BRISTOL, Tenn. – NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Aric Almirola and crew chief Trent Owens met with NASCAR officials after the completion of Sunday’s Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
The post-race meeting was at the sanctioning body’s request.
Almirola and Owens met with officials to discuss a Lap 437 accident involving the Richard Petty Motorsports driver, Austin Dillon (Richard Childress Racing) and Martin Truex Jr. (Furniture Row Racing).
Almirola’s No. 43 Ford eventually came to rest after being struck by the Truex entry. But rather than drop his window net to signify that he was not injured, Almirola apparently no longer had reverse gear in his car and wanted a push from the emergency crew.
Almirola eventually finished 34th. He and Owens and others that met with officials left without commenting to the media.
NASCAR officials would only say that the reason for the meeting was the driver’s “failure to follow proper protocol following his incident on the track.”