As the field pitted, Larson‘s Chevy was right behind Truex‘s Toyota, and it appeared Truex was going to miss his pit box when Larson‘s car bumped Truex‘s car from behind. The contact spun Truex, whose team was still able to service the car. He fell outside the top 10 initially before racing back up to a sixth-place finish.

“I was just going behind him, and he had a hard left and was hard on the brakes at the same time and I got into the back of him,” Larson explained of the incident. “My team said he was late getting into his stall. I don‘t know. If it was my fault, I‘m sorry, but I don‘t think it was. It‘s hard to see on this pit road. .. hate that happened. He was definitely the one I was going to have to beat.”

Truex, who is still racing for his first victory of 2022, was obviously disappointed in the outcome but could only shake his head at the circumstances.

“It‘s really hard to see through these windshields with the sun like that and all the stuff covering it,‘‘ Truex said. “I did see my box late for sure, so I slowed down before I turned out of the way of the 5 (Larson) there.

“Partly on me, I didn‘t expect to get turned around, and glad nobody got hurt there. Overall, just tough, just disappointing to have a good day going like that and have a shot at winning and couldn‘t close the deal. I hate it for my team.

Pappy, I know you hate any driver with HMS but did you see the interviews by both Larson and Truex? Truex clearly said he was partly at fault because he about missed his pit. In fact had he not done what he did he would have passed it all together. He said he didn't blame Larson because he couldn't see from sun and dirty windshield. My question is....why was his crew chief not counting down his stop to him? Also, Larson said he couldn't see well either for same reason, both said that in their interviews. Yes, I agree, someone could have been hurt bad but this is not the first car that's gone into their stall this way. There have been many just this season. I think any punishment in this case of circumstances is unwarranted. Glad Truex spoke out and accepted his part of the responsibility as did Larson. Love you Pappy! We can agree to disagree, right?