What a moment for Dustin Bottoms! The racer gets run into the hay bales by the ramp and decides to throw his helmet at the Tulsa Shootout. I’m not sure if he knows or not, but the driver he has beef with is 13-year-old Tate Gurney.
Bottoms was irate after getting spun off the track. It is not clear if Gurney saw Bottoms on his outside when he made his move into the corner. Either way, Gurney fed Bottoms a right rear tire, and that was the end of the latter’s race.
After getting out of his car, Bottoms attempted a helmet throw. It did not go very well with his HANS device still connected. Just a broken helmet, a DNF, and a lot of emotions early at the Tulsa Shootout…