{"id":1733334,"date":"2022-11-10T07:47:53","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T12:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1733334"},"modified":"2022-11-10T10:48:49","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T15:48:49","slug":"jeff-gordon-shares-his-thoughts-on-chase-elliott-spinning-off-the-nose-of-ross-chastain-during-the-championship-race-at-phoenix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeff-gordon-shares-his-thoughts-on-chase-elliott-spinning-off-the-nose-of-ross-chastain-during-the-championship-race-at-phoenix\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Gordon Shares His Thoughts on Chase Elliott Spinning off the Nose of Ross Chastain During the Championship Race at Phoenix"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">42<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjeff-gordon-shares-his-thoughts-on-chase-elliott-spinning-off-the-nose-of-ross-chastain-during-the-championship-race-at-phoenix%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1733334&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Jeff Gordon, the Vice Chairman of Hendrick Motorsports, shared his thoughts on Chase Elliott spinning off the nose of Ross Chastain during the championship race at Phoenix.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6956\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6956\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6956\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Jeff-Gordon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1052\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Jeff-Gordon.png 1052w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Jeff-Gordon-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Jeff-Gordon-768x379-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Jeff-Gordon-750x370-1.png 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6956\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeff Gordon via Frontstretch YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the beginning of the Final Stage with 113 laps to go, a restart saw Elliott start in the third row ahead of Ross Chastain. As the green flag dropped numerous drivers fanned out going into the dogleg.<\/p>\n<p>Chastain drove his car to the bottom of the track and as Dale Earnhardt Jr. points out, \u201cChastain gave him no breaks there. Chastain is underneath him right here and the 9 comes across his nose and Chastain holds his ground.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-block full\">\n<div class=\"video-player youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/10\/chase-elliott-criticizes-nascars-next-gen-car-and-the-ongoing-safety-issues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chase Elliott Criticizes NASCAR\u2019s Next Gen Car And The Ongoing Safety Issues: \u201cThere\u2019s No Excuse\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The spin ended Elliott\u2019s chance of claiming the championship and he finished in a disappointing 28th.<\/p>\n<p>Following the race, Gordon spoke with Elliott as well as Fronstretch YouTube, where he shared his thoughts on Elliott\u2019s contact with Ross Chastain.<\/p>\n<p>Gordon said, \u201cWell, you know, you\u2019re not supposed to move out of your lane until you cross the start-finish line and that\u2019s exactly what Chase did and that\u2019s not what I saw out of the 1.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know he dove to the bottom with a real aggressive move, not unusual for him to do that, and never lifted, and turned Chase, and he made contact with the wall so pretty much ended their day,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-block full\">\n<div class=\"video-player youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>When asked what he told Elliott following the race, Gordon replied, \u201cI mean listen, I love the way that Chase Elliott races, a lot of integrity, earns a lot of respect with his competitors and it\u2019s just frustrating him because he doesn\u2019t feel like he gets raced the same way in return.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gordon added, \u201cReally proud of the effort that they put in this year. They had a heck of a year. Thought they were in a great position to give Joey a run for his money for this championship. But those guys, Joey and Penske, congrats to them, they did a fantastic job not only this year, but certainly today. They earned it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_162\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-162\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-162\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.05.09-08.42-boundingintosports-62797cb2520fd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.05.09-08.42-boundingintosports-62797cb2520fd.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022.05.09-08.42-boundingintosports-62797cb2520fd-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.05.09-08.42-boundingintosports-62797cb2520fd-480x256-1.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.05.09-08.42-boundingintosports-62797cb2520fd-600x320-1.jpg 600w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-162\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeff Gordon via Dalton Hopkins Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/11\/ross-chastain-explains-contact-with-chase-elliott-that-ended-his-chances-at-the-nascar-championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ross Chastain Explains Contact With Chase Elliott That Ended His Chances At The NASCAR Championship<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chastain put the blame on Elliott following the race telling NBC Sports, \u201cI had a really good run, looked like William didn\u2019t get going quite as well as he wanted to and I got to the left of him and saw an erratic move he made to turn left to cover it and I was already there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, it\u2019s not how I want to race him or those guys and for everybody at GM I needed other Chevys up there to fight those others guys. It\u2019s not what I wanted to do, but I feel like I had position on him and he tried to cover it late,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-block full\">\n<div class=\"video-player youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>When Elliott was asked about the contact he punted on the question saying, \u201cJust want to say congratulations to Joey and his team. They did a really good job this entire weekend. He\u2019s a very deserving champion and frankly just happy for them. Proud of my team for the effort they put in this weekend, felt like we had got our car a lot better throughout the race, and for that we should be very proud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was nice to make the round. That\u2019s a very difficult thing to do,\u201d he continued. \u201cObviously, not content with that, but certainly nice to come out here and have a shot and hopefully we can come back stronger next year and give ourselves another chance and make it go our way next time.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-block full\">\n<div class=\"video-player youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He did elaborate in a post-race press conference saying, \u201cLooking forward to the off season and really proud of our team for the fight that we put in today and felt like we had just kind of peaked right there before we crashed. And felt like we got our car driving pretty good, we just had our best pit stop of the day. So that was all really solid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd heck we were right there next to the 22. So, yeah, thought we had a shot at it all the way up until we didn\u2019t. And that is unfortunately how it goes sometimes,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Chase Elliott said several times after the race that he wasn\u2019t sure what happened in his wreck with Ross Chastain at Phoenix. \u201cI thought we had a shot at it all the way up until we didn\u2019t.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K9mdKwgptm\">pic.twitter.com\/K9mdKwgptm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bob Pockrass (@bobpockrass) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bobpockrass\/status\/1589606091192664064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>What do you make of Gordon\u2019s comments? How did you see the contact between Chastain and Elliott?<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/11\/chase-briscoe-attempts-to-recreate-ross-chastains-wild-wall-ride-move-fails-spectacularly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chase Briscoe Attempts To Recreate Ross Chastain\u2019s Wild Wall-Ride Move, Fails Spectacularly<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeff Gordon, the Vice Chairman of Hendrick Motorsports, shared his thoughts on Chase Elliott spinning off the nose of Ross Chastain during the championship race at Phoenix. 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