Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s pole-winning car was involved in a minor collision with a track vehicle following post-qualifying inspection at Pocono Raceway Friday.
Crew chief Tony Eury Jr. said that Earnhardt Jr.'s crew was pushing the car off the scales and down a ramp when medical personnel stopped their Gator vehicle directly in front of the car. The vehicles collided, and Earnhardt's car sustained front-end damage.
"It hit pretty good," crew chief Tony Eury Jr. said. "It smashed the nose back. It had a Gator tire print in it."
The crew worked to repair the damage and is expected to complete the work once the garage opens in the morning.
"It's pretty much fixed," Eury said. "I just gotta put these braces on underneath it in the morning."
There was nothing his crew could have done to avoid the collision, he said.
"There ain't no way," he said. "When you come off of those ramps, you ain't stopping it."
Earnhardt was not in the car at the time and no injuries were reported.
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