By Matt Weaver (BRISTOL, Tenn.) — @JWTownley and @GrayGaulding initiated a multi-truck accident on Thursday morning in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event, collecting Justin Boston (@JBossRacing) and @BrennanNewberry in the process.

Townley and Gaulding were racing side-by-side for position coming out of Turn 2 when the two drivers bounced off each other on the backstretch. Townley slightly bobbled underneath Gaulding to start the chain of events and the two simply met in the middle. While trying to correct his car, Townley bounced off of Newberry and put him into the wall. Simultaneously, Gaulding hit the outside wall and glanced left into Townley who just got off Newberry, sending the No. 05 into the inside retaining wall.

Justin Boston, making his Truck Series debut, had nowhere to go and plowed into Townley. Gaulding was able to continue but finished six laps down while Townley and Boston finished 29th and 30th behind the wall, unable to continue.

Gaulding blamed Townley for starting the ordeal.

“It’s just racing at Bristol, I guess,” Gaulding told Popular Speed after the race. “John Wes Townley is a complete idiot. I don’t know what the heck he’s doing. Basically, the only reason he is here is that he has his dad’s money so it doesn’t matter.”

Adding to Gaulding’s frustration is that he started fifth and believed that he was capable of at least a top-10 finish.

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“That’s what happens, I guess,” Gaulding said. “We started fifth and qualified well but we were just tight all day. It’s just frustrating when you get stuck back there in traffic and put yourself in a position to get wrecked by guys like him.”

Townley was disappointed in the finish but wasn’t interested in engaging in a war of words. He’s moved on to the rest of the weekend, which includes the Nationwide race on Friday and the ARCA Series event on Sunday at Madison.

“It was just typical hard racing at Bristol,” Townley said. “We got side-by-side and there was some contact behind and then we started wrecking. I’m looking forward to Friday in this Nationwide car though. I think we’ve made a lot of progress, especially for a relatively new team and you have to turn the page and start with a blank slate.”