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Why NASCAR Was Right To SUSPEND Chase Elliott

Chase Elliott has went to a point that most thought he would never go to, right-hooking Denny Hamlin into the outside wall as revenge for how the 11 raced the 9. This is something that has become too common in the last few years in NASCAR and the sanctioning body needs to put their foot down. We saw this happen with Bubba Wallace last year after he did a very similar move on Kyle Larson at Las Vegas. Now they have an opportunity to strengthen the current precedent by suspending Elliott. This is why NASCAR was right to suspend Chase Elliott

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70 comments

JNT May 30, 2023 at 9:08 pm

The timing on this was absolutely perfect

Edit: Corey Lajoie will replace Elliott

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EJR6309 Gaming May 30, 2023 at 9:26 pm

and Hocevar will replace Lajoie!

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Tate Smith May 30, 2023 at 10:13 pm

@EJR6309 Gaming Hoicevar really? is someone at spire smoking something cause if they are i want some of it.

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EJR6309 Gaming May 31, 2023 at 2:14 pm

@Tate Smith yes hocevar

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Trevor Bailey May 30, 2023 at 9:08 pm

They just suspended him for one race. W move for NASCAR!

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Christine and Jayden May 30, 2023 at 9:14 pm

No, it’s not. I’m a fan of him and I’m very upset to hear the news of him being suspended.

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Devin Poli May 30, 2023 at 9:21 pm

@Christine and Jayden Okay? Can you not see how consistency in punishment for the sport is a good thing?

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Kanzai May 30, 2023 at 9:22 pm

​@Christine and Jayden Dude, he sent a guy full speed into the wall, he got that one deserved, you can be upset and all but that doesn’t change anything

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john stevens May 30, 2023 at 9:36 pm

@Christine and Jayden kurt busch is out of his career because the questionable safety of this car, no one should be doing these kind of things on track right now.

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S.KullRandom May 30, 2023 at 9:41 pm

Also, why only *1* race again?

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Gaming WithJohnny May 30, 2023 at 9:08 pm

This video is the real definition of perfect timing literally seconds ago he got suspended

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Midsouth Cup Series May 30, 2023 at 9:16 pm

NOOOOO

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Nick May 30, 2023 at 9:17 pm

LETS GOOOO (yes I’m a harvick fan)

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Bumblebee May 30, 2023 at 9:19 pm

LOL

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Colby Flatt May 30, 2023 at 9:31 pm

​@Nick Go 4

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Steve kh4 Whatever May 30, 2023 at 9:41 pm

@Nickthewin!! 4ever!!!! Hence the kh4 in my user name!!!

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IanPerez2000 May 30, 2023 at 9:10 pm

And as soon as this was published, Chase Elliott got suspended!

Like I said about Bubba’s suspension, let this be a lesson for the drivers.

Nobody should ever intentionally wreck other drivers, period. Doesn’t matter who you are!

Chase Elliott has nobody to blame but himself for intentionally wrecking Denny Hamlin. Justified penalty. Great call. Better hope he learns from this!

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NASCARFAN93100 May 30, 2023 at 9:14 pm

Talk about perfect timing

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RanndomUndead May 30, 2023 at 9:33 pm

yea, make their cars drive on the inside so they can be the ones putting people into walls instead.

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Travis Glanton The Tower Enthusiast May 30, 2023 at 9:38 pm

They never learn man because it’s “modern Nascar” since drivers aren’t racing with respect anymore man. If this were 1997 then Chase Elliott would have been banned from Nascar for life.

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IanPerez2000 May 30, 2023 at 10:15 pm

@RanndomUndead that doesn’t excuse Chase Elliott’s actions. Besides, Denny didn’t mean to put Chase in the wall. He had a bad corner or was tight in 4. He lifted, but it was too late.

Chase is still in the wrong, no matter what Denny did. It’s Chase’s fault. He has nobody to blame but himself. His meat riding fanbase need to realize Chase isn’t always innocent

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James DB May 31, 2023 at 4:40 pm

​@Travis Glanton The Tower Enthusiast no he wouldn’t. Maybe in the 2010s when drivers had to walk on egg shells all the time but even then, look what Gordon did to Bowyer.

But early 90s Nascar had to tell the drivers to clean up their act and stop wrecking eachother. By 97 and forward, it was retaliation properly. At the next short track race usually or turn them into the grass.

In a span of season and a half, this has happened twice. Next time it needs to increase. Points and suspension or multiple races.

