Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson discuss relationship | Sports News

Cooler heads have seemingly prevailed after former NASCAR Cup Series champions and Hendrick Motorsports teammates Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott clashed on monitor during the latest Iowa Corn 350 Powered by Ethanol. This revelation got here during a weekend dominated as soon as again by street course king Shane van Gisbergen as he received Go Bowling At The Glen.

The pair clashed on a couple of events during Stage 2 at Iowa Speedway, together with a side-to-side shunt as Elliott tried to pressure his method via the center as they went three large following a restart on lap 209, pushing Larson high and large up the banking. Larson immediately made his emotions clear over his group radio, earlier than making an admission forward of the following race. 

Fast ahead to lap 251, and Larson discovered himself being shoved up high as soon as again, this time by Christopher Bell within the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota as they fought door to door for sixth, with Elliott forward in third. 

“How much ——- room do I have to leave people?” Larson requested through his radio. “I’ve been trying to be good — a good teammate, I’m trying to be a good competitor and it hasn’t gotten me anywhere the last hour.”

Larson wound up ending a disappointing twenty eighth whereas Elliott took the checkered flag in 14th. However, now a week faraway from a irritating afternoon in Iowa, so far as the previous is anxious, there’s no unhealthy blood between them.

“Everybody’s making a big deal about Chase. I really wasn’t that mad at Chase, and too, after seeing the replays and stuff, I was less frustrated,” Larson mentioned on Saturday, through NASCAR. “I move on from things quickly. I don’t really even think that there was a need for a conversation. I’ve ran into him way more, so no, I’m all good and moved on from it.

“It wasn’t what I thought it was from the seat. I was less frustrated with him than I was others. It was just everything kind of compiled and I was trying to keep my cool and then I just exploded.”

Further detracting from any narratives suggesting there was unhealthy blood between the teammates, Elliott admitted he “didn’t know there was any issue, honestly. I just feel like we were going for the same gap at the same time. I didn’t think any of that was intentional, either way. So yeah, I haven’t felt the need [to talk]. If we need to talk, we will, I’m sure. But we haven’t had any issues.”

Elliott might not have felt the need to speak to Larson, however he’ll actually have felt the need to speak to his group after an uncommon mistake at Watkins Glen on Sunday. 

Having been mistakenly instructed that he had accomplished the ultimate lap of Stage 1, Elliott was instructed to coast coming down the primary straightaway. Sensing one thing was incorrect, Elliott rapidly questioned his spotter’s call, to which he was instructed, “Keep coming. Yeah, that’s on me. F—.” Although by this level, it was too late, as John Hunter Nemechek had already handed the No. 9.

Thankfully for Elliott’s spotter, the 29-year-old was in a position to get back previous Nemecheck, ending fourth within the stage. Unfortunately, Elliott wound up ending the race in twenty sixth, his first end exterior of the highest 20 since Las Vegas in October 2024.

As for Larson, he completed 15 laps down in thirty ninth due to an early brake problem.