2023 Vitoline 350

The 2023 Vitoline 350 was 6th race of the 2023 Piston Cup Season which saw Landon Mitchentire Jr have a huge shunt barrel rolling over the start finish straight after making contact with Fox Roofflap. It resulted in a red flag and Landon Mitchentire Jr was taken to the hospital after his crash. Only 2 cautions were in this race as only 4 drivers DNF'ed the 3 car crash happened on lap 27 which involved Bubba Wheelhouse, Stace Cyber Jr and Kyle Buschtire. Cruz Ramirez took the win over 2nd Denny Carlin, 3rd Aaron Clocker, 4th Kevin Carvick and 5th Michael Alexander Latifi.

## Transcript

### Start

* Bob Cutlass: Now the green flag it's out for the Vitoline 350!

### Lap 27 Crash

* Bob Cutlass: OH SPIN AT THE BACK AT TURN 2 THAT'S BUBBA WHEELHOUSE 2 ARE ALSO INVOLVED!
* Clint Bowcar: STACE CYBER JR IS INVOLVED AND KYLE BUSCHTIRE TOO SO BOTH OF THEM ARE OUT!
* (Replay)
* Bob Cutlass: So how does this happen so Wheelhouse gets tagged by Tim Treadless he goes into the middle.
* Clint Bowcar: There was nowhere for Buschtire to go and into the back at him wham!
* Bob Cutlass: Then Cyber Jr goes crashing into him! Bubba Wheelhouse having a really terrible season this year.

### Landon Mitchentire Jr massive crash

* Bob Cutlass: OH BIG TROUBLE!
* Clint Bowcar: OH MY GOODNESS!
* Bob Cutlass: UP AND OVER GOES MITCHENTIRE JR A HUGE CRASH ON LAP 73!
* Clint Bowcar: GOOD LORD! I sure hope he is okay.
* Bob Cutlass: Mitchentire Jr on his roof wild ride for the lad as the red flag is out.
* Clint Bowcar: There is gonna be a lot of cleaning up to do.
* (Replay)
* Bob Cutlass: As so we see that's Fox Roofflap getting loose he hits Landon Mitchentire Jr and Mitchentire Jr gets sent flying rolling over and over.

### Racers reaction

* Aaron Clocker: I sure hope that Landon Jr is okay.
* Strip Weathers: I'm speechless that's worse than my son's crash at the Dinoco Light 350 in 2015.
* Lightning McQueen: That's worse than my crash in 2017 Los Angeles 500.
* Mater: Dadgum that is absolutely terrible.
* Cruz Ramirez: Let's hope he recovers from his crash.
* Smokey: That was horrible too witness.

### Restart

* Bob Cutlass: With the red flag over lets get back racing green flag is in the air once again!

### Finish

* Bob Cutlass: As we arrive to the final lap Cruz Ramirez is holding off Denny Carlin for the win and it looks she will round the last corner checkered flag. CRUZ RAMIREZ WINS THE VITOLINE 350!
* (Dinoco team radio)
* Cruz Ramirez: YES INTO THE TITLE FIGHT! YES WHAT A RACE GUYS WHAT A RACE!
* Lightning McQueen: Well done Cruz you did a great job out there you just about hold off Denny.
* Cruz Ramirez: We did excellent out of there today 7 different winners wow!
* Bob Cutlass: Yes you heard 7 different winners in 8 races already another exciting season!
* Clint Bowcar: Well done to Aaron Clocker he managed to secure 3rd in this race 1st podium for him!

### Interview

* Shannon Spokes: Cruz great win out there today chance for the title this year?
* Cruz Ramirez: Lets hope so I been waiting for 6 years for my 3rd title but now with my chance getting into the fight I think I can do this.
* Shannon: Well done good job Cruz well done on the win.
* Cruz Ramirez: Thanks

### Post Race News

* Klint Shiftright: Hello everybody! It's me Klint Shiftright father of my son Klint Shiftright Jr and 6 time Piston Cup Champion! I've been hosting my own Post Race Show since Chick Hicks was banned for his horrible comments about Ryan Laney's crash in 2020 Dinoco Light 350! So today I'm gonna bring you some news for this week and this is the most important one and that is Landon Mitchentire Jr suffered a huge crash at the Vitoline 350 and was taken to hospital sadly he has suffered a broken rear axel and damaged roof. This will now mean he will miss the next 10 races this season.

## Results

1. Cruz Ramirez - 350 laps - 43 Points
2. Denny Carlin - 350 laps - 42 Points
3. Aaron Clocker - 350 laps - 41 Points
4. Kevin Carvick - 350 laps - 40 Points
5. Michael Alexander Latifi - 350 laps - 39 Points
6. GoGo Logano - 350 laps - 38 Points
7. Daniel Swevez - 350 laps - 37 Points
8. M Fast Fong - 350 laps - 36 Points
9. Carstin Ace Dillon - 350 laps - 35 Points
10. Ace Cohen - 350 laps - 34 Points
11. Kyle Carson - 350 laps - 33 Points
12. Klint Shiftright Jr - 350 laps - 32 Points
13. Tyler Reverick - 350 laps - 31 Points
14. Darren Sparks - 350 laps - 30 Points
15. Chris Bueshcar - 350 laps - 29 Points
16. Connor Tormaski - 350 laps - 28 Points
17. Alex Bowman - 350 laps - 27 Points
18. Cam Spinner - 350 laps - 26 Points
19. Eric Jones - 350 laps - 25 Points
20. Ryan Laney - 350 laps - 24 Points
21. Flip Dover - 350 laps - 23 Points
22. Jonas Carves - 350 laps - 22 Points
23. Chris Weathers - 350 laps - 21 Points
24. Tim Treadless - 350 laps - 20 Points
25. William Byrev - 350 laps - 19 Points
26. Joel Carterson - 350 laps - 18 Points
27. Bill Brady Jr - 350 laps - 17 Points
28. Aric Amirolling - 350 laps - 16 Points
29. Brad Carslowski - 350 laps - 15 Points
30. Jim Burnsly - 350 laps - 14 Points
31. Martin Carex Jr - 350 laps - 13 Points
32. Fox Roofflap - 349 laps - 12 Points
33. Flip Spinner - 349 laps - 11 Points
34. Lightning McQueen - 349 laps - 10 Points
35. Corey CarJoie - 349 laps - 9 Points
36. Jet Simmons - 349 laps - 8 Points
37. Henry Dahl - 348 laps - 7 Points
38. Colin Pitstops - 348 laps - 6 Points
39. Milo Rutherford - 347 laps - 5 Points
40. Landon Mitchentire Jr - 72 laps (Accident) - 4 Points
41. Kyle Buschtire - 27 laps (Accident) - 3 Points
42. Stace Cyber Jr - 27 laps (Accident) - 2 Points
43. Bubba Wheelhouse - 27 laps (Accident) - 1 Points

## Gallery

Landon Mitchentire Jr's huge crash at Vitoline 350