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NascarJack May 30, 2023 at 9:13 pm

As an Elliott fan, it was painful to watch him do something like that. Glad nascar stayed consistent and suspended him

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Hallm34 May 30, 2023 at 9:39 pm

1000% agree

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Jefferson Koster May 30, 2023 at 9:41 pm

@Hallm34 same but I don’t mind hooked right in games but real life that different matter

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Meredith Bernhard May 30, 2023 at 9:43 pm

CE fan in agreement. Hope he adjusts his attitude and gets back on track with a better headspace

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Brandon Gauger May 30, 2023 at 9:47 pm

Also agreed 100% as a Chase fan

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RanndomUndead May 30, 2023 at 9:49 pm

@Meredith Bernhard He and every other driver has just learned to drive the bottom lane and shove people into the wall. That way if they retaliate nascar will suspend them.
With this precedent its gonna be super easy to make sure your rivals never finish a race

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Nick Samon May 30, 2023 at 9:16 pm

Waiting for Bad Seasons: Chase Elliott 2023: First injury, now suspended at the same season.

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Rainbow Warrior May 30, 2023 at 9:54 pm

Under Winston standards it beats out 2013 Keselowski for WORST championship hangover

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ChaseBriscoefan#14 May 30, 2023 at 10:09 pm

@Rainbow WarriorChase Elliott did not win the championship last season

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Rainbow Warrior May 30, 2023 at 10:24 pm

@ChaseBriscoefan#14 under Winston standards he DOES

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Scarlet Loki May 30, 2023 at 10:31 pm

@Rainbow Warrior no one cares about that, and under Winston standards he wouldn’t have won his 2020 championship

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Joe Yager May 30, 2023 at 9:21 pm

NASCAR’s one race suspension is just being consistent with the one race suspension for Bubba last year. For all of you who complain about NASCAR making up the rules as they go, at least they’re being consistent whether you agree with it or not.

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IanPerez2000 May 30, 2023 at 10:15 pm

At least it’s better than 0 races

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Wayne Wilson May 30, 2023 at 10:45 pm

Hambone should have been sat down a week and win stripped for driving thru kyle

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theLongPigChef May 30, 2023 at 10:59 pm

You aren’t wrong

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Яyder May 31, 2023 at 12:13 am

​@Wayne Wilsonyeah but he didn’t turn him head-on into a wall at the worst possible part of the racetrack to get turned into the wall at

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Keith Guthrie May 31, 2023 at 2:36 am

@Яyder Message sent “Loud and Clear” to the Gibbs and 23XI camp!! Jeff Gordon probably said… “I’ve seen ENOUGH…TAKE HIM OUT!!”

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Alexander Carabitses May 30, 2023 at 9:25 pm

I’m looking forward to seeing what Corey LaJoie can do in Chase’s equipment

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DIY Chad 726 May 30, 2023 at 9:50 pm

Is that who is replacing him?? Or are you just taking some wild guess based upon absolutely nothing, that someone who is already driving another cup car for another team already will for some reason fill in for the race

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donk jr May 30, 2023 at 9:53 pm

Corey is subbing

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ChaseBriscoefan#14 May 30, 2023 at 10:06 pm

I’m excited for Hocevar in the 7

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Daniel Villalobos May 30, 2023 at 9:39 pm

Elliott did overreact and yeah nascar probably did the right thing, but for Hamlin to say Elliott took his crappy car out on him is BS. Hamlin slammed him twice and took no accountability. Right hooking someone isn’t the answer but when are these guys like him and Larson gonna learn drivers aren’t gonna accept them leaning on them.

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SkippingRhyme May 30, 2023 at 10:07 pm

Cope harder bro lol name a driver that fenced a dude and took responsibility…. the only person who should be held accountable is chase. Regardless of what happen that was wrong of him and an over reaction.

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TatsuPazuzu May 30, 2023 at 10:16 pm

Hamlin was the aggressor

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Nafsllib May 30, 2023 at 10:19 pm

​@TatsuPazuzu this isn’t a school yard fight.

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Caleb Fondren May 30, 2023 at 10:48 pm

​@tatsupazuzu doesn’t matter why the penalized person did the penalty, he still did the penalty

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Christopher Gill May 30, 2023 at 10:55 pm

He didn’t need to explain himself considering you clearly see in every angle that he got out of the gas and washed up so it was unintentional and everyone all night was doing it so think before you type and STFU

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Dat-Mudkip May 30, 2023 at 9:47 pm

This is the first time I’ve heard about the telemetry. I thought he just lost control of his car.
But considering there is proof he intentionally wrecked Hamlin makes me agree with the decision to suspend him.

