WATCH: Ryan Blaney goes on an angry rant after ‘getting right-reared from someone’s dumb push’ at Daytona duels
Ryan Blaney is frustrated with how the 2024 Daytona 500 weekend has started for him.
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Ryan Blaney's car on fire after Daytona Duel crash (Via IMAGO)
Team Penske racing is in for a tight schedule ahead of the Daytona 500 as they have to get the reigning champion Ryan Blaney’s backup car fixed and race-ready. They are forced to take the new car after an incident during the Duel race-2, where the No:12 Ford got right reared onto the outside wall.
It destroyed the whole front end of the new Ford Mustang Dark Horse, and the event caught on fire. Blaney was quickly taken out of the vehicle and moved to the Infield Care Centre for evaluation. Blaney believes that the mistake from his former teammate and now RFK Racing owner-driver Brad Keselowski caused the incident.
Blaney was frustrated while talking to the media about the incident after his release. He pointed out that he was a victim of poor pushing from the drivers as he had been for the last three times in the previous years. Blaney was frustrated about the fact that some drivers hadn’t figured out why It wasn’t a good idea to push at the tri-oval area of the track.
I’m sick of paying the expense of it and getting right-reared from someone’s dumb push. So it’s just frustrating because we do everything right, and then you have guys who are just careless and just shove guys until they just don’t know when to let them go, and it causes wrecks, and I just seem to be the byproduct of getting hooked in the right rear which is never fun.Blaney said, as reported by NASCAR.com.
Kyle Busch detailed what went wrong during the incident
Two-time NASCAR Cup champion Kyle Busch was in the middle of the whole incident. Approaching the tri-oval, Blaney got a good run, and it put Willaim Byron in a tricky situation; the HMS drivers’ attempt to block Busch and the push Keselowski gave to Busch at the tri-oval resulted in the multi-car incident.
The big run that the 12 got kind of got the 24 (Byron) shucked out of line. He lost momentum. I’m seeing that lifting, rolling out of the gas, trying not to hit the 24 and I’m getting a little bit of bump from behind from the 6 (Keselowski) also, not really seeing through me what’s going on, and just hit the 24 in the tri-oval where you’re not supposed to and spun them out and caused the wreck. So just an accordion-type deal, but it happens that way.Busch said.
But Busch later pointed out that Keselowski can’t be blamed for the incident as it wasn’t his fault this happened, as at the end of the day it is the nature of track. The team and drivers will quickly get over the incident, as Busch, Blaney, and Riley Herbst will have to get the backup car race ready before Sunday.
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