Frustrated Ryan Blaney Calls Out Aggressive Drivers at ROVAL: "Look Like a Dumbass."

Ryan Blaney was frustrated with the over-aggressive, mostly non-playoff driver that caused issues late in the race at the Charlotte Roval.
Here's what he had to say.
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[@SuperNASCARrocks]

He’s 100% right. Road Courses have now turned into demolition derbys. It’s not a good look for the drivers or the sport when you have drivers running over each other for positions. It’s stupid.

[@steveashworth6707]

I'm sick of the road course tracks, I want to watch real stock car racing I can go to the county fairs to watch demolition derby's!.

[@kdcustoms1272]

it happens with the playoff crap. they are forced to just send it..

[@craigrussell1101]

Nothing but a go cart race,

[@superkgy]

@@steveashworth6707 just wait for the next weekend then. road courses can offer good racing, oval tracks can offer bad racing. you have to accept both.

[@superkgy]

@@kdcustoms1272 they aren't. the playoff guys weren't the ones sending it. and like Ryan said, you are not going to win the race from 15th.

[@48waffles36]

He said 110% of the truth! Honestly I feel like road courses now are less special/more annoying now. Road Courses are now just wreck everyone and hoping you get a lucky caution break. That’s what Road Course is now in NASCAR.

[@kdcustoms1272]

thats the playoff system for you...they had to send it for a chance to stay in it.

[@charlesgilreath]

Remember when NASCAR was an oval series with only 2 road course races a year. The good old days

[@DannyWalker247]

@@charlesgilreath Agree. High banks and high speed made NASCAR great and then they deserted it.

[@mr.sideburns2031]

I love that he didn't give a shit about Larson. Ha ha. And why should he. Just made me laugh when he said it.

[@cthompson1100]

Couldn't agree more ! Elliot , Byron and Bowman i like but not Larsen I consider him the same as I do that whiney bitch Hamlin .

[@tnrodgers]

I like Ryan, he’s as frustrated as everyone is not able to pass. He’s tired of working all week, racing well all day only to get taken apart near the end. I wish Nascar would put in penalties for aggressive driving but now it’s okay to punt a driver under caution.

[@cliffsaxon5493]

Like Parking Them

[@RS100392]

This interview is why he's my favorite NASCAR driver. He's 💯 correct and I also do not care about Kyle Larson lolz

[@johnsnow1355]

Cota was the perfect example of u can't pass so u punt them out of the way. Same with Indy sure the turn 1 was part of it but they can't get around people without divee bombs

[@gregpiper8416]

Spot on! The road races used to be my favorites. Now, the late cautions and subsequent restarts have ruined them. Ryan explained this perfectly. It seems drivers in 12th think they should be able to bring home a win. And hey, if they plow through enough cars, they might. NASCAR isn't supposed to be a demolition derby.

[@garyrolen8764]

This race was one example of why I think removing stage racing from certain events throughout the season and running green to checkered would benefit the series.

[@leakybasementrecords987]

You would still have double file restarts after every caution. Better to do single file restarts at least on the road courses

[@acerosstine49]

@@leakybasementrecords987 they are gonna still wreck

[@sevenletter6960]

Absolutely. There is no need for stage racing at road courses or short tracks. But they have to be able to award stage points somehow..

[@twitch923]

Or give the stage points and not throw the caution

[@garyrolen8764]

@@twitch923 I like it.

[@teresiawhisnant235]

Been a Ryan Blaney fan since he first started racing. And can't wait for him to get his first championship.

[@jbrannon509]

I second that!

[@kb3tus]

Put the sheet metal bodies and weaker bumpers back on! Then these guys won't do this crap nowhere near as much

[@mikeyoung9017]

The ‘ Roval “ sucks anyway. Can’t pass,

[@jamesjannell8706]

Man he is so on. But Blaney still in a good points place.

[@DannyWalker247]

Blaney is good for the sport. After Chase I am pulling for him to win it.

[@RichieWilliams97]

Ryan is right. Funny thing is the dudes who are running nascar want the stupid stuff back in the pack. They want pandemonium because they aren’t racers. They’re businessmen who think crashes and craziness are going to make tiktok influencers Chad and Becky magically become nascar fans.

