No roof, no finish for Bayley Currey at Atlanta
HAMPTON, Ga. — A caution for debris in turn four on lap 95 of the FR8 208 at Atlanta Motor Speedway didn’t catch much attention.
Until the debris was revealed.
Officials picked up a piece of Bayley Currey’s roof from turn four. Currey came to pit road and then the garage, deeming the truck unrepairable.
According to Currey, a piece of debris hit his windshield and knocked the tabs loose. That caused most of the roof to buffet up and down until finally it flew off on lap 95.
“We had that piece of debris early and collapsed everything. Once it did that, the piece started flapping. Just like any piece of metal, it was gonna break,” Currey said. “It broke all the tabs, the windshield tray, broke out of the truck. When that happened, five six laps before, the windshield was laying there on the bars. I saw daylight and it kept getting bigger until the damn thing flew off.”
While Niece Motorsports has the truck, NASCAR has the roof piece that flew off. They said they will meet with the team next week to discuss what happened.
Currey finished 31st after placing 10th in stage two. He believed had a strong truck for the finish.
“We believed we had the best truck out there. We were just about to make our move when that happened,” he said.
The 31st-place finish puts Currey 15th in points, -10 to a playoff spot. The next race is Friday, March 1, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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Jonathan Fjeld is the co-owner of the The Racing Experts, LLC. He has been with TRE since 2010.
A Twin Valley, MN, native, Fjeld became a motorsports fan at just three years old (first race was the 2002 Pennsylvania 500). He worked as a contributor and writer for TRE from 2010-18. Since then, he has stepped up and covered 24 NASCAR race weekends and taken on a larger role with TRE. He became the co-owner and managing editor in 2023 and has guided the site to massive growth in that time.
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