{"id":130759,"date":"2025-09-09T08:29:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T08:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/130759\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T08:29:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T08:29:40","slug":"ryan-blaney-asks-what-i-did-to-deserve-larson-wrecking-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/130759\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Blaney asks “what I did to deserve” Larson wrecking him"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two former NASCAR Cup champions had a surprising run-in with each other during Sunday’s race at WWT Raceway (Gateway).<\/p>\n

While battling for fifth position near the end of Stage 2, Kyle Larson<\/a> made an aggressive lunge to the inside of Ryan Blaney<\/a>. He slid up the track and made contact with Blaney, fully sending the No. 12 Team Penske<\/a> Ford around into a spin.<\/p>\n

While Blaney rebounded to finish fourth<\/a> and now sits a comfortable 42 points above the cutline, he was still confused by the incident. As a result, he approached Larson after the race and TV cameras caught the drivers having a cordial discussion about what transpired before Larson commented to the media.<\/p>\n

“I just wanted to know what I did to deserve it,” said Blaney. “He just said he made a mistake. That’s fine. Make mistakes. But like at the end of the day, I still got turned. Came from all the way up the bottom of the racetrack, hit me in he left rear. I know he most likely didn’t mean to do it, but it happened anyway.<\/p>\n

“That’s one I’ve got to remember. I was happy we bounced back, not to get turned around, did a good job of coming out where we need to be. Having a good enough car to get back to fourth. Proud of the effort.”<\/p>\n

Larson admits “I messed up”
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Larson finished 12th, and also sits in a solid spot with 60 points between himself and the cutline. He took full responsibility for the incident, which only hurt Blaney by denying him a handful of stage points in the end.<\/p>\n

“I just told him I messed up,” said Larson. “I wasn’t meaning obviously to go in there and hit him. The lap before I had got in there and got inside of him, slid up, got to his door, got him tight, got to where I could race him down the frontstretch.<\/p>\n

“I was just trying to do that again. I was a little further back into three than I was the lap before. Just misjudged the point of where I wasn’t going to get next to him and tuck in. I just clipped him.”<\/p>\n

He continued: “Yeah, all on me. But wasn’t intentional at all. I hope he understands that. Obviously I hurt his day where he could have gained more points.\u201d<\/p>\n

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