[@joshhodges3685]

Yet they fail to relize that chad and Becky will never become real fans but people that just pay attention when a shit show is happening cause humans love to watch shitshows as long as its not themselves getting embarrassed. Meanwhile us real fans are just sitting here embarrassed, sad, and unheard cause nascar knows we'll be back to watch no matter what cause we love this sport just too damn much.

[@RichieWilliams97]

@@joshhodges3685 Chad and Becky are never going to watch. No matter how many wrecks, green white checkered finishes, pack races, road courses, stages, playoffs, etc. It doesn’t matter. Non-race fans aren’t going to watch. That’s why all these ridiculous gimmicks are only useful for alienating true race fans.

[@Slimjim260]

Ryan nails it they were driving like ass hole’s

[@Husqy44]

A lot of these guys need to learn how to race in general. It's frustrating to watch when so many guys aren't capable of going side-by-side.

[@johnmartinii77]

Ryan is one of the best. Look how many races he has stayed in the top 5, and lead in the last couple of seasons. He is consistently fast and doest get near the coverage and credit as the little pets in Nascar. I've seen many races where he's in the lead and not even on the screen or being talked about. It's always the chosen ones. Screw that. Keep doing what you do, Ryan.

[@steveashworth6707]

You are spot on!, go Blaney!.

[@vernonworth9834]

Everyone wants to win. What do you want? For everyone to pull over and stop for a playoff driver?Quit complaining be a driver. GO RACE

[@v1-vr-rotatev2-vy_vx31]

Yep, Harvick clearly punted Almindinger off the track track to take away his win

[@Hockey36a]

And the turn prior to that AJ used up Elliott to get the lead. What's your point?

[@jordandrye350]

I like how Blaney said I don’t care😂😂 screw Larson little shit is out

[@FireInTheMist8]

Spoken like a true hater.

[@NYBlinky]

He does not care because at end of the day they are rivals and competetors.

[@TC-dw6wg]

@@FireInTheMist8 ya think? Hahaha

[@kb3tus]

I don't even understand what Larson has to do with this interview or the question!

[@NYBlinky]

@@kb3tus The person asked blaney about Larson elimination from the playoffs.

[@daviddell2917]

I’m over the roval

[@johnstickles6789]

One of a handful of drivers that has sense....demo derby.....the NASCAR shit show rolls on to it's next race

[@williamhodgden8970]

Road courses suck.

[@DannyWalker247]

Who puts a sign board on the race track where a car can hit it and knock it off? Everything about this Roval is just friggin' stupid! They should just do a figure 8 with all the pushing and crashing. I want to see high banks only and Charlotte is the best.

[@iqdouble2586]

It is a cutoff race and there is bound to be carnage, which is fine, but the second to last restart was just straight up messy. It wasn’t aggressive driving it was literally just dumb moves and misjudgments.

[@timechanger9162]

Same with Indy rc as now. People out of the playoffs sending it every chance they got. Spun a few playoff guys and nothing happened with any of them. Sad

[@ChuckRusty]

I've been watching a few of your videos and you ask questions that truly engage the drivers, you don't get cookie cutter answers and I really like that about your style. Earned a sub from me for sure!

[@jaredchampagne2752]

So you support journalists that ask ridiculous questions just to get a reaction out of them? This is why athletes don’t respect the media at all...

[@TacoBell20]

What do you expect? It's a cutoff race in the playoffs. Of course everyone is gonna make moves 😂

[@VladimirBlarp]

Road courses used to be a display of an uncommon skill in NASCAR. Nowadays they are just 3 boring hours of spaced out single file "racing" followed by a "mysterious" caution to bunch them all up for a "dramatic finish" with cars getting plowed, wrecked, or spun out all over the race track. That is EXACTLY why NASCAR chose the Roval for an elimination race.

[@miguelbarrero5572]

There was a big sign on the track. No mysterious caution here.

[@michaellawrence8428]

Whooosh

[@joshhodges3685]

At this point they should just take tony stewarts idea of running half the field backwards. Every weekend is a embarrassing shitshow yet half the fanbase is like hurr durr good race cause three quarters of the field is wrecked.

[@tlibretep24]

I like him and everything he says...

