Corey Day entered Gateway fifth in the Chase standings with a valuable championship position to protect. By the time the race ended, however, a confrontation with William Sawalich had left him 33rd, eighth in the standings, and 69 points behind the lead with only seven races remaining.
Sawalich, who was not part of the Chase, also saw his race unravel, but his 16th-place finish carried no such major consequences. The incident has now prompted Dale Earnhardt Jr. to make a larger point about how Chase drivers should race non-contenders.
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