Sports world reacts to Ricky Stenhouse crash on first lap of NASCAR at Darlington

Jesse Reed

Updated: May 17, 2020

Ricky Stenhouse didn’t even make it through one full lap of NASCAR’s Darlington race Sunday. He got a nudge in the back of his No. 47 car, spun out and crashed into the inside wall.

Ricky Stenhouse is done for the day after one turn. pic.twitter.com/Af1nujMcB2
— Jordan Dajani (@JordanDajani) May 17, 2020

This first-lap crash brought out the caution flag.

After two months of nothing but virtual racing to tide fans over, Stenhouse’s wreck was a weird, yet somehow normalizing start to the race. Fans reacted on social media.

Ricky Stenhouse crashing on the first lap of racing in two months is the most on-brand thing ever.
— Matt Infield (@Matt_Infield) May 17, 2020

Imagine not racing for 7 weeks. Your team is so excited to finally get back out there. Barely got any sleep last night due to overwhelming excitement.

… then you crash on the first lap. Damn, I feel for Ricky Stenhouse. #NASCARIsBack
— Frankie (@FrankPavs) May 17, 2020

Damn…1st lap and Ricky Stenhouse Jr crashes his Kroger machine.
The long wait and that happens. Ouch.
Rough one for the pride of Olive Branch.
— Greg Gaston (@Greg_Gaston) May 17, 2020

NASCAR fans waited two months for racing to return only to have Ricky Stenhouse Jr. junk on the first lap in the first two corners. That’s only fitting 😂 #NASCARIsBack #RealHeroes400
— Alex Wanders (@WandersAlex) May 17, 2020

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By Jesse Reed

Former Managing Editor at Sportsnaut. Featured on Yardbarker and MSN.com, and was a breaking news writer/NFL analyst for Bleacher ... More about Jesse Reed

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Sports world reacts to Ricky Stenhouse crash on first lap of NASCAR at Darlington

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