John Hunter Nemechek takes responsibility for a scary accident that ended the Kansas race of Zane Smith

John Hunter Nemechek hated that he was the reason why the driver of first row sports Zane Smith set up the turn of turn 4 while his sides nearly 200 miles per hour. Everything occurred in overtime during Hollywood Casino 400 Sunday at Kansas Speedway.

Smith directed the upper way in Tour 3, alongside his teammate, Todd Gilliland. At that time, Nemechek plunged, hitting the panel of the left district of Smith. In a shocking turn of events, Smith’s car slipped further towards the fence and directly struck the safer barriers.

Nemechek then tightened Smith’s car in the wall, which then slipped for several meters. Motor sport in the front row Mustang has become a turtle, went in the air and, after two complete rotations, landed on the four tires. Fortunately, Smith left his Mustang n ° 38 on his own.

However, his day was already over. John Hunter Nemechek went to X (formerly known as Twitter) and apologized for everything that happened to Smith during the race.

“My fault,” wrote Nemechek. “Made a mistake trying to take a step to go 3 wide in the turn 3. Excuse to the 38 guys and Zane. Hates the way it ended. A decent day but nothing to show for that.”

Neither John Hunter Nemechek nor Zane Smith made the playoffs this year. However, the pilots still have a chance of victory of the season. While Nemechek is 26th in the driver’s classification with 590 points, Smith is ranked 27th with 537 points in his name.

The next step for drivers is the Bank of America Roval 400 at the course of Charlotte Motor Speedway Road. Scheduled for Sunday, October 5, the 109 -round event will broadcast live on the USA network (3 p.m. HE) with exclusive radio coverage on PRN and Siriusxm Nascar Radio, Channel 90.

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John Hunter Nemechek opens with his expensive accident in New Hampshire

By entering the turn 3 at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway last week, John Hunter Nemechek hit the bumpers, took place and hit the external barriers. It occurred only one week after Nemechek was tangled with the motor sports pilot Hendrick Chase Elliott in Bristol.

Nemechek was taken to the interior care center after the accident, where he was checked and released. He also marked the sixth prudence of the day.

“I’m fine,” said Nemechek in an interview after the race. “I hate for all my guys, we have been on a very good section in recent weeks.”

“By entering the turn 3 under 35, I don’t know if I’m just hitting the bumps, but it automatically turned to the side, and I was along the way. So I hate it. We were doing ground all day,” he added.

Chase Elliott won the race, marking his second victory for the 2025 season and his 21st in the general classification. He also sealed his place in the round of 16. The first five places were rounded by Denny Hamlin, Christopher Bell, Chase Briscoe and Bubba Wallace.