Late Race Controversy Between Leaders | USAC National Midgets

After a controversial late race tangle with Logan Seavey, eventual winner Emerson Axsom provides his view on the incident at Jefferson County dirt track with the USAC National Midget Series on July 17th 2021.
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[@gregsimon9061]

The owner of the midget my brother drove said and I quote if you get hit in the ass you’re not going fast enough.😂😂😂

[@peanutsmcgonnagle2458]

Thanks Greg. Was it Kim or Jim Gary? 'Certainly not the super-nice gentleman, Ralph Baiza but more than likely, Leonard Faas, Sr.!

[@gregsimon9061]

@@peanutsmcgonnagle2458 It was Jim Gary, I was 16 and laughed my ass off.

[@Homer4prez]

looked like it was just racing.

[@Ssmlt3]

Yep. Not controversial. It's racing. It happens.

[@ChazISfat]

Amsom was already committed, nothing he could do. Maybe seavey shouldnt of let the lapper slow him down that much

[@steveyork8069]

Looks like Logan parked in the corner because of the lapped car,too worried about what’s going on behind him instead of watching what going on in front of him.

[@burnychaplin4601]

You are exactly right I never gave a damn about what was in the rear view mirror you race the racetrack not what's behind you someone like Steve Kinser would have seen the lap car a full straightaway ahead and passed him without ever breaking stride and that's a fact Jack

[@joshpitts7256]

@@burnychaplin4601 Damn Right.. Seen that movie many many times..11

[@donmathias1705]

Good explanation..sometimes contact just happens.

[@andrewsebree4333]

Lets not forget the slider Thorson pulled on Axsom at Beloit. Thorson slid it and drug his whole take tank against the front end of Axsom. Seavey checked up to try to turn it under the lap car and Axsom was already up top. The only the Axsom could've don't was slammed on the breaks and he shouldn't have to do that. Seavey shouldve slid the lapper to avoid any contact with Axsom

[@happywrenching33]

just racin'!

[@werxin]

that was just a racing deal

[@jacobhomnickracing406]

he apolligized which is what matters. He did nothing wrong its just hard racing

[@speediepitstop1531]

You think Logan agrees with you

[@jacobhomnickracing406]

@@speediepitstop1531 I’m sure he is mad who would not be, but if he watches it over he will see that it was just hard racing

[@Danny-ur4bf]

Spot on. Lap car messed up their flow

[@themanironmask]

No apology needed, pretty easy to see lap car was in the way of the leader, who didn't do a very good job there either. No where to go and unfortunate contact. Screw the car owner who came up crying, to have a beer and learn how to race. Should be yelling at your driver

[@brianerwin5939]

YA that was just racing he did not do it because he was mad or anything

[@speediepitstop1531]

yup, race car drivers never get mad

[@ChazISfat]

@@speediepitstop1531 GAY

[@troytuckwell3610]

Nothing but a racing incident. They all checked up.

[@yeahnahyeah]

I don't know if its because we do things differently in New Zealand or I'm just uneducated on the American scene but can someone explain to me how Emersons move was not dodgy cause straight away I thought it was but a lot of the comments say otherwise and the commentators will never point a finger for whatever reason. Please educate me American fans

[@yeahnahyeah]

I was also blown away by Reinbolds slider on Williams in the B main, that seemed like a shitty move by Reinbold to me. Im 2 years into watching stateside content and would like to hear some opinions.

[@NathanM4A1]

It wasn't dodgy. Emerson committed to the corner like he did the lap before, but this time Logan went in sharper to go underneath the lapped car coming out of two and Emerson had nowhere to go. It sucks for Logan, and I'm sure Emerson didn't want to win like that, but it was just a racing incident. There was nothing deliberate in it, otherwise Emerson would have tried doing him in the lap before as well.

[@joshboyfuture9698]

@@yeahnahyeah honestly the quickest and best explanation I can give you for us Motorsports is the term "rubbing is racing". Now granted it has turned into dumping is racing but with full frame race cars that are popular in America there's a lot of contact it seems to translate to the open-wheeled guys every now and then LOL

[@joshboyfuture9698]

@@yeahnahyeah no but for real I can see if he didn't see the lap car was going quick and just seeing the guy in front of him slammed on his brakes he just might not have time. I don't think he was blaming the lap car as much as blaming the other driver for not seeing the lap car was that slow and having to check

[@joshboyfuture9698]

@@yeahnahyeah not sure what you're talkin about in the the b-main I didn't see any of the races but "slide jobs" or. dive-bombs" are regularly accepted on American dirt track racing. A lot of drivers will see it coming in when they see somebody zip along the bottom they'll just lift and do what's called a crossover. Pretty sure that's considered rude in a lot of road racing scenes.

