With around 31 laps remaining in the South Point 400 last Sunday, William Byron and Ty Dillon were in for a major collision, despite being on opposing ends of the ranking chart. While Byron was fighting for a race win, Dillon was busy making sure he didn’t finish last, as he ran a lap down in P35.
However, the gulf between them was so large that it brought them together on the track, with disaster waiting to happen. Once the dust settled, people looked at each other to point the blame, with Kaulig Racing chief Chris Rice denying his team’s fault. Nonetheless, the team abruptly fired Dillon’s Spotter. The now out-of-work NASCAR spotter has revealed that Byron’s team should be held accountable.
Who Was at Fault for the Crash Between William Byron and Ty Dillon?
As Dillon opted for a pitstop, Byron wasn’t aware of a stop coming ahead of him, and he went nose-first into Dillon’s car, ending the race for both drivers. In the end, the crash was chalked up as a communication error, with the Kaulig Racing team bearing the brunt.
Subsequently, Dillon’s spotter, Joe White, was fired from his job, although he wasn’t informed about it right away.
Having made the trip to Talladega, White was in for grim news. Now that he is back home, the ex-NASCAR spotter has dropped a bombshell revelation, pointing the blame for the crash to Byron’s crew.
Opting to clear the air once and for all on social media, White took to X to post about Sunday’s incident. He revealed that he had already told Byron’s crew about the stop and that it was their fault for not relaying the information to their driver.
He wrote, “Just to be clear, here is the story of what happened last Sunday. I did in fact go down and tell the spotter of the 24 that we were pitting, and he misinterpreted the information. That’s what happened.”
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White further detailed that he could not find Byron’s spotter, Branden Lines, on the spotter stand. Therefore, he had to go over to him and mouth the words to Lines, who was still standing a few people away from him.
Meanwhile, Byron’s camp has outrightly denied the claim. The No. 24 driver was the first one to say that no one had mentioned anything to his spotter about an upcoming pit stop.
He added that he had no idea of the stop, given that he didn’t see anyone waving. On that, Dillon says that he didn’t feel Byron was close enough to give him a wave and relied solely on his spotter to relay the message of him stopping.