NASCAR driver Joey Gase walks on the track MID-RACE to throw bumper of wrecked car at rival’s vehicle in viral road-rage moment

NASCAR driver Joey Gase ripped the bumper off his wrecked car and threw the object at teammate Dawson Crum’s windshield during the ToyotaCare 250 on Saturday.

Gase and Crum were fighting for track position when Crum crashed his car into the bumper of Gase’s vehicle, sending him spinning into the wall and destroying his No. 35 Chevrolet.

Once Gase was out of the vehicle, he ripped off the front bumper of his blue race car and waited for Crum’s No. 4 Chevrolet to circle the Richmond Raceway track again.

Gase walked down the track and approached the line of cars surrounding his accident to aim at Crum’s car and throw the bumper against his front windshield.

The launch did not appear to cause any damage to Crum’s red and white car, but Gase’s road rage attracted considerable interest online.

While throwing a bumper at an opponent’s car may be new to NASCAR, throwing any object at a rival’s vehicle is not.

After a crash in 2012, Tony Stewart threw his helmet into the passenger side window of Matt Kenseth’s car.

In April 2022, Sam Mayer and Ty Gibbs, grandson of Super Bowl-winning coach and NASCAR team owner Joe Gibbs, got into a fight in pit row, leading several members of each driver’s team to separate them.

Gase then posted a photo of his bumperless car on social media, tagging Crum in the post saying “I hope you cherish your memory.”

Gase will likely hear from NASCAR’s corporate office about the incident, as throwing part of his vehicle at another car is not in the league’s rule book.