Chase Elliott Urges More Transparency From NASCAR for Heavily Penalizing Brad Keselowski
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LOS ANGELES, CA – FEBRUARY 05: Chase Elliott (#9 Hendrick Motorsports NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet) addresses the media in a press conference during the Busch Light Clash at The Coliseum NASCAR Cup Series race on February 05, 2022, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, CA. (Photo by Chris Williams/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CA – FEBRUARY 05: Chase Elliott (#9 Hendrick Motorsports NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet) addresses the media in a press conference during the Busch Light Clash at The Coliseum NASCAR Cup Series race on February 05, 2022, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, CA. (Photo by Chris Williams/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
While most of the reaction and discourse surrounding Brad Keselowski’s massive L2 penalty has been either sympathetic or that he deserved the punishment for violating the rules, Chase Elliott has a different suggestion. The Hendrick driver spoke about what he thinks of the whole Keselowski penalty situation.
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“I think it might be good for them,” Elliott said. “They don’t have to release it to the public, but I think it would be good for NASCAR to say, ‘Hey you know, like this is what they did.'”
“I understand that nothing is okay but if there was any gray area there, if they weren’t fixing damage or you know if there was something that was not intentional, I think it would be good to just learn more about the situation.”
Having said that, the 2020 Cup champion conceded that he simply doesn’t know enough about the whole thing to have a more appropriate answer than that.
Chase Elliott has a shot to redeem himself this weekend, but does he need to?
So far this season, three different Hendrick drivers have won three of the five total races, all Hendrick drivers except of Chase Elliott.
The Dawsonville native has failed to take the checkered flag yet this season. But all of this could change this Sunday as NASCAR heads to the first road course of the season at Circuit Of The Americas.
This is a circuit on which Elliott won a washed-down race last year as well. And to his advantage, he is the most successful road course circuit driver on the grid today.
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May 23, 2021; Austin, Texas, USA; Chase Elliott (9) ahead of the race on turn seventeen prior to winning the EchoPark Texas Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas. Mandatory Credit: Scott Wachter-USA TODAY Sports
So you’d think that this is his shot at reclaiming his place in his team and the public opinion, that of a race winner, that in order to do that, he ‘needs’ to win this upcoming race.
Yet all of that is true except for the ‘need’ part.
Because Chase Elliott is having a pretty good season. He has a seven-point lead over Joey Logano in second place in the standings, he has three finishes in the top ten this season.
And if you know his capabilities and talent, the first win can come as early as this weekend for NASCAR’s most popular driver.
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