Road Course King Chase Elliott Drops 4-Word Verdict on NASCAR’s Charlotte Debate

NASCAR nation is now split into 2, with the organization dropping new updates regarding its upcoming road course at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Last day, NASCAR’s Senior VP has announced procedural changes for the upcoming Cup & Xfinity Series races at the Roval. Ever since then, the announcement’s ripple effects are still being felt in the community.

Recently, the organization’s golden boy, and arguably the best road course racer of the generation, Chase Elliott, gave his take on the matter. While the 2020 Cup Series champion couldn’t make the playoffs, the road course specialist was quick to offer his verdict on NASCAR’s decision.

Chase Elliott gives his honest take on NASCAR’s Charlotte announcement

For HMS and Elliott fans, 2023 was nothing but a bad dream. Despite coming so close to a win, the #9 driver just couldn’t capitalize on it and had to go out without making the playoffs for the first time in his 8-season career. While Elliott still is in the owner’s championship hunt, his driver’s title contention is out of the question.

Nonetheless, the driver opened up about his thoughts about NASCAR’s Tuesday announcement, which raised quite some eyebrows. What is this disputable announcement, you may ask? Well, considering how lackluster the recent road races at Indy and Watkins Glen were, the organization has now decided to revert back to throwing full-course cautions at the end of the race’s first two stages.

This change will come into effect for all the remaining 10 playoff races as Elton Sawyer, VP of NASCAR, puts it.

“We want to make sure that throughout the playoffs, in the 10-race Cup Series Playoffs, we wanted to make sure that we were officiating across the board the same way. Now we will be, all of our races will have caution stage breaks, including the ROVAL here in a few weeks.” said the senior NASCAR representative on NASCAR’s SiriusXM NASCAR channel.

A few hours later, the HMS road racing expert dropped into his thoughts about the move. He said, “Obviously, they dont like the races going green from green to checkered and that to me is what that sounds like them trying to fix that, so it also 2 cautions that we’re going to get you know in the race and you know it’s fine, I’m personally I’m good either way or whichever way you know it works.“

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Chase Elliott takes the fall for Kansas stint with Kyle Larson

For the first time in his career, the 2020 Cup Series champion lost his way in the fray, not able to make the playoff 16. And the driver is pretty much disappointed. The community saw that firsthand in Kansas when Elliott’s #9 Chevy bumped the #5 HMS Chevy of his teammate in frustration.

The incident took place in the late laps of the race when both drivers got into each other on the pit road. Larson was on his way out of the pit road, and so was Elliott. Both drivers were side-by-side until Brad Keselowski moved out of his pit box. To avoid rear-ending the #6 Ford, Larson swerved right, bumping into the #9 Chevy of Elliott.

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Elliott later on bumped the #5 car in retaliation, not knowing the full story of the incident. Elliott was seen dejected and furious in the post-race, not offering any comments on the incident. The driver shrugged it off with a simple, “no”. However, seeing the replay, the driver understood his mistake.

Speaking on NASCAR’s radio channel, Elliott said, “We obviously ran into each other on pit road, and I didn’t have the full picture of what went on. I was frustrated. That stuff happens, for sure. But at the end of the day, I’ll certainly take the blame for my frustrations on that front.”

And with this, NASCAR fandom seems to be in a dilemma, splitting over the decision with young fans rooting for it and older fans not doing the same. What are your views about the changes? Do let us know in the comments below.

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