Alex Bowman confesses his “crappy push” crashed Ryan Blaney at Talladega
Hendrick Motorsports veteran Alex Bowman has taken the blame for Ryan Blaney’s wreck at Talladega in stage two.
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Ryan Blaney and Alex Bowman (Via IMAGO)
The NASCAR Cup series race at Talladega Motor Speedway was as more chaotic than many expected it to be as it featured a 28-car wreck and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. playing spoiler with winning in a photo finish. Before the big one, there was one other wreck that took out some big names in the second stage of the Yellawood 500.
Hendrick Motorsports’ Alex Bowman, with just a handful of laps left in the final stage of the race, gave the defending champion Ryan Blaney a poor push. This caused him to spin out and make contact with the wall, while also causing damages to the likes of Joey Logano and Ross Chastain, whose car caught on fire.
Blaney was furious at Bowman for causing the wreck and ruining his day. The HMS driver in his post-race interview took blame for the wreck and admitted that his crappy push of Blaney was a mistake, and the reason for the wreck. He was trying get more stage points, helping the lane he is, but he made contact with wrong spot of the Ford.
We had kind of gotten pretty far back in track position obviously; got stuck in the fourth lane, and that just killed us. Just overall kind of disappointed in myself. I made the wrong move a lot, and I crashed (Ryan Blaney) with just a crappy push. Obviously, just trying to push him to try and help our lane for the stage and just hit him in the wrong spot.
Alex Bowman told NBC Sports.
Alex Bowman hates his wrong decision and is frustrated
While further talking about the incident, Alex Bowman pointed out that he is really frustrated with the bad job he has done. He pointed out that his team did great job and gave him a faster car, but his mistakes didn’t help them to maximize on points. This not only ruined his day, but his rivals’ as well.
I hate that I did that. I hate that I made the wrong decisions that I did, and I didn’t do a very good job today. Frustrated because we had a really good Camaro today. The team did a really good job, and we obviously had moments where we were really good. But just execution-wise, I made too many mistakes and put us in too many bad spots. Obviously hate that I ruined some other guys’ days too.
Alex Bowman said.
The No:48 Chevy driver has t learn from his mistake and should seek to not repeat the mistake that ruined his race at Dega in the coming events. If he can make it happen and give real fight for the race win, he has a good shot at winning the championship.
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