The Best Plumber 604 Racing Series Presented by Longhorn Chassis announced it has suspended for driver Greg Martin for a minimum of two years after he used his No. 24 car to ram the parked car of No. 17 Matt Henderson at I-75 Raceway on Saturday night
The series shared in an announcement to Facebook, “Following a review of the events that took place during last night’s feature race, the Best Plumber 604 Racing Series has made the decision to suspend Greg Martin from all Best Plumber 604 Racing Series events for a minimum of 2 years.”
“Driver and crew safety is of the utmost importance to the Best Plumber 604 Racing Series. All participants are expected to conduct themselves in a manner that protects the safety of competitors, crews, officials, fans, and partner tracks,” it added. “The Best Plumber 604 Racing Series will continue to uphold the standards of conduct expected at all series events.”
Video of the incident was shared to Facebook by Cory Hedgecock that shows crew members working on Henderson’s car in the hot pit as Martin’s car approaches. Martin then drives into the side of Henderson’s car. The force of the impact throws the two crew members who were working on the opposite side of the vehicle to the ground.
Based on Hedgecock’s post, it appears that his dad “shut the main power down so [Martin] didn’t hurt anyone else.”
Henderson addressed it in his own post to Facebook. He wrote, “I bottomed out and hit Greg getting into turn one 3 laps after a restart. We had ran door to door for 3 laps so if my intention was to wreck him I wouldn’t have waited to do it for 3 laps. We hit as I bounced through the holes and it wrecked us. I hate that. Would rather have just got me.”
“If Greg wanted to fight me or tell me how unhappy he was or anything to that degree I’d have understood it. No one wants that. So I get it. When he chose to use his race car to hit mine in a crowded pit area and injured people, that I can’t understand. That is not something that should ever happen,” he added.
“I apologize to my team for everything that happened. I hate mine and Greg’s car was torn up in the on track stuff and then further once he rammed them together in the pit area,” he continued. “I am not asking for support of the on track incident or anyone to think that I blame him for that. I bottomed out and caused that accident. The running through the pits speeding to hit a car and assaulting guys with race cars has to be a hard line in the sand that we don’t allow to get crossed. Thankfully no one was injured far worse. Stuff like that can head a completely different direction rather we mean for it to or not.”
Greg Jones shared a clip of the initial on track wreck.
As for injuries, Hedgecock shared on Facebook that one individual was “split open, broke ribs.” He also indicated that Martin had been arrested for “vehicular assault charges.”
According to RecentlyBooked.com, Martin was booked in McMinn County, Tennessee at 1:08 AM on May 10th for aggravated assault, which is a Class C Felony.
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