By Gura Garcia
14 Oct 2024, 08:59 AM EDT
In NASCAR Mexico there were moments more than just to demonstrate skills behind the wheelbut also to make challenges come to blows, and this situation arose after contact on the track between drivers, despite the fact that this is a fairly common situation in all the competition races.
Last Sunday, at the facilities of the Miguel E. Abed de Amozoc Autodrome in Tehuacán, in Pueblathe champion of that category, Rodrigo Maggio said goodbye to his championship when Esteban Rodríguez collided with him at the precise start of the race, leaving the champion’s truck damaged. This event prevented Maggio from finally placing himself in the top positions, completely leaving behind any chance that existed to continue fighting for the championship in a month in Mexico City.
The tense moment of the race
Once the race was over, Rodrigo Maggio immediately looked for Esteban Rodríguez in the pits. to ask him for explanations for the aforementioned crash, but despite this, he did not listen to any reason and challenged him to beatings as he did with all the present members of the HP Speed team.
Although it was initially thought that the situation could escalate to other levels, it did not go beyond pushes and words back and forth, and ended up relaxing completely. But he made it quite clear that even drivers can become much more competitive off the track.
Who are the finalists in the Nascar Mexico trucks?
Alonso Salinas, Mateo Girón and Esteban Rodríguez were the men who occupied the first three positions of the race. With this, Gerardo Rodríguez, Mateo Girón, Alonso Salinas and Esteban Rodríguez managed to qualify for the final to continue in the battle for the category championship in November. While Rodrigo Maggio and Jan Philips Krull were on the verge of being able to go for the championship after arriving at the Autodromo Miguel E. Abed in Puebla with options to go to the final in Mexico City.
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