How starting position factored into Chance Hymas crash at Anaheim 2 | Title 24 | Motorsports on NBC

Total bummer for Hymus going down. Do you have any feedback on that? Did he? No, Hymus, I think, separated, dislocated his shoulder. Let's see, right here, he gets a bad jump, and then at that point, like, just kind of gets bottled up. Every long, as he's coming into the first corner, he gets a little sideways, and I think his rear wheel hit Chance's front wheel. And then he went down, like I said, I think that dislocated his shoulder. There he is, for you guys to just listen to the audio version, he's riding off the track. And then the next thing I know, dude, I look up, and then I see the chef go down. You know, looks like his start device didn't unlock. But regardless, three times in a row, all three main events, he crashes in the first turn. Dude, you were outspoken on the podcast at the beginning of the season, like he needed to go out there, and he needed to put in good runs. Had a gnarly get off in the heat race. Yes, he did. So first and foremost, chef, glad you're all right from that. I'm bumming, dude, I had high hopes for him, and it has been less than impressive. Yeah, I just, dude, I don't have any words. It's a guy. It is, it is. And Hector, if you pull that start up back, RC, this is a perfect scenario for me. You know, look where Levi was on the, look where he is on the gate, look how far outside he is. You know, like, that is a perfect scenario. I know we talked about it probably last season and the season before. You know, the trend was to go middle of the start or even, you know, opening the first turn up, so starting on the outside. Not what I would recommend, especially with that first turn. I'm an inside guy, you know. Not gate one, but three, you know, anywhere from three to gate eight, let's call it. You know, like, be up on that inside. You know the guys are gonna blow into that first turn, leave the inside open. James was a master at it. If you go back to anything, any of the, call it myself, your career, you know, when I raised James, when I raised Dunge, you wouldn't find any of us up out there on the outside, period. You know, so I think that a lot of these guys, you know, opening that first turn up, thinking you're gonna, you're going to, you know, come in with more speed. Look at number 57, I know he goes down, and he catches the back of, watch that one more time, he catches the back of McAdoo, and that's why he ended up going down. But he didn't even have a great jump, and if it wasn't for- He is, I think it was Avery Long, I think. Yep, yep, Avery Long. If it wasn't for him coming in actually just too hot into that first turn and getting high-sided up on the side of McAdoo, look where he's, if he could have gone right up the inside, he would have came out in the top five. That's, and he was, he was very, very close, very, very on the inside gate, you know, with- But look right here though, like, his front end doesn't unlock, but he still catches by himself. Like, you're right, everything about it, I agree with you. Starting on the outside, now, he had a bad pick, but I think still he could have probably gone on the inside, like alluding to what you said 100%, and I agree with you, you know I'm an inside guy as well. So it started with that, going to the outside, like you're saying, he got lucky that he made it around the first corner, like you said, and then he's wide, he's like fourth or fifth. Yeah, yeah, I think, I think, look, yes, with the heat race, with the crash, and that he didn't have maybe the best pick for a starting position, but I can guarantee you there was some of those very inside gates that were open. So just something to talk about, just, you know, I don't like that outside pick for a lot of those guys. I think it's a risky move. If you don't get the jump, it's a really tough position to put yourself in and try to think you're gonna navigate through that first turn that far on the outside. That's just my take on that. Hi folks, Lee Diffie from NBC Sports. If you enjoyed what you just watched, well, it's time to bring the action and subscribe to the Motorsports on NBC YouTube channel. You can have it all, news, highlights, interviews, and analysis, so go for it.