NASCAR Driver Accuses Opponent Of Being 'Moron' After Sunday's Race

06/24/2024 10:08 AM

Ryan Blaney didn't have much nice to say about Michael McDowell after the veteran driver wrecked him in New Hampshire on Sunday.

Blaney was in second place with nine laps to go but his day ended up ruined when McDowell spun him out going into one of the final turns.

"What the [expletive] did he think was going to happen there?" the 2023 Cup Series champion yelled over his radio. "… I know exactly what happened. He bombed it in there like a moron."

McDowell reportedly sought Blaney out after the race to apologize — which the 30-year-old appreciated. But it doesn't take the sting out of tacking another possible win onto his record.

"He said he was sorry that he wrecked me," Blaney told NBC. "The apology is nice, but not gonna bring back what he did. I knew what he was trying to do. It was a low percentage move, it's wet down there and you're just gonna drive it down in there, what do you think is gonna happen. Like, you're gonna take both of us out."

"I know he's gotta win and all that, and that's his excuse, but be a little more calculated in that," the Penske star continued. "He just thinks we were at the expense of it."

He'll look to get right at next weekend's Ally 400 in Nashville.

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