Josh Berry hits Carson Hocevar pit crew member in scary moment at Talladega
A scary moment occurred on pit road ahead of the final stage of Sunday’s Jack Link’s 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. Jarius Morehead, tire carrier for the No. 77 Spire Motorsports team, was carrying both right-side tires when Josh Berry ran into him.
Hocevar’s car was sticking outside of his pit box, forcing Morehead and the two tire changers to be positioned too far out onto pit road. Berry had the stall just in front of Hocevar and made contact with one of the tires which slammed into Morehead. The force of the hit carried him onto the hood of Hocevar’s car, but he still managed to complete the pit stop.
Morehead, a former NC State football player, spoke with FOX Sports‘ Regan Smith about the incident: “I come from a football background. You get used to it. … Yes sir, I am [OK]. All good.”
Morehead is used to taking hard hits; he also delivered plenty during his time with the Wolfpack. He appeared in 54 games at safety from 2015-19, recording 225 combined tackles, five interceptions and 10 PBUs. Morehead is one of many former football players turned pit crew member.
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Kyle Busch, Ryan Blaney, Brad Keselowski tangled in first big wreck at Talladega
Pit road has been an issue on Sunday at Talladega. In Stage 1, the Toyota group made it to pit road and back off it. Then, as the Fords and a few Chevrolets were coming to pit road, disaster struck. Kyle Busch got tangled up with Brad Keselowski and Ryan Blaney. Keselowski and Busch both drove to pit road on their own power, but Blaney needed a tow.
While Keselowski drove to pit road under his own power, his car was towed to the garage. Busch had to meet minimum speed and get back to pit road for more adjustments and repairs.
This all started when the Toyotas of Joe Gibbs Racing and 23XI began pushing pace. That group went to pit road after stretching the field out of the four-wide parade they started in. With the field stretched out, they were forced to respond to the Toyota group. They just couldn’t pull it off.
On3’s Jonathan Howard contributed to this report.