When Elliott returned to the track, he got in front of Harvick in the No. 9 car for the lead, and Elliott had to pit for a cut tire, losing a few laps in the process. With 35 laps remaining at Bristol, Harvick and Elliott made contact while Harvick passed the No. In last Saturday’s first playoff elimination race, the two title contenders got into it on the track and then had multiple heated confrontations when it was over.
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While Chase Elliott said he’s moved on from last weekend’s drama at Bristol Motor Speedway, Kevin Harvick had plenty to say about his feud with the defending NASCAR Cup Series champ. It killed the car and it’s just really frustrating.”īefore the race resumed, NASCAR gave teams time to clean the windshields of the cars and announced that restarts would be single file for visibility concerns until further notice.Welcome to FTW’s NASCAR Feud of the Week, where we provide a detailed breakdown of the latest absurd, funny and sometimes legitimate controversies and issues within the racing world. I’m just so frustrated about having our day end like this. I mean, you can’t see a foot in front of your car. Said Custer: “It didn’t hurt as much as I thought it was gonna be, but it’s just that you can’t see anything. Hopefully, everybody else is okay, that’s the most important thing. I want to get out of that area and through the braking zone because I knew I was going to get hit again and the next thing I knew, I got hit so hard that I was 10-feet in the air. I’m trying to stay in the gas and keep going. “Just wide open in third gear and next thing there’s a car on my hood, it’s not a good feeling. NASCAR sent the Air Titans on to the track to remove some of the water on the surface. Cole Custer then ran into the back of Truex’s car, sending the back end of Truex’s car up in the air. Shortly afterward, Martin Truex Jr ran into the back of Michael McDowell‘s car, as it slowed. All I can say is this is the worst decision that we’ve ever made in our sport that I’ve been a part of, and I’ve never felt more unsafe in my whole racing career, period.” “We don’t have any business being out in the rain, period. “I let off and the guy behind me hit me wide-open because he never saw me. It’s unbelievable that we’re out there doing what we’re doing because we’re in race cars that aren’t made to do this, and if you can’t see going down the straightaway it’s absolutely not safe, not even close.”Īsked if the sport had any business being on track in the rain and conditions, Harvick said: “You can’t see anything down the straightaways. These cars were not built to run in the rain and when you can’t see, my spotter said, ‘Check up, check up,’ because he thought he saw two cars wrecking. “It’s the most unsafe thing I’ve ever done in a race car by a lot,” he said. Harvick was slowing after Christopher Bell had slammed into the back of a slowing Ryan Blaney. MORE: NASCAR vows to learn lessons from racing in rain Vision was difficult because of the rain and the large spray of water from the cars on the wet track. Harvick spoke after he slowed to avoid an accident and was slammed in the back by Bubba Wallace in Sunday’s Cup race at Circuit of the Americas. AUSTIN, Texas - Kevin Harvick called racing in the rain “the most unsafe thing I’ve ever done in a race car by a lot.”