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FishOn22 May 30, 2023 at 10:15 pm

They also used it to make their decision on Bubbas incident. They can tell if your on the gas or the brake. The car is like a computer connected directly to Nascar.

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Jonathan Dempsey May 30, 2023 at 10:25 pm

@FishOn22 makes you wonder if they can slow a car down with it?

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Redslayer86 May 30, 2023 at 10:40 pm

@Jonathan Dempsey Highly unlikely they have it set up like that. But it would be possible.

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Matthew Little May 31, 2023 at 2:44 am

Nah, he steered into him; wasn’t much but at those speeds, it doesn’t take much.

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Joshua Pittman May 31, 2023 at 1:36 pm

@Redslayer86 the teams can tune their engines with the computers, but I don’t think Nascar has it set up where they have control of the car and I don’t see them ever doing that

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NR88 May 30, 2023 at 9:50 pm

While I agree 100% with nascar suspending Elliott, Denny doesn’t have the right to bring up Bristol 2021 after what he did at gateway last year.

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j_badach_xvi May 30, 2023 at 10:13 pm

I agree with you completely. As if Denny hasn’t done tons of the same stuff throughout his career. Don’t forget when Hamlin completely cleaned out chase at Martinsville

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Dirk Strickland May 30, 2023 at 10:37 pm

@j_badach_xvi U know it’s at Martinsville ffs. Can you not tell the difference in severity?

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Caleb Fondren May 30, 2023 at 10:50 pm

​@j_badach_xvi6261 It’s a safety issue not a race issue. that’s why right hooking someone into the wall at a fast track isn’t the same as what happened at martinsville

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j_badach_xvi May 30, 2023 at 10:58 pm

@Dirk Strickland I’m not comparing it to what chase did to denny I’m answering to denny bringing up his past “tantrums”

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Baggzy May 30, 2023 at 9:53 pm

I’ll be honest I love Chase, I thought Brad K hit Chase but after the different angles shown, I can’t even defend him this time man!

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Ryan O'Flaherty May 30, 2023 at 10:01 pm

Low key kinda excited to see Hocevar make his Cup debut this weekend

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DroMeetsPhoto May 30, 2023 at 10:10 pm

As a Chastain fan I really appreciated hearing your comments on the post race last night. Say what you want about Ross’s aggression he’s never straight up hooked a guy going 160+ down the dog leg. And if he did I’d be as objective as many Elliot fans calling for his suspension. Bubba deserved it & so does Chase. “Boys have at it” does NOT mean attempt to injure your competitors even if they ruin your day.

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Timmy Hill Facts May 31, 2023 at 4:04 pm

Uh… I hate to break it to you, but Ross has right hooked guys multiple times. I believe the 2018 Xfinity Auto Club and Darlington, possibly the same year, he right hooked a guy in the middle of the straight away in retaliation.

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DroMeetsPhoto May 31, 2023 at 4:15 pm

@Timmy Hill Facts I can be objective & not let my admiration for my driver get in the way of the facts. Many Elliot fans have come out in favor of the suspension & I applaud them. You still have a % that a month ago were calling for Ross to be kicked out of Cup for aggressive driving yet are mad that Elliot is sitting out a week for his own stupidity

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Ian Chance May 30, 2023 at 10:14 pm

It was a racing deal, and Elliott overreacted and retaliated in a terrible way.

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Dice Guy May 31, 2023 at 12:47 am

As a diehard Elliott fan, I whole heartedly agree. Absolutely uncalled for. Not even mad Elliott is suspended even though he is my favorite driver and it’s going to be harder to root for a guy who is willing to race like that going forward.

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Silas Tipton May 31, 2023 at 1:21 am

If you always think someone like Larson is having a rough season, just remember it could be worse

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Rob The Green Engine May 31, 2023 at 10:04 am

That opening statement perfectly sums up life as a Blaney fan and someone who’s very neutral on Chase.

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James DB May 31, 2023 at 4:46 pm

Correct call. There were so many telling Corey Lajoie “finally you’re speaking the truth!” When Corey was diagreeing with suspension.

I dont care who it is, the most favorite or the least, these type of things need to stop. In 1.5 sessons, we’ve seen this happen 4 times. 2 in cup (Bubba & Chase) Noah at RA, and in the trucks.

Now i believe the level of punishment should increase. 3 races and points. Get them back later in the race or at the next short track. Like we use to see

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