to Big-Time Stock Car Auto Racing" and has been published in major publications across the country including the Los Angeles Times, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also a contributor to Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul, published in 2010, and the Christmas edition in 2016. He wrote as the NASCAR, Formula 1, Auto Reviews and National Veterans Affairs Examiner for Examiner.com and has appeared on Fox News. He holds a BS degree in communications, a Masters degree in psychology and is currently a PhD candidate majoring in psychology. He is currently the weekend Motorsports Editor for Autoweek.
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