{"id":1532938,"date":"2022-10-11T14:37:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T18:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1532938"},"modified":"2022-10-11T14:37:01","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T18:37:01","slug":"chase-elliott-pushes-camera-sends-fans-warning-about-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/chase-elliott-pushes-camera-sends-fans-warning-about-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Frustrated Chase Elliott Pushes Away Camera and Then Sends Fans Ominous Warning About What to Expect for Rest of 2022 Cup Season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Chase Elliott<\/a> has been the class of the field in the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season, with five wins to his credit. It could have been more. Last week on the Charlotte Roval<\/a> proved to be a prime example when the Hendrick Motorsports<\/a> driver led a race-high 31 laps and was poised to win the race late until a bizarre couple of cautions and chaotic restarts shuffled him back in the pack.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the race in which he finished 20th, the 2020 champ was understandably unhappy with the result. He made that perfectly clear a couple of times, including once when he pushed a cameraman away and moments later when he bashed the Next Gen car<\/a> and sent an ominous warning to fans.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chase Elliott runs up front but cautions change everything<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Chase Elliott drives during the NASCAR Cup Series Bank of America Roval 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on October 09, 2022. | Photo by Mike Mulholland\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Chase Elliott was a favorite coming into the Charlotte Roval, having already won the most races this season, combined with his previous success on the track. He backed it up on the 17-turn layout and led a race-high 31 laps, and they came in what was reportedly the longest-ever green-flag run on the Roval at 47 laps.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That history-setting run under green bizarrely ended with six laps to go and the No. 9 car holding a four-second lead when, of all things, a sign made its way onto the track. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the race restarted, Elliott got a good jump on AJ Allmendinger driving into the first turn, but the Kaulig Racing driver battled back, got even, and then ran the No. 9 out wide coming out of Turn 3. A couple of turns later, Tyler Reddick<\/a> dive-bombed Elliott and sent him out for a spin through the grass. That was just the beginning of the chaos that included a red-flag delay because a large piece of the curb had broken off and sat in the middle of the track.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any hopes of the 26-year-old earning a solid finish ended when he was caught up in carnage on Heartburn Turn during the race's final restart. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elliott pushes away camera<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\u2066@chaseelliott<\/a>\u2069 inexplicably didn\u2019t like that the camera operator was doing his job. pic.twitter.com\/CP86ngmv82<\/a><\/p>— Kyle Dalton (@kdsportswriter) October 9, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>