Ryan Blaney was heading in direction of a robust outcome at Daytona on Saturday.
Blaney had gotten by way of the preliminary chaos that wrecked a big portion of the sector through the closing lap and was racing in direction of the end line.
However earlier than he may get there, Blaney bought spun, with the No. 47 of Ricky Stenhouse Jr making contact with the No. 12 and sending him into the wall, bringing out the warning that ended the race.
Blaney was understandably fuming after the wreck, and didn’t maintain again whereas talking together with his crew chief over the radio.
„F*** No. 47. What the f***? What the f*** are we doing?“ Blaney stated. „Proper down the backstretch and he f***ing hooks me.“
Watch: Blaney blasts Stenhouse for sparking last-lap wreck
Blaney’s frustration are properly justified. After weaving by way of the preliminary chaos of the scene, he was in place to doubtlessly win or on the very least safe a top-three end. As a substitute, he needed to watch as Stenhouse took dwelling a fifth-place end whereas he settled for thirty third.
If there’s any silver lining, it is that Blaney’s spot within the factors standings wasn’t affected by the chaotic finish to his day. Denny Hamlin had already secured the highest spot within the common season standings earlier than the beginning of the Coke Zero Sugar 400. Even a win would not be sufficient for Blaney to leap him, and Blaney’s end was sufficient for him to carry on to second place within the standings.
Nonetheless, if there’s any dangerous blood that should get labored out between Blaney and Stenhouse, they may wish to deal with it this week, as an analogous wreck over the following 10 weeks might be the distinction between successful and shedding the championship.
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