Sawalich Contact Ends Corey Day’s Race at Gateway

Overview

• Sunday at World Wide Technology Raceway, William Sawalich turned across the track and made contact with Corey Day, sending Day into the inside wall and ending Day’s race with a DNF.
• Corey Day finished 33rd after the crash and said he had no room to escape because Justin Allgaier had him pushed up into Sawalich.
• The incident damaged Justin Allgaier’s car, dropped him to 13th in the race, and allowed Sheldon Creed to reclaim the championship lead by three points.
• Sawalich declined to discuss the contact with media after the race and is not part of the Chase, which reduces his championship downside and changes his on-track incentives.
• NASCAR has not announced any penalties and enforcement is murky for door-to-door contact, so attention now turns to Bristol where teams and rivals fear further retaliation could reshape the title fight.