WATCH: “Parker strikes again…Dude is a wrecking machine”- Austin Hill wrecks the entire field after contact with Parker Kligerman, fans react

Austin Hill’s incident sent the race to overtime at Dega.

WATCH: “Parker strikes again…Dude is a wrecking machine”- Austin Hill wrecks the entire field after contact with Parker Kligerman, fans react

Austin Hill and Parker Kligerman (Via IMAGO) and The Xfinity clash at Degas (In Circle: Screenshot @NASCAR/X)

The NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Talladega, as expected witnessed multiple incidents featuring the top-stars. RCR scored their third straight Superspeedway win in the 2024 season. But unlike the usual result, it was 19-year-old Jesse Love that secured the win for Richard Childress instead of Austin Hill, who has won at both Daytona and Atlanta.

Throughout the day it was Austin Hill and Jesse Love who were fighting for victories. But as the race was coming to end, Hill wrecked out giving his teammate the opportunity to secure his maiden win in overtime.  It was the decision from the No:21 Chevy to block the No:48 Chevy of Parker Klingerman that resulted in the wreck.

Klingerman made contact with Hill and send him spinning into the pack behind him. This resulted in him getting caught by Anthony Alfredo who T-Boned the championship contender for few meters before moving him out of the way. Cras suddenly breaking and taking evasive moves resulted in a pile-up behind him.

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Despite the contact Alfredo successfully escaped without any damage and went on to finish the race P3. Hill was also able to get back to the top-15 in overtime to finish at P14 while Klingerman who was seven laps down, finished at P27.

Here is how fans on X reacted to the incident

The NASCAR fans on X had a mixed feeling about the crash and was quick to share their feelings on social media. Some blamed Parker Kligerman for the incident and pointed out that he has been a wrecking people to often in his Xfinity outings.

Parker Kligerman
Parker Kligerman

On the other hand some fans were happy to see someone else other than Hill securing win in a Superspeedway race as he has been dominating the tracks for a long-time. Some also pointed out that Hill’s late block attempt played a major role in the wreck.

Accusations aside, both drivers are equally to blame for the incident. As the race leader, Hill could have been more careful while making such moves.  It was fortunate that the incident didn’t result in some mega wreck, as it was just a usual Dega pile-up.

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