Keselowski and Dillon clear the air after Nashville incident

It is a rare relief to see things calm down after a mess on the track. Brad Keselowski and Austin Dillon have finally talked through their intense run-in from last weekend at Nashville Superspeedway, and the talk of intentional wreckage has been put to bed. After reviewing the data, Keselowski has walked back his initial feelings, admitting that the chaos was simply a rapid-fire sequence of events rather than a targeted strike.

Everything started on Lap 192, when contact from Dillon’s No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet sent Keselowski’s No. 6 RFK Racing Ford hard into the wall. It followed a messy situation on pit entry involving Ricky Stenhouse Jr.’s No. 47 Chevrolet, which caused a pileup involving Keselowski and teammate Chris Buescher. According to Dillon, everyone who touched a rear bumper that day ended up getting turned, making it a case of a very bad afternoon for everyone involved.

Now, the focus shifts to Michigan International Speedway. Keselowski, who will start 26th, used the opportunity to urge NASCAR to keep a closer watch on aggressive pit-road entry maneuvers. While the air between the drivers is clear, the veteran driver is clearly looking for more consistency from officials regarding the logjams that triggered this whole disaster in the first place.