{"id":14636,"date":"2023-06-02T06:00:44","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T10:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/?p=14636"},"modified":"2023-08-24T11:28:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T15:28:29","slug":"chase-elliott-suspension-overshadows-blaneys-victory-in-charlotte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2023\/06\/02\/chase-elliott-suspension-overshadows-blaneys-victory-in-charlotte\/","title":{"rendered":"Elliott&#8217;s Suspension Overshadows Blaney&#8217;s Victory In Charlotte"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Ryan Blaney snapped a 59-race winless streak while Chase Elliott earned a suspension during a rain delayed Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte.<\/h3>\n<p>The buzz around the NASCAR Cup Series this week is all about <strong>Chase Elliott<\/strong>. On lap 186, NASCAR&#8217;s most popular driver turned left into <strong>Denny Hamlin<\/strong> sending him head-on into the wall. Hamlin was furious afterward, saying Elliott got mad and threw a tantrum after bouncing off the wall. On Tuesday, NASCAR agreed with Hamlin and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nascar.com\/news-media\/2023\/05\/30\/nascar-suspends-chase-elliott-for-one-race-after-coca-cola-600-incident-full-charlotte-penalty-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">suspended Chase Elliott<\/a> for next weekend&#8217;s Cup Series race at Gateway.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chase Elliott, Denny Hamlin tangle at Charlotte Motor Speedway\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qMVzCL0x_RQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;It&#39;s a tantrum and [Chase Elliott] shouldn&#39;t be racing next week.&quot;- Denny Hamlin <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y8xARpdU5O\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/y8xARpdU5O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASCARONFOX\/status\/1663312617455120385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The incident is almost a carbon copy of last year&#8217;s incident at Kansas where <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2022\/10\/17\/nascar-bubba-wallace-dumps-and-shoves-larson-las-vegas\/\" target=\"_self\">Bubba Wallace intentionally wrecked Kyle Larson<\/a>. Wallace was also handed a one-race suspension for his actions.<\/p>\n<p>While his competitors have noted times that Elliott lost his cool on track before, part of what makes Elliott so popular is his &#8220;good guy&#8221; reputation. Turning a driver head-on into the wall at over 150 mph is certainly a knock to that reputation.<\/p>\n<h3>Ryan Blaney Ends Winless Streak<\/h3>\n<p>After driving a dominant car to victory lane in Charlotte, the emotion in Ryan Blaney&#8217;s voice was evident. Blaney led seven different times for a race-high 163 laps on his way to winning one of NASCAR&#8217;s crown jewel events. In a race where several potential winning cars had issues, Blaney&#8217;s #12 car was consistently in the top five. He withstood late-race restarts and held off a speedy\u00a0<strong>William Byron<\/strong> late to win for the first time since Daytona in the summer of 2021.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ryan Blaney&#39;s winless streak is over. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FURNCL20c1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/FURNCL20c1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASCARONFOX\/status\/1663349951164719106?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 30, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Monday&#8217;s win was also a crowning achievement for Blaney&#8217;s car owner, Roger Penske. For the first time, his race teams won the Indianapolis 500 and Coca-Cola 600 on the same Memorial Day Weekend. Josef Newgarden took the checkered flag in Sunday&#8217;s Indianapolis 500 for Team Penske in a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2023\/05\/31\/indycar-marcus-ericsson-not-pleased-after-controversial-500-finish\/\" target=\"_self\">controversial finish<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Great Finishes For Zane Smith and J.J. Yeley<\/h3>\n<p>NASCAR&#8217;s longest race has a history of rewarding first-timers in the Cup Series. <strong>Zane Smith<\/strong> is the latest rookie to find scoring his first career Top 10 finish. Smith finished 10th after staying out of trouble all day and surviving a handful of late cautions. Putting Smith in the #38 car for six races this year was an interesting decision when announced. The move effectively demoted the car&#8217;s full-time driver,\u00a0<strong>Todd Gilliland<\/strong>, in favor of Smith, Ford&#8217;s top development driver, for those six races. Just finishing was the goal for Smith, so a Top 10 finish had him ecstatic when the race ended.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZaneSmith?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ZaneSmith<\/a> says he came into his first <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CocaCola600?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#CocaCola600<\/a> simply wanting to finish the race. At the end of the race, he found himself in the top-10 for the first time in his <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NASCAR?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NASCAR<\/a> Cup Series career. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XI1SarxRqI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/XI1SarxRqI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Toby Christie (@Toby_Christie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Toby_Christie\/status\/1663372644031385600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 30, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>J.J. Yeley<\/strong> is another driver who finished higher than expected in Charlotte. Yeley finished in 16th on the lead lap for Rick Ware Racing. The 16th place finish is the highest ever for a Rick Ware Racing car on a track that isn&#8217;t a superspeedway or road course.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next up for the NASCAR Cup Series is World Wide Technology Raceway for the Enjoy Illinois 300 this Sunday, June 4th at 3:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h5>Featured Image Credit: Logan Riely\/Getty Images<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan Blaney snapped a 59-race winless streak while Chase Elliott earned a suspension during a rain delayed Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte. The buzz around the NASCAR Cup Series this week is all about Chase Elliott. On lap 186, NASCAR&#8217;s most popular driver turned left into Denny Hamlin sending him head-on into the wall. 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