Hailie Deegan crashes after contact from Nick Sanchez in St. Louis

Nick Sanchez bumps Hailie Deegan entering Turn 3, sending Deegan into a hard collision with the outside wall at World Wide Technology Raceway.
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[jasonsacchi]

That was a hard hit for Hailie Deegan.

[robertstone]

Not her biggest fan but that wasn't her fault.

[kevinalexpeek]

That's not the first time for Deegan to be wrecked by him

[timchalmers]

Hey @NASCAR. The 2 clearly wrecked the 13 intentionally. The 2 should be penalized and compensate the team for the wrecked truck. And yes, glad that Deegan is OK.

[WheelerRickRambles]

(…honestly was hoping Deegan crew pull a Days of Thunder - pull out the fenders, slap on four stickers and let her go out to plow into Sanchez then back to the garage…) Zane Smith after race interview where he straight-up says or implied ‘I wish I wasn’t in this series’. From drivers chat, it’s a common thread for last few years. Imma Deegan fan, as well as other drivers. For the truck series, seems like there is a leadership problem. Frankie Muniz might be an interesting follow… hard to imagine he’d wanna get anywhere near this wreckfest mess series!

[colliecollie]

So many comments about if it was on purpose or a mistake. She appeared to be passing for places on the high side of track. Her truck was hooked up and she was driving it well. However you look at it, he had nowhere to go. He should have settled in behind her and they both could have picked up places. He ran right into the back of the 13. He didn't have to brake, all he had to do was lift off the throttle and ease up to her truck. For whatever reason, he never lifted and spun her out. She was running a line that could have picked them both up several places if he had just tucked in behind her. But in the end Hallie gets the online criticism and he gets very little comparatively. Last week taken out with nowhere to go running around 6th place or so, this week taken out running the top of the track passing for 10th or there abouts. 5th to 15th is a dangerous spot to run in this truck series.

[kathyclark]

Hope she really is ok; didn't think he had to do that but what do I know 🙄

[dragvan]

Again someone slammed into the back of her truck.

[iaayj]

I’m not her biggest fan either, but Nascar’s lower series have a real problem with their attitude about women drivers and respect. Hailie never complains, but we know it exists. I think more women would watch if this wasn’t such an obvious issue.

[ranndomundead]

guess were picking and choosing who to enforce this new RR suspension precedent on

[mikewoodall]

Sanchez should be relegated to finish below Deegan and suspended for the next race. Contact was purely avoidable so it was deliberate. Elliott was suspended for wrecking Hamlin and so should Sanchez. In the first lap, he was identified as causing damage by hitting someone there. He is a loose cannon,

[RW-zhkl]

I swear half the truck series drivers learned to race playing Gran turismo

[thefranchise]

Things like this wouldn't happen if they had more veterans in the truck series

[billloraff]

Well just another race with some bad luck.

[hermangoetter]

what the hell do you mean after contact with Sanchez, that PROTEGE of Kyle BUsh's who wants to be like him
slammed her in the back of the truck because he doen't know what he is doing and that DAMAGE wasn, t made from CONTACT .
But you know Kyle won't say anything to him but GOOD JOB .
i only first saw her in the ARCA series and was impressed at how aggressive she was then in her FIRST WIN, so what happened ?
The old saying big fish in a little pond / small fish in a big pond, in these big ponds she needs to be a lot more aggressive in order to
survive .

[blawruk]

Nick Sanchez either knew what he was doing (himself), or was instructed to 'handle it'. 😒

[brianspangler]

Hailie Deegan and Zane Smith can catch a break here lately.

[kennybeaudrie]

I’ve been a long time fan of Metal Mulisha and Brian Deegen. I know Hallies been driving for a long time too. I hope she continues to try and get better. In my opinion, racing isn’t always about driving fast. It’s about making strategic moves. What till it the right time to advance. Listen to your spotters and just drive. No offense intended.

[ZeusEKR]

Wasn't her fault, but shows as a DNF. It'll be used as ammo against her.

[keith]

When you get loose you need to drive it to save it.