[@tlibretep24]

Exactly why i don't like the last race 1 race to decide champion.. They aren't just racing each other.. Make the champion a 3 race playoff somehow also Thanks

[@DannyWalker247]

I think anyone who has one a race and anyone who is in the top 10 in points should be able to win the championship race.

[@wesleyem3]

I flew all the way out from Arizona because the first 4 races were fantastic. Only to end up with the absolute worst race of the season. Boring first 90% of the race, part failures galore and terrible racing at the end of it all.

[@garynichols3652]

The only interesting part of that race was the last 3 laps.

[@pervotheclown2199]

All the drivers in the field want to finish as good as they can .......Im sick of playoff drivers thinking the non playoff drivers should get out of the way . Ryan said it wasn't the playoff drivers doing the wrecking ........thats because the playoff drivers had everything to lose !!! Naturally the rest of the field is gonna be more aggressive. Back in the day the drivers would go drink a cold beer and shrug it off as hard racing !!!! Days of Thunder .....rubbing is racing . Nowhere for cars to go on a restart .....one driver makes an aggressive move and it chain reactions to the others around them ......not enough real estate caused the spins .

[@bryonkidder6199]

Who? Be a man and name the names if you're gonna cry about it to the media. That's coming from a Ryan Blaney fan...lol

[@johnkiunke4508]

When you have playoffs and you let everyone else race with the playoff drivers and potentially screw them up, it creates a problem

[@kevinpeterson7797]

Indy and Charlotte are hybrid "rovals" and he specifically mentioned these, not true road courses. I am not trying speak for him but he also mentioned the main drawback to these two in one tracks is the inclusion of the super speedway long straights and sweeping corners down to narrow low speed corners. Four wide into tight corners and chicanes only makes enemies.

[@johnsnow1355]

See how many cars are junked after today at Indy almost a dozen cars were too bent up and twisted and went to scrap. How is that saving teams money with bolt on clips.

[@cliffsaxon5493]

Start Black Flagging And Parking Hyper Aggressive Drivers Who Cause Wrecks!!!!!!

[@zzz7zzz9]

They can't complain about how dangerous the new cars are, and then drive those cars over-aggressively.

[@trevdc2450]

Lmfao, why would that reporter ask him about Kyle Larson’s situation like he should be sympathetic towards it 😂😂😂

[@acrock21]

that was because of stupidity

[@robertdahse4569]

If you're running 15th the goal is 14th, it's called racing

[@jamescuellar3073]

Lmao that doesn’t mean to treat the drivers in front you like fucking bowling pins

[@michaelkearney9351]

duh he isnt saying stop racing, he's saying stop trying to over drive turns, lock up your brakes, and wreck the field trying to make a pass on 6 cars going into the inside..

[@silvy3047]

D class iracing player spotted

[@Mac-td7lt]

He's right but he should be greatfull. He's coasted his way during the season. Yes he has consistency but???

[@fredwalker3374]

Now to many road courses at least go to real ones like road America forget they got rid of it

[@mrdcjohn]

dont know the point of that first minute, when you only have a 2 min video make it at least 90% good . Aside from my complaint isnt Blaney a class act ? He doesnt have a bad mouth and he lets his driving speak for him. Which with a little bit of bad luck results reversed >?> pENSKE MADE A GOOD MOVE BRINGING HIM ON THE TEAM FOR SURE. EXcuse caps lock

[@jaredchampagne2752]

PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD STOP ADDING DAMN ROAD COURSES! These cars suck in general and its really highlighted on these road courses, no one can pass, theres no competition. Junk it. Start over before the last 5% of us loyal fans leave and the sport dies forever, this sport is already last place and barely anyone watches..

[@Raider_1266]

It happens pretty much at every NASCAR race never mind just the road courses. Can’t pass clean just push, shove, bash, whatever it takes. NASCAR ahh I mean crashcar is a circus THE WWE of racing. One more thing Dale jr and Jeff burton are horrible calling the race every lap or every pass the are way over the top seems like it’s always the last lap of the race when it could be the 5th

[@DannyWalker247]

They sound like they are on speed or something. Boy did I love Benny Parsons.

