Dale Earnhardt Jr Perfectly Decodes How Chase Elliott Dug His Own Grave Against Ross Chastain

The Chase Elliott and Ross Chastain incident at Phoenix Raceway during the championship-decided race raised a couple of eyebrows. Soon drivers were seen pointing fingers at each other, while still being unsure as to who was in the wrong. NASCAR veteran, Dale Earnhardt Jr recently explained his thoughts on the incident and how he believed Elliott was in the wrong.

Dale Earnhardt Jr stated, “So there’s, this is really this is this really comes down to mentality and so Ross is in position. He moves left, it gets under the nine, and he’s underneath him right. And so if the nine comes down, every driver’s probably gonna do things a little differently. Ross is the type of guy that if he’s got position and you try to block, he’s holding the steering wheel straight and you’re spinning, your fault, okay?”

“If the nine comes down on me, I probably would have jerked the wheel to left and went even lower. There was a little bit of room down there that I would probably try to keep my momentum, maybe going if we make contact that stops my momentum and, you know, and spinning him out. I lost a couple spots about the cars on the outside of me because it’s gonna slow me down as I turn him.”

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“So I’m trying to keep go left so I can keep my momentum up. And eventually, he’s gonna have to fade back right to make the corner. And so, everybody would have done that differently. There’s no right or wrong. I don’t think Ross is wrong, but holding the wheel straight and letting the nine spin himself out. I think it was obviously, not Ross’s fault because Chase couldn’t tell if he did anything wrong.“

What did Chase Elliott ask his spotter after the impact?

Elliott remained unsure if it was he who was in thew wrong or if was it Chastain who intentionally spun him out. Despite having a better view as the spotter, Elliott’s spotter continued defending Elliott and tried to throw the blame on the other party.

During the race, right after the impact, Elliot asked, “I mean did I do something wrong there or what?” His spotter promptly responded, “No bud. I don’t know what to tell you. These guys race that way. They race that way all the time.”

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Given Chastain’s reputation, one could understand why would Chase Elliott’s spotter point fingers straight towards Ross without putting much though into it. But in the end, we all know that what took place between them was just a racing incident and nothing more.