[@TemptationS666]

kid didn't even need to apologize... that's RACING! Leader pins himself to a lap car thats on him... this kid just moved up the track as he saw it and the leader wanted to go with... just bad luck their great heads-up driving

[@Soysaucerc]

EXACTLY

[@02dirtymax]

Lead car is always at a disadvantage when trying to navigate lapped traffic. Seavey is going to win a lot more races before his career is over. Stop crying over spilt milk.

[@burnychaplin4601]

Good theory but it's lame

[@yeahnahyeah]

10,000 dollars aint spilt milk

[@1970sRacing]

use the black flag on Axsom

[@nickherndon9040]

The issue I have is that him and Thorson got into it the night before and Axsom was on the wrong end of it. Axsom's dad was bitching to anyone that would listen that it was a dirty slider, then this time around he is on the right end of it and claims it was just racing lol cant have it both ways.

[@emersonaxsom2190]

lmao you must not know my dad, he went up and shook hands with throrson and congratulated him, might check your sources

[@nickherndon9040]

Sorry for assuming it was your dad. Someone from your camp was fuckin pissed in victory lane...

[@emersonaxsom2190]

@@nickherndon9040 all good, was KTJ’s crew guy, me and my dad work out of our own trailer and both congratulated thorson

[@Soysaucerc]

That was the lap cars fault 200%. The kid is right. Go learn oval racing if you don’t know

[@hunterwalker6136]

Oh yeah because the lap car has a rearview mirror and a spottet

[@hunterwalker6136]

Spotter

[@cac90277]

Pure racing deal. No intent there.

[@speediepitstop1531]

go tell Logan that, he may not agree with you

[@jimmyneal1988]

These cars have brakes for a reason! Logan got on the brakes to avoid taking out the lapped car, unfortunately the kid behind him hasn't learned to respect his competitors equipment! He'll be crying when he gets fed a wheel

[@lilolme69]

@@speediepitstop1531 First of all, it doesn't matter what he agrees with, the truth is in the video. 2nd of all, I'm sure he watched the video and now see's how it played out. He isn't a low IQ'er like you.

[@emersonaxsom2190]

@@jimmyneal1988 There’s actually an article that interviews both me and Logan, Logan knows exactly what happened and knows that it wasn’t intentional and I tried getting on the breaks. And actually I did get fed a wheel 2 nights before for the win, and didn’t complain one bit and actually said it was a good move. Try again

[@davejohnson3037]

Seavy would have done the same if the opportunity happened. He didn't manage the lapped traffic properly.Just good racing.

[@DRIPZERO5]

Some of theses comments are nonsense from non racers. If your winning a race and someone hits you not once not twice but 3 times in turn 1/2 your not saying that’s just racing 9 times outta 10 you’d all get in a fight. Complete nonsense spewed by the racing community.

[@1957raider]

OK

[@cheddydoit0404]

Post full race

[@Murph_.]

Don't see what the controversy was, to be honest.

[@gtrplayya]

Looks like the 15 ran the 25 over about 3 times and the last one did the trick

[@emersonaxsom2190]

Get your eyes checked, we didn't touch once until the racing deal happened

[@gtrplayya]

@@emersonaxsom2190 You spun him and then blamed the lapped car. Next time pass him clean and earn some respect.

