Chase Elliott silence speaks volumes during first | Sports News

Chase Elliott’s silence spoke a thousand phrases because the No. 9 Chevrolet driver locked in for the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs opener.

On Sunday, the Cook Out Southern 500 swiftly devolved into chaos as soon as a huge wreck transpired on the very first lap at Darlington Raceway. Several days prior, Elliott predicted that the postseason would deliver on one other wave of depth whereas offering a “better environment to watch and be a part of” in comparison with the common season.

And it was clear early on that Elliott had deployed a laser focus whereas steadily climbing up the sector after qualifying in twenty first. Taking to social media, Hendrick Motorsports’ No. 9 staff wrote: “Chase has been silent on the radio. He’s P19 at lap 25.”

While making an look on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio forward of the Coke Zero Sugar 400, Elliott conceded that the postseason generates a completely different degree of pleasure and competitiveness since every occasion means a lot. “For me, those last 10 are, they feel like the sport should feel to me,” he defined.

“Like I get that…this is what sports and the fall and the playoffs should feel like. And it just makes it really easy to get up and get excited and get fired up and do your homework and everything else, just because you know what’s on the line, something’s on the line every week, and you’re getting down to it.

“It’s either go big and make it happen or don’t. And it’s totally in your hands, whether or not that happens. And I love that. So that’s why I love the last 10, just because I think it brings a level of excitement that we all need and that I think is healthy to have. And when we have that type of intensity and something’s laid on the line every weekend, I think it’s just a better environment to watch and be a part of, and all of the above.”Given the heightened stakes at Darlington, Elliott asserted that he wasn’t trying to make any buddies on the observe regardless of being NASCAR’s Most Popular Driver. “Some guys just race like a–holes, some of them just do,” he mentioned on the ‘The BobbyCast’ show.

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When requested if he’d think about turning heel — a wrestling phenomenon the place a fan-favorite transforms into a villain — Elliott replied: “I think that would catch a lot of people off guard. Maybe I will. Somebody might be getting the bird this weekend.”

Sure enough, Elliott confirmed he was not taking part in round after trading paint with Carson Hocevar in Stage 2. While in search of a lane, the 29-year-old squeezed his manner down and made heavy contact with the No. 77 Chevrolet.

Hocevar didn’t take kindly to the gesture, shouting over the radio upon getting turned sideways: “F— him. I don’t care who he drives for.”