[@rickmoffett3958]

Yeh it’s getting ridiculous!If I wanted to see demolition derby that’s what I would watch.I expect a lot better racing from NASCAR drivers and not just the playoff contenders.Makes me really consider not watching or going to races after being a fan for 40 plus years

[@mem10938]

The field has gotten alot more aggressive on restarts as a whole. I am glad Cup went to going 2 wide but the amount of 3 and 4 wide from the middle of the pack that takes place is out of hand. About 10 years ago Tony Stewart going 3 wide into turn 1 at Loudon on a late restart from the 3rd or 5th position was risky but he pulled it off without causing a wreck. Now everyone drives like a total idiot at each restart regardless of the stage of the race and hardly make any significant gains. To see and hear the level of frustration from your top drivers in different age groups shows how bad this has got. A large number of fans wanted more road courses and Nascar answered. Unfortunately the suits will probably shift their focus to making more plate racing at intermediate tracks and ditch the gimmicks we are stuck with now. I'll keep watching highlights but will not be attending the 600 or Loudon any longer. I hope I am proven wrong.

[@jerryw4471]

Move that first turn out further out so the losers will not wreck the good drivers. The best drivers should win! But Texas race was worse than ROVAL with blown tires! Elliott was winning ROVAL race by four seconds with a few laps to go when a plywood board fell off the fence causing a yellow flag. Put a few more screws and/or nails in the wall boards. To top it off a a driver out of the playoffs wrecks him a little later.

[@kevinhazlett7303]

Ryan is spot on! The Roval is a smash up Derby and is a joke! Guys are just running drivers over especially drivers not involved in the playoffs! There are better road courses than the Roval and at Indy! Go back to the oval at the Brick yard but GoodYear needs to fix their crap tires! What hurt the Brickyard was the tire gate crap!

[@buddydeal7695]

The solution to aggressive drivers? Ride around in circles keeping 5 car lengths between them and finishing in the same order they finish. Until the drivers are able to read each other’s minds, they will make wrong moves. Don’t like it? Don’t drive it. Don’t like it? Don’t watch it.

[@rickhodges1731]

I agree as well. We are seeing ridiculously poor judgment being exhibited by many not in the play offs. I also question Nascar officials in calling cautions with little or no consistency which have effected the outcome of the races. Pathetic!

[@jasonlavere5071]

Superspeedways and road courses have turned in to demo derbies. It's really disappointing. Just a lack of respect by a few drivers. A lot of this non-sense is brought on by the lack of a point system. Would be really nice to season decided by who had the best overall season, not by just who can put together a string of finished in the last 10 races.

[@joehahn8817]

What I want to know is how NASCAR has tape that will hold a car together at 200mph but can't keep a sign stuck on a fucking wall in fair weather for the duration of a race.. 😡😡😡

[@ECM-SimRacingTeam]

this is all Nascars fault, if they penalize drivers for hitting crashing and bumping other cars out of the way this shit wont happen as much. They just want cars to hit each other, thats not racing. Fines and points penaltys. every time it happens and stop these meatheads from wrecking each other without worrying about anything happening to them from Nascar.

[@therodeowhale]

The cup series has started to feel like the truck series at the end of races. Nobody races with respect anymore. I understand aggressive racing for the win, but not middle of the field. It makes it look like nobody knows what they're doing behind the wheel.

[@onethumbks]

Well that’s what happens when you have a crappy car that can’t pass, 3 substitute drivers, a series that creates gimmick cautions, and a bunch of guys that are in the series for reasons other than talent. All series have drivers that don’t belong, but its extra prevalent here because of the manufactured drama.

[@dennis8445]

I hate to see equipment get tore up because someone wants to be the asshole that knocks you out of the way. When you are faster it shows. When are not faster but have plenty of aggression it shows as well. People sandbagging until the end sees to be the most likely to run over everyone. The cars need more power to pass instead of bump drafting or you go to the back. Nascar has created your aggravation Ryan.

[@mikedavis845]

He is starting to turn into a Chase Jr . Go and race and quit crying . We already hear enough crying from Hamlin and Harvick to cover Nascar interviews for all the reasons they didn't win .

[@virgildavidson4945]

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[@alensley1368]

Some things never change. The roval sucks and Blaney's always whining about something..lol..

