“It was unfortunate” Chase Elliott on his Daytona 500 mid-race crash

Chase Elliott got eliminated due to the mid race crash caused by Kevin Harvick and Tyler Reddick's collision.


“It was unfortunate” Chase Elliott on his Daytona 500 mid-race crash

Chase Elliott via NASCAR.com

Chase Elliott, the No. 9, who drives the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Hendrick Motorsports, had a misfortune in the Daytona 500. An unfortunate multi-car crash occurred on the 117th lap of the race, ended his day. No:48 driver Alex Bowman, who started on pole, was the only HMS driver to finish the race.

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The incident was prompted by Kevin Harvick who nudged Tyler Reddick while entering turn three. The 23XI Racing driver ended up in the wall and collected the likes of Chase Elliott and Erik Jones during the chaos. No:12 Mustnag driver Ryan Blaney had a notable wreck on his car, he continued the race and finished 8th. 

Chase Elliott was bummed about what had happened and said he hated to see all the efforts put in ddiring the week resulting in nothing. He said, “It looked like some guys got tangled up, upfront. Those of us in the back were just scattering to kind of miss it. It looked like the No. 5 and the No. 43 kind of went to the apron. By the time we got slowed up, they were coming back across the track and I was the lucky winner to get there first. It’s a bummer.. long way to go. Hate to end the day, but it is what it is.”

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Chase Elliott and Erick Jones were disappointed with their early exit

Chase Elliott, (Credits: Getty Images)

Elliott would not have seen that coming when he got into his No.9 Chevrolet before the lights went out. The 27-year-old was distressed but handled it quite well, admitting that these things are bound to happen. Reddick, after the race, spoke about the incident with Kevin Harvick that caused that chaos, “Unfortunately, it was the first time I’ve been put in that situation, I got loose and unfortunately took out some other good cars.” 

Reddick felt that his No. 45 Toyota Camry was unstable. He confessed that he was disappointed with himself for taking out the other cars. Erick Jones, on the other hand, pitched in his views on the event, “It was hard to tell. It looked like the No. 45 got turned around, but I couldn’t see how it happened. Regardless, we spun out there on the bottom when I was trying to get around it and then I got hit on the left side hard enough to take out the left rear and end our day.”

The drivers were obviously bothered by the crash as they could not finish the 75th Aniversary season opener. Undoubtedly, they were racing to score good points and give it their best. But it is like what Jones said they were in the wrong spot at the wrong time.

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