Ford Performance NASCAR: Kansas 2 (Josh Berry Accident Quotes) - Speedway Digest

JOSH BERRY, No. 4 Bed Bath & Beyond Ford Mustang Dark Horse (Retired early due to accident on lap 1)

“That was an experience like none other. Obviously, we got clipped and spun, and we had four flat tires. I assumed they were going to tow the car to the pits, which is what I was asking for, and then they dropped my window net and told me to get out. Rodney (Childers) told me to stay in because all we needed was tires. They were telling me to get out. Then they towed me into the campground, so I was just out there chilling with the fans. At that point, they said they had to get a rollback, and they finally made me get out. Rodney was trying to talk to somebody and couldn’t get anybody on the phone. I don’t know what I am missing. I have seen plenty of cars get towed to the pits and get tires put on, so I don’t know if I am missing something or if there was something different than normal, but that was an experience for sure.”

DID THEY TELL YOU WHY THEY DID THAT? “They said the tire was off the wheel, which it is flat so of course it is off the wheel. They just refused to tow the car. They tried hooking it up on both ends which I knew wasn’t going to work. I don’t know why they didn’t just hook it up with the rear and tow it to the pit box and let us get tires on it. That is disappointing.”

HOW DISAPPOINTING IS IT TO NOT BE ABLE TO FINISH THE RACE? “That is so crazy, the whole sequence of events, that I haven’t even processed it yet. That is the risk you take though, when you qualify where we did. I overdrove one in qualifying and got loose and those are the types of things that happen. It is still on me, but I wish we could have gotten some tires on it and finished the race.”

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