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NASCAR Trucks: Dillon vows retaliation after crash with Elliott
Written by Andy Hamilton
NASCAR Trucks: Dillon vows retaliation after crash with Elliott
Skirmish last week in Canada could spill into Newton.
TODAY’S RACE
•What: Fan Appreciation 200 presented by New Holland• Where: Iowa Speedway in Newton• Green flag: 1:17 p.m.• TV: Fox Sports 1 (prerace show begins at 12:30 p.m.)• Tickets, parking: Available, from $20. Parking lots open at 9 a.m.
NEWTON, IA. —Ty Dillon dug his truck out of a tire pile last Sunday and drove to the finish line with smoke pouring from his helmet.
One minute, he was battling for his second win of the season on NASCAR’s Camping World Truck Series. The next, he was vowing to wreck 17-year-old Chase Elliott this weekend in Iowa.
That latest quarrel in motorsports began on the final lap of the road course at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, with Dillon fighting fuel issues and Elliott charging to become the youngest winner in series history.
Dillon moved up the track after the second-to-last last turn and Elliott attempted to take an inside line into the final corner. Their battle for the same piece of track property resulted in Elliott slamming into the rear fender of Dillon’s No. 3 truck.
Elliott wound up in victory lane. Dillon spun into the fence, dropped to 17th and promised payback this weekend during the Fan Appreciation 200 at Iowa Speedway.
“I was very heated after that moment, and I still am very disappointed about it,” Dillon said Saturday. “My first obligation here is to win this race, and whatever happens with me and Chase will happen. I’m still not very happy with him, and I will have to retaliate at some point.
“He will have to understand that you can’t just come into a series and wreck a point contender just blatantly like that. There’s going to be a little bit of rebuttal from it. I’ll allow him to learn his lesson. I don’t know when it’ll happen, but at some point it will come back around.”
The potential for a spillover from last week might be the top subplot to Sunday’s race in Newton.
“Watching these situations unfold in the past, I’m sure we’re going to qualify right next to each other and I’m sure we’re going to run right next to each other all day long,” Elliott said. “I’m sure the opportunity is going to present itself. If he wants to try to wreck me, I’m sure that he’ll have a chance to. It seems like that’s the way it works every time, no matter who it is, it seems like you’re always with that guy all day long.”
Just as Elliott predicted, he’ll start Sunday’s race on Dillon’s rear bumper.
Ross Chastain qualified on the pole with Erik Jones on the outside of the front row. Dillon posted the fifth-fastest time in qualifying, with Elliott two spots behind him.
The son of former Sprint Cup star Bill Elliott said he attempted to reach out to Dillon this week to explain his position as a rookie racing for his first career victory and reiterate that he “wasn’t trying to wreck Ty.”
Elliott said Dillon did not respond to his voicemail message.
“If he was reaching out to me, he knew he did wrong,” Dillon said. “There was nothing for me to say to him. I don’t really respect people who wreck me and then try to call and apologize the next week when you know you wrecked me. There was no reason for me to (call him back).”
Dillon said the conclusion would be easier to stomach if Elliott had hit his door or rear bumper and given both drivers the opportunity to race side-by-side to the finish line. Fox Sports racing analyst Hermie Sadler said most racing traditionalists would agree with that point.
“I don’t want to give the cop-out answer, but I can see both sides of the discussion,” Sadler said.
“If Chase Elliott is driving for me, I want him to take that chance, I want him to try to win that race. If Ty Dillon is driving for me, I want him to be upset he got a win and a lot of points taken from him on the last corner of the last lap.”
Elliott sought advice on the situation this week from his father, a 44-time winner in 828 Sprint Cup starts.
“My dad’s been in a lot of situations over the years that have, ironically, been very, very similar to the one I’m in right now with Ty,” he said. “All situations are different and it depends who you ask as to who was in the right and who was in the wrong. ... I had a really fast truck last week, had an opportunity to win and at some point you’ve got to be aggressive and take chances. I felt I was in the right to take a chance and to go for the win.”
