WATCH: Chase Elliott shrugs off Ryan Blaney’s backhanded compliment at Talladega
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Chase Elliott at the Charlotte Convention Center on September 4, 2024. Image source: Imagn
2020 Cup Series champion, Chase Elliott recently responded to Ryan Blaney’s sarcastic compliment before the second race of the Round of 12 at Talladega Superspeedway.
Elliott was born in Dawsonville, Georgia and is the son of 1988 Winston Cup Series champion Bill Elliott. The Hendrick Mortorsports driver has been racing full-time in the Cup Series since 2016 and became the youngest to win the NASCAR Xfinity Series championship in 2014.
After Blaney’s sarcastic comments about Elliott being “Dawsonville’s finest” at the Talladega media center, Reporter Bob Pockrass asked Elliott whether he or his dad, Bill Elliott, deserved the title. Chase responded with a laugh and said,
“I’m definitely not. I’m not sure he is either. There’s got to be better than us somewhere.”
Elliott is a two-time winner at Talladega and has scored 31 more points at the track than any other driver in the NASCAR Cup Series since 2022 at the 2.66-mile track.
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Ahead of the YellaWood 500 race, the 28-year-old is four points above the elimination line.
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d Tony Stewart.
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