Ryan Blaney calls out, chases down Chase Elliott after getting ‘absolutely destroyed’ in pit road incident
Ryan Blaney and Chase Elliott are good friends off the track. Today at Homestead-Miami, not so much, especially after this pit stop. The two NASCAR champions almost collided on pit road. Blaney is blaming Elliott for it.
As the Cup Series field made pit stops after Stage 2 ended, Ryan Blaney had an issue. Chase Elliott pulled out of his stall and Blaney had to swerve right to avoid hitting the No. 9. Both drivers did their best not to make contact. Blaney got the worst of it.
Always known to be fiery on the radio, Blaney was fired up once again. He said “I get absolutely destroyed by the 9,” over the radio, according to Kelly Crandall of RACER.com.
When Blaney got back on the track, Crandall noted, he drove up alongside Elliott. He either said something or told him he was #1. I’m sure those two will talk later. Probably after they leave Miami.
Elliott did receive a penalty, but not for the Blaney incident. He was penalized for not entering pit road single file. That cost him plenty of spots.
Jeff Gluck of The Athletic tweeted out some of Chase’s radio. “There was zero advantage there. I was simply not trying to hit the guy. I don’t know what to do any different.”
A run-in with Ryan Blaney and then penalized for how he entered pit road. When it was all over, a tough break for Chase Elliott to start the final stage.
This is a developing story…
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