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NASCAR Trucks: Dillon vows retaliation after crash with Elliott
Written by Andy Hamilton
NASCAR Trucks: Dillon vows retaliation after crash with Elliott
Skirmish last week in Canada could spill into Newton.
TODAY’S RACE
•What: Fan Appreciation 200 presented by New Holland• Where: Iowa Speedway in Newton• Green flag: 1:17 p.m.• TV: Fox Sports 1 (prerace show begins at 12:30 p.m.)• Tickets, parking: Available, from $20. Parking lots open at 9 a.m.
NEWTON, IA. —Ty Dillon dug his truck out of a tire pile last Sunday and drove to the finish line with smoke pouring from his helmet.
One minute, he was battling for his second win of the season on NASCAR’s Camping World Truck Series. The next, he was vowing to wreck 17-year-old Chase Elliott this weekend in Iowa.
That latest quarrel in motorsports began on the final lap of the road course at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, with Dillon fighting fuel issues and Elliott charging to become the youngest winner in series history.
Dillon moved up the track after the second-to-last last turn and Elliott attempted to take an inside line into the final corner. Their battle for the same piece of track property resulted in Elliott slamming into the rear fender of Dillon’s No. 3 truck.
Elliott wound up in victory lane. Dillon spun into the fence, dropped to 17th and promised payback this weekend during the Fan Appreciation 200 at Iowa Speedway.
“I was very heated after that moment, and I still am very disappointed about it,” Dillon said Saturday. “My first obligation here is to win this race, and whatever happens with me and Chase will happen. I’m still not very happy with him, and I will have to retaliate at some point.
“He will have to understand that you can’t just come into a series and wreck a point contender just blatantly like that. There’s going to be a little bit of rebuttal from it. I’ll allow him to learn his lesson. I don’t know when it’ll happen, but at some point it will come back around.”
The potential for a spillover from last week might be the top subplot to Sunday’s race in Newton.
“Watching these situations unfold in the past, I’m sure we’re going to qualify right next to each other and I’m sure we’re going to run right next to each other all day long,” Elliott said. “I’m sure the opportunity is going to present itself. If he wants to try to wreck me, I’m sure that he’ll have a chance to. It seems like that’s the way it works every time, no matter who it is, it seems like you’re always with that guy all day long.”
Just as Elliott predicted, he’ll start Sunday’s race on Dillon’s rear bumper.
Ross Chastain qualified on the pole with Erik Jones on the outside of the front row. Dillon posted the fifth-fastest time in qualifying, with Elliott two spots behind him.
The son of former Sprint Cup star Bill Elliott said he attempted to reach out to Dillon this week to explain his position as a rookie racing for his first career victory and reiterate that he “wasn’t trying to wreck Ty.”
Elliott said Dillon did not respond to his voicemail message.
“If he was reaching out to me, he knew he did wrong,” Dillon said. “There was nothing for me to say to him. I don’t really respect people who wreck me and then try to call and apologize the next week when you know you wrecked me. There was no reason for me to (call him back).”
Dillon said the conclusion would be easier to stomach if Elliott had hit his door or rear bumper and given both drivers the opportunity to race side-by-side to the finish line. Fox Sports racing analyst Hermie Sadler said most racing traditionalists would agree with that point.
“I don’t want to give the cop-out answer, but I can see both sides of the discussion,” Sadler said.
“If Chase Elliott is driving for me, I want him to take that chance, I want him to try to win that race. If Ty Dillon is driving for me, I want him to be upset he got a win and a lot of points taken from him on the last corner of the last lap.”
Elliott sought advice on the situation this week from his father, a 44-time winner in 828 Sprint Cup starts.
“My dad’s been in a lot of situations over the years that have, ironically, been very, very similar to the one I’m in right now with Ty,” he said. “All situations are different and it depends who you ask as to who was in the right and who was in the wrong. ... I had a really fast truck last week, had an opportunity to win and at some point you’ve got to be aggressive and take chances. I felt I was in the right to take a chance and to go for the win.”