{"id":930188,"date":"2026-10-12T11:40:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T11:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/930188\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T11:40:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T11:40:58","slug":"michael-mcdowell-wrecks-ricky-stenhouse-in-heated-post-race-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/930188\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael McDowell wrecks Ricky Stenhouse in heated post-race clash"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the final run of the NASCAR Cup race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, a heated battle was unfolding for the race win, but also near the rear\u00a0of the top 20. Ricky Stenhouse Jr<\/a> and Michael McDowell<\/a> spent several laps dive-bombing one another, making contact, and even hitting the wall as they fought for position.<\/p>\n

At one point, Stenhouse shoved McDowell off into the corner in Turn 1 and then tried to pull off an unsuccessful slide job. That was essentially the end the of their on-track battle.<\/p>\n

After the back-and-forth fight for position, McDowell went on to finish 19th while Stenhouse fell back to 23rd.<\/p>\n

On the cool-down lap,\u00a0Stenhouse chased down McDowell and started door-slamming him up the track. Riley Herbst had to lift to avoid being caught up in the game of bumper tag.<\/p>\n

McDowell returned the favor as they went back down the track, and Stenhouse then brake-checked the Spire Motorsports driver. McDowell then aimed for his right-rear, and spun Stenhouse up the track before carrying on.<\/p>\n

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The best part of the entire post-race clash was that Brad Daugherty, who is the co-owner at Stenhouse’s Hyak Motorsports team, was part of the USA Sports show and saw it for the first time live on on air.<\/p>\n

“Hey, hold on, what in the world?” reacted Daugherty, laughing. “What are we doing? After the race! Oh no … don’t tear it up now!”<\/p>\n

On pit road, the two drivers shared a far more cordial encounter after parking bumper-to-bumper, talking things out with\u00a0Stenhouse leaning into the window of McDowell’s car. No punches were thrown, and it didn’t seem like either driver was overly aggravated at that point.<\/p>\n

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