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Two drivers wrestle during NASCAR opener in North Carolina
economictimes.com ^ | April 21, 2025

Posted on 04/21/2025 8:00:35 AM PDT by lowbridge

A NASCAR race turned into a wrestling match for two drivers who were involved in a crash. On the opening night of the 2025 season on Saturday (April 19) at the historic Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, US, a fight broke out between drivers Zack Staley and Justin Halverson during the race.

The confrontation began after the cars of the two drivers collided on the track, leading to both exiting their vehicles and engaging in a physical fight. The situation escalated quickly, prompting multiple people to intervene and pull them apart.

The NASCAR broadcast captured the moment, stating, “Staley’s out of the car! Staley’s out of the car! He falls out of the car. He’s got the helmet off. Open face, gloves off! [Alverson] is trying to get out of the car ferociously. A takedown! They’re trying to restrain an absolutely enraged Zach Staley.”

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Sports
KEYWORDS: ferals; nascar; northcarolina; poorimpulsecontrol
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1 posted on 04/21/2025 8:00:35 AM PDT by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge

Video

https://x.com/NASCARRegional/status/1913794525383872859


2 posted on 04/21/2025 8:01:19 AM PDT by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times)
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To: lowbridge

Old school NASCAR. Now we’re talking!!


3 posted on 04/21/2025 8:01:48 AM PDT by bigdaddy45
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I guess NASCAR is trying to get their ratings back after coming out for GUN CONFISCATION.


4 posted on 04/21/2025 8:02:24 AM PDT by BobL
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To: lowbridge

LET’S GET READY TO RUMBLE!!!!!!!!...............................


5 posted on 04/21/2025 8:04:04 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: bigdaddy45

Went to a NASCAR race and a hockey game broke out!...............


6 posted on 04/21/2025 8:04:39 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: BobL

Whaaaa???


7 posted on 04/21/2025 8:05:39 AM PDT by stevio (Fight until you die!)
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To: lowbridge
NASCAR and WWE all rolled into one event.

Twofer!

8 posted on 04/21/2025 8:07:58 AM PDT by grobdriver (The CDC can KMA!)
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“Whaaaa???”

Sadly, true. They take over EVERYTHING when we don’t bother fighting for it...even the Vatican.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4312294/posts


9 posted on 04/21/2025 8:08:37 AM PDT by BobL
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Raw stupidity. Put them on the front lines in a war somewhere. Tell them if they don’t get after it and fight, they will get shot dead. Everyone else seeing that happen will have a note to self, “Don’t get in a fight over nothing.”


10 posted on 04/21/2025 8:12:26 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: bigdaddy45

Nawwh, in old school Nascar there would have been a baseball bat and a fishing rod involved.


11 posted on 04/21/2025 8:12:34 AM PDT by Waverunner
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To: lowbridge
Road rage.



12 posted on 04/21/2025 8:15:56 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: BobL

Undetectable guns? WTF even is that? They just can’t help themselves, unbelievable.


13 posted on 04/21/2025 8:20:23 AM PDT by stevio (Fight until you die!)
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To: lowbridge

“This is your Brain, but without Impulse Control.
Watch the bedlam unfold, quicker than an Egg Timer.


14 posted on 04/21/2025 8:28:34 AM PDT by lee martell
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Not worth wrecking your cars. Wait until after the race.


15 posted on 04/21/2025 8:29:35 AM PDT by McGruff (Biden will go down in history as the worst president ever.)
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To: bigdaddy45

When I worked for a driver, Elmo Langley, most of the fights occurred in the garage area, not in front of the crowds....


16 posted on 04/21/2025 8:37:15 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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Didn’t someone get killed (run over) in a race because of this before?


17 posted on 04/21/2025 8:44:23 AM PDT by packrat35 (Pureblood! No clot shot for me!)
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That’s how it is supposed to be...


18 posted on 04/21/2025 8:45:15 AM PDT by packrat35 (Pureblood! No clot shot for me!)
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To: lowbridge

I went to a wrestling match the other day and a NASCAR race broke out.


19 posted on 04/21/2025 8:52:11 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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When I was really young, preteen, we were visiting my cousins in Bradford, PA. Often when we visited, they took us to a dirt track to watch stock car races. One race in particular, right at the end of one of the heats, a driver gets out of his car, goes to another, drags the driver right out of the window, and proceeds to start pounding him until a bunch of folks pulled them apart.

Some years later, my father and I were watching a NASCAR race on TV and they were interviewing one of the racers, Buddy Baker. Dad asks me if I remember him, I didn't. He then tells me I should because he was the guy we watched drag the other racer out of his car years back. LOL

20 posted on 04/21/2025 8:52:17 AM PDT by SirFishalot
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