Good sports: Briscoe apologizes to Reddick for crashing him out of Bristol NASCAR win
Last lap contact let Kyle Busch steal the win
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It was a show of sportsmanship not always seen in NASCAR.
Briscoe lost control in the final turn and spun Tyler Reddick's car with him. (Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Tyler Reddick was one turn away from winning the Food City Dirt Race at Bristol Motor Speedway on Sunday night when Chase Briscoe went for a last-ditch pass on the inside, lost control and spun both of them out of contention for the win.
Reddick did a full 360 in his car and made a dash for the finish line, but not before third place Kyle Busch sped by both of them to steal the win.
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After the race, Reddick was being interviewed live on Fox when Briscoe approached him to apologize for ruining his race.
"I was going to spin out, I think, either way and I was like, ‘Please don’t hit him with the right rear, please don't hit him with the right rear,' and I saw it, but I'm sorry. I just wanted to let you know," Briscoe said.
Briscoe apologized for ruining Reddick's chance to win the Food City Dirt Race. (Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
"Thank you, you did a hell of a job running me down," Reddick replied. "It's all good. I needed to drive away, I let you get too close."
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"It was fun, though," Briscoe said as he walked away.
It was a very different picture than what happened a week earlier after the Xfinity Series race at Martinsville Speedway, when a last-turn collision between Ty Gibbs and Sam Meyer resulted in a fistfight on pit road after the race and a $15,000 fine for Gibbs.
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Reddick managed to secure second place at Bristol, but Briscoe had to settle for 22nd as he took longer to get his car back on track after the spin.