[@emersonaxsom2190]

@@gtrplayya shut the front door, earbody respects me

[@jimtharp5375]

Ya it's the lapped cars fault lol

[@burnychaplin4601]

Why did The boy not drive under him instead of thru him you are supposed to go around em not thru em or over top of em

[@jimtharp5375]

@@burnychaplin4601 I agree I was being sarcastic that's what he said is it the lapped cars fault that the second places front end got into the rear end of the leader laughable it sounds like some of these guys are saying he made a great move wrong in that clip he was banging into him on the previous lap he did not have great car control period but I don't think it was malicious

[@burnychaplin4601]

@@jimtharp5375 some times those things happen before you can bat an eye but the leader should have picked his move long before he was on top of the lap car He is a good little driver but no STEVE KINSER

[@emersonaxsom2190]

@@jimtharp5375 me and Logan hadn’t touched the whole race, I don’t know where you see me getting into him at all, logan even said he lifted in front of me because of the lap car and that’s why I got into him. I’d love to see you behind one of these things 🤠

[@ChazISfat]

@@emersonaxsom2190 dont even bother on these KZbin comments man.. these are a bunch of causal race fans that prolly watch nascar.... they dont even know what they are watching here

[@428eliminator3]

Don't eat for a few days kid cuz you're gonna get fed a wheel real soon.

[@bobnewfart7630]

Oh well son rubbings racing

[@428eliminator3]

@@bobnewfart7630 It's OPEN WHEEL racing genius, go rub one off!

[@bobnewfart7630]

@@428eliminator3 U suk what?

[@lilolme69]

@@428eliminator3 Not true at all. They went back and watched the video. Comment if your IQ is below 3.

[@yeahnahyeah]

@@bobnewfart7630 rubbing is racing is a pretty illogical when your racing open wheel.

[@pursang833]

In the end lappers are part of the track. You're responsible for race management and in the end you should be able to dispatch lapped cars quickly with a minimum time spent. Sure, there are times when no matter what you do you'll lose time and positions. To blame the lapper is the easy way out and I'm not sure I'd use that excuse/explanation when you just won a national midget event. Been on both ends of things, been a lapper and been the guy putting a lap on another racer. About the only thing I would say is keep running your race. Maintain your speed and maintain your line so you're not making any foolish moves that will get your run over. That's it from this old retired racer.

[@karaburch7611]

Nothing wrong with that. Don't be a crybaby 😭 Logan !

[@NativePride-kt5yo]

It's easy to say when your not the one racing dumb ass.

[@frostysgrill]

We need a dirt track in Labelle, Immokalee, Florida off of SR 80, 82 and 29 ⚡️PLEASE HELP ⚡️nascar sucks 💩

[@speediepitstop1531]

He got passes cleaned, could not handle it and showed his true colors

[@bugtussle7475]

I cannot understand the bump and dump style of driving so prevalent in midget racing today. Very bush league. Whatever happened to clean side by side wheel to wheel racing where drivers would go lap after lap inches apart without touching. Seems that many of today’s drivers have equipment that is way beyond their talent level and their mental capacity to win without wrecking themselves or others. Used to go to Angell Park in Sun Prairie every Sunday night and watch incredibly talented drivers race each other clean and hard.

[@DinoArmani]

Agreed, a slide job a few years ago used to result in fisticuffs in the pits, now it's a common occurrence ...

[@cac90277]

The leader had to stand on the breaks bc of the lapped car and parked it in the corner. Pure racing deal. If the lapped car wasn’t there, nothing happens.

[@ChazISfat]

Axsom was already committed and seavey checked up right in front of him because of the lapper... are you blind??? Axsom couldn't do anything about it. The leader should of played the lap cars better

[@NativePride-kt5yo]

@@ChazISfat how did he check up in front of him when it shows seavy go under axesom and he was ahead going into turn one and they were both flying there asses off going into the corner that they both caught the lap car faster then they thought they were going to, and in the end seavy had to check up because the lap car slid up into there line and that is what causes the incident.

[@ChazISfat]

@@NativePride-kt5yo you literally say " how did he check up in front of him" then at the end say he "had to check up in front of him" LMFAO are you special dude???? Definitely wasnt Emersons fault..

[@jasonlong3929]

Lmao that's great blame lap car

[@mattrider822]

Ive watched Emerson run around Indiana in micros and midgets for a few years here in Indiana and let me say hes pretty good but that was a bullshit move brother! Lets see if that type of racing doesnt catch up to him later! USAC should have thrown the black flag on Emerson and sent his ass to the tail for taking out Seavey!

[@ChazISfat]

You must not watch much USAC or even open wheel racing if you think that... Emerson was already committed there was nothing he could do. If he would have stabbed breaks (witch he couldnt) he would have locked the wheels up. Seavey slowed way down when emerson was already committed. Seavey should have played the traffic better. No way to miss him in that situation