feature-image

Getty

feature-image

Getty

When Joey Logano bumped William Byron in the last lap at Darlington, the camera cut to Hendrick Motorsports’ Vice Chairman, Jeff Gordon, who had, a less than ideal reaction in that situation. After all, it’d have made sense had Gordon been fuming considering the Team Penske driver took away a clear win from his driver.

Terrell Owens holding Dude Wipes XL

But in his post-race interview, Gordon described how the beef between the two drivers is between them, how it will be settled where it began, and how Byron will retaliate in some way on the track.

Watch What’s Trending Now!

“It’s unfortunate to see a win, be taken away from you on the last lap like that. Logano is aggressive and William’s car, I believe, was getting very very loose, so Logano had a shot at him to do it clean and he chose to do it in a different way,” he said.

ADVERTISEMENT

ADVERTISEMENT

“If I was in the car, I’m not driving. Those guys will have to settle that out there. I would’ve liked to see it done different,” Gordon continued. “I’m sure Joey’s gonna justify it.”

ADVERTISEMENT

“William’s gonna pay back Joey at some point, that’s the way it works.”

And William Byron seems like he’s quite resolute about paying it back to Logano pretty soon, something pretty evident from what he told Gordon after the race.

ADVERTISEMENT

“He’s a piece of shit. He can’t f*cking win unless he drives through everybody,” the current #24 driver told the former #24 driver.

ADVERTISEMENT

Jeff Gordon on the one thing about the Logano-Byron tussle that “stands out”

The Hendrick Motorsports Vice-Chairman emphasized that while a win is important and “hard to come by”, the means a driver takes to win a race can only be justified up to a certain extent.

“You think about running in the back of a guy at Martinsville or something like that, but you don’t really see that at a Darlington,” Gordon said. “I think that’s the only thing that makes this one stand out.”

ADVERTISEMENT

Also Read: Kyle Larson Reveals What Makes Him “Feel Good” About the Unfortunate Spin That Took Him Out of the Race at Darlington

article-image

Getty

At the end of the day, Jeff Gordon had to take solace in the fact that it’s just “Cup racing.”

ADVERTISEMENT

It was a wild day for the Hendricks at Darlington, and it was pretty unfortunate that neither came away with a better finish, the former driver added.

Watch This Story: NASCAR Fans Speculate After Curious “I’ll Tell You Later” Radio Exchange Between Chase Elliott & Hendrick Motorsports Crew Chief in Richmond

ADVERTISEMENT

Share this with a friend:

Link Copied!

ADVERTISEMENT

ADVERTISEMENT

Written by

author-image

Shaharyar Khan Chauhan

1,936 Articles

Shaharyar is an experienced Senior NASCAR writer at EssentiallySports. A journalist by heart and profession, he has been at the ‘wheel’ for nearly a decade after starting with Formula 1. He has penned over 1,700 articles on the sport.

Know more

ADVERTISEMENT