Following Friday night's Nationwide race at Richmond International Raceway, two crewmen were reportedly arrested by Henrico Police at approx. 11:15 p.m in the driver motorhome parking lot. Moments before the arrest, there was a physical post-race incident between NASCAR driver's Nelson Piquet Jr. and Brian Scott. Reports are saying the two arrested crewmen were from Richard Childress Racing, the team of Brian Scott. Sources are saying there was an alleged assault.
Two adult males were taken into custody due to an ongoing investigation, Lt. Linda. N. Toney said in a statement. She said that one of two victims has a shoulder injury. There is speculation that Nelson Piquet Jr. was the target of this alleged assault. SPEED's Bob Dillner confirmed a Turner Scott Racing official told him Piquet Jr, had "just (a) scratch." We can assume from that statement that Piquet was involved in some way.
RCR's Director of Communications Tim Packman said, "We are aware an incident took place outside of the track's infield following Friday night's NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Richmond International Raceway involving members of our team and others from another team. We are cooperating with the local authorities in this matter."
The identities of the RCR crew members were not released and there has been no statement from Piquet's representatives at this point.
Richmond International Raceway did not comment due to the ongoing investigation.
Two adult males were taken into custody due to an ongoing investigation, Lt. Linda. N. Toney said in a statement. She said that one of two victims has a shoulder injury. There is speculation that Nelson Piquet Jr. was the target of this alleged assault. SPEED's Bob Dillner confirmed a Turner Scott Racing official told him Piquet Jr, had "just (a) scratch." We can assume from that statement that Piquet was involved in some way.
RCR's Director of Communications Tim Packman said, "We are aware an incident took place outside of the track's infield following Friday night's NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Richmond International Raceway involving members of our team and others from another team. We are cooperating with the local authorities in this matter."
The identities of the RCR crew members were not released and there has been no statement from Piquet's representatives at this point.
Richmond International Raceway did not comment due to the ongoing investigation.
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