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Bubba Wallace’s Spotter Freddie Kraft Slams Chase Briscoe For The “Dirty Move” in Bristol

Published 04/22/2022, 4:30 PM EDT

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NASCAR Cup Series had been to Bristol last weekend. The Bristol Motor Speedway held the second-ever NASCAR dirt race in its history. With Kyle Busch coming up as the winner, the Food City Dirt Race had one of the most fascinating outcomes in recent times. However, Bubba Wallace’s spotter Freddie Kraft didn’t quite like the way Chase approached the race in the end.

Talking about Briscoe’s run, Kraft conveyed, “Yeah, listen. I’m with you, it’s hard to follow Chase because he was on the edge on the last 10-12 laps, and he came from over straightaway back to run him (Tyler Reddick) down, now get you there on the last lap. It’s hard to say that you shouldn’t go for it after you’ve worked this hard to run the guy down but at the end of the day it’s a dirty move.”

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You’re throwing it in there really with a very very little chance of a positive outcome for somebody. You know you’re not gonna clear him, so your chances are you’re either gonna door slam him off the race track and win the race or kind of what happened when you slided in backwards and take the two of you out.”, the spotter further stated.

What insisted Freddie make those Chase Briscoe comments?

To many people’s astonishment, Kyle Busch came out as the clear winner amidst Chase Briscoe and Tyler Reddick. The duo was fighting it all out before they both went out of the contention and that was when Kyle picked up his 60th Cup Series victory.

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Chase and Tyler were all fighting it out for the rain-interrupted race in Bristol Motor Speedway with Kyle following up. Just before the final turn in the last lap, Briscoe knocked Reddick to take themselves out. Despite the knock, Reddick managed to finish second, while Chase went down to finish in 22nd place.

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The Food City Dirt Race was the most-watched NASCAR race in recent times. The race roped in as many as 4 million viewers on Fox Sports. However, the fixture received a bit of criticism for hosting on the day of Easter. Popular personality Dale Earnhardt Jr criticized the race organizers for setting the race days on such dates.

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Sabyasachi Biswas is an F1 writer at EssentiallySports. He has completed his Master's in Mass Communication and Journalism from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Sabyasachi is an ardent Red Bull and Max Verstappen fan and has been following the sport for over a decade now.
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