Bob Pockrass
FOX Motorsports Insider
ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — Devlin DeFrancesco needed to heal any ache from an unintended spill that occurred per week in the past in St. Louis.
As DeFrancesco ran again to his automobile after exiting the infield medical heart at World Vast Expertise Raceway (generally known as Gateway), he stopped. Then Jimmy Kevin Henslee, the cameraman who was following him, tried to cease quick and fell.
No particular person was injured. The digicam, nevertheless, may be a distinct story. And DeFrancesco needed to provide one thing to Henslee — who’s recognized all through the storage as “Bama” due to the Alabama flag on his digicam.
“A bottle of bourbon, most males take pleasure in that,” DeFrancesco mentioned. “It was unlucky what occurred at Gateway. And unhappy to see him fall or break his digicam. I simply thought it was one thing good to do.”
DeFrancesco wasn’t knocked over and was not injured.
“I used to be effective,” DeFrancesco mentioned. “He sort of simply missed me and fell over and took the brunt of it.”
What made DeFrancesco cease so abruptly?
“They jumped off the stand and instructed me to cease and switch round and he was following me and I assume didn’t see me and fell over,” DeFrancesco mentioned.
“I felt unhealthy over the incident and felt it will be good to do one thing good.”
Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR and INDYCAR for FOX Sports activities. He has spent many years protecting motorsports, together with over 30 Daytona 500s, with stints at ESPN, Sporting Information, NASCAR Scene journal and The (Daytona Seashore) Information-Journal. Observe him on Twitter @bobpockrass.
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