{"id":88830,"date":"2025-08-17T05:13:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T05:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/88830\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T05:13:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T05:13:08","slug":"has-no-business-on-a-racetrack-nascar-fans-erupt-after-cody-wares-failed-retaliation-attempt-on-john-hunter-nemechek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/88830\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHas No Business on a Racetrack\u201d: NASCAR Fans Erupt After Cody Ware\u2019s Failed Retaliation Attempt on John Hunter Nemechek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-type=\"content\" data-variant=\"p\" id=\"article-content-block-1\" class=\"data-event\">The penultimate race of the 2025 Cup Series regular season at the Richmond Raceway involved multiple high-profile accidents. One of the most pressure-spiking among them was brought down by Cody Ware and John Hunter Nemechek. During a chaotic restart at the short track, the Legacy Motor Club driver <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/STaranto92\/status\/1956886214516101304\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-utm_source=\"article\" data-utm_medium=\"content\" data-utm_campaign=\"link\">made contact<\/a> with Ware and caused him to spin in Turn 1.<\/p>\n<p data-type=\"content\" data-variant=\"p\" id=\"article-content-block-2\" class=\"data-event\">Frustrated, Ware tried returning the favor during Stage 2 on Lap 197 and attempted to wreck Nemechek. His repeated hits to the No. 42 Toyota Camry XSE led fans to express strong sentiments against him on social media. One comment on X said, \u201cDude has no business on a racetrack.\u201d His underwhelming results this year, with a single top-20 finish, would suggest the same.<\/p>\n<p data-type=\"content\" data-variant=\"p\" id=\"article-content-block-3\" class=\"data-event\">A second fan wrote, \u201cCody was hitting JHN so much you would\u2019ve thought they were dating.\u201d The subtle shot at the allegation that Ware had assaulted his former girlfriend is pretty hard to ignore with this one. <\/p>\n<p data-type=\"content\" data-variant=\"p\" id=\"article-content-block-4\" class=\"data-event\">Another followed, \u201cPark him. Right rear hook attempt just because he can\u2019t drive doesn\u2019t mean he didn\u2019t attempt it.\u201d Fortunately, Nemechek had been able to survive the ordeal. He finished his day in 36th place, four spots behind Ware.<\/p>\n<p data-type=\"content\" data-variant=\"p\" id=\"article-content-block-6\" class=\"data-event\">This once again reflected poorly in one fan\u2019s eyes. They asked, \u201cHow is this guy still in the sport? Can\u2019t even wreck a guy properly.\u201d There has been no mention of any penalty being levied on any of these drivers so far. The visit to Richmond was a disappointing one for both.<\/p>\n<p>Who won the 2025 Cook Out 400?<\/p>\n<p data-type=\"content\" data-variant=\"p\" id=\"article-content-block-7\" class=\"data-event\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thesportsrush.com\/tag\/austin-dillon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-utm_source=\"article\" data-utm_medium=\"content\" data-utm_campaign=\"link\">Austin Dillon<\/a>\u2018s playoff berth was snatched from his hands last year after he wrecked two drivers on his way to victory at Richmond Raceway. On Saturday night, he left no room for error. He raced clean till the very end and completed his arc of redemption by reaching Victory Lane again.<\/p>\n<p data-type=\"content\" data-variant=\"p\" id=\"article-content-block-8\" class=\"data-event\">The Richard Childress Racing driver was engaged in a tense battle with Ryan Blaney over the final 100 laps at the 0.75-mile track. The clever decision to pit his car four laps earlier than Blaney\u2019s Mustang resulted in him gaining the advantage. Ultimately, he led 107 laps and finished 2.471 seconds ahead of second-placed Alex Bowman.<\/p>\n<p data-type=\"content\" data-variant=\"p\" id=\"article-content-block-9\" class=\"data-event\">Dillon is the 14th driver to lock his playoff position based on wins. The regular season will conclude next weekend at Daytona International Speedway, where the final two playoff drivers will be decided.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The penultimate race of the 2025 Cup Series regular season at the Richmond Raceway involved multiple high-profile accidents.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88831,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[425,99],"class_list":["post-88830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-nascar","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}