[@steviejoesampson5428]

Worst road course race that I have ever seen,and this is what Nascar is moving forward with, taking out ever other row of seats and installing tables to sit your drinks or prop your fett up because the racing is boring.

[@jasonhinds463]

It has become Xfinity quality or ARCA caliber of driving.

[@marklangren3142]

Maybe they should put better brakes on them. Isn't this what happens at short tracks? Also, if you want better drivers rather then entertainment talk to Nascar.

[@DisconnectedMinistry]

Unfortunately, there are people out there who like this style of racing. Even worse, those are the people Nascar seems to be catering to. The rigidity of these stupid new cars proves that.

[@JennRFL16]

Stop complaining you still made a bunch of money doing what u love I loved the last few laps of the race so damn glad to see chase get taken out that was the race highlight for me but that’s just my opinion

[@TheMarkemmy]

Turn the Roval back into infield and forget about it. These end of the race wreck fests is not good racing. It is a gimmick that didn't work.

[@hughgerhart4011]

These road courses in infields really are not wide enough for nascar, they like try to bump and bang. If it were a single file race all day, no one would watch.

[@barbarajohnson1348]

I was totally bored in beginning. Too many of these.

[@gregoryfortenberry741]

More road courses are not needed, get rid of the shit show rover over bullshit, let’s open back up n. Wilksboro, now that would be a great race in this points thing bs

[@dalily9607]

Nascar is a joke , Ryan shouldn't have been so rude abt Kyle, why don't you say I just care abt myself , that's what it has come to.

[@strangeskies4907]

Road courses are stupid in NASCAR, especially in the playoffs, fight it out on a short track, although if you are getting paid to win on this crap, do not cry about your inability to do good, I don't care about your sorrows...

[@thomasfleeman4250]

Stop road courses go back to ovals road courses are not for NASCAR. NASCAR has lost its way as far as I am concerned.

[@larryboboutdoors]

I agree with blaney about the driving,besides that it was so boring I think it should of been a 5 lap race cause the rest of it sucked.

[@acrock21]

So did he say this after he punted the 48 into turn one? yeah? How about when he almost killed Ryan Newman?

[@steviejoesampson5428]

Don’t say to much Ryan you will loose your crew chief and be find 100,000

[@jeffburch5903]

The ROVAL is a ridiculous go-kart track. But, they know that.

[@alanmcmichen3500]

A road course for nascrap, needs to flow. Stock cars can't do 90 degree F1 corners...

[@walterharp1773]

Never liked this Roval or Indy, take off the schedule Nascar...

[@jackfrost3254]

Want a like cheese with that whine? Had he won he's have been laughing road courses!

[@michaelsullivan1262]

So many baby faced pouty pouts. Have momma give y’all a binky.

[@cthompson1100]

While I agree mostly with what he had to say about the Chase drivers that nitwit Chastain does not .

[@stephenmitchum5864]

No dog in the fight but that was not a race at the end. Entertaining but not racing.

[@dannyht92]

It's racing. Cry some more.

[@joeharris5851]

Fans bitching about the roval. No worse the demolition derby at Daytona and Talladega.

[@angelobersito9770]

I am looking for Blaney to take the championship

[@NotYourEverydayTrav]

Ironic for blaney to be talking smack about wrecking people.

[@VladimirBlarp]

Ummm, and who has he "wrecked" ?

[@ChoochContrino]

100%. Don’t like watching it.

[@TracksideViews]

So he’s pointing his way through without a win

[@alanhill2331]

If he gets the most points he shouldnt need a win. Thats the whole point of having a points system. Nascar made this playoff thing for drama.

[@davisowen97]

I’d go as far to say he wins the championship without a win. Especially with attrition not being a huge problem for him nor does he have rivals

[@alanhill2331]

@@davisowen97 i hope he does.

[@tomsgrilling5341]

Like he hasn’t done any of this

[@hubertwhite3017]

They need to just change every track into a figure 8,. It's not racing anymore, it's just pushing everyone out of the way, I remember when it was racing, but nothing ever stays the same, someone always comes up with an idea of how to make it better, Nascar you have got to remember that there can only be 1 winner, no matter how much you change things you'll never get it fixed so every car can win every race.

[@jhwk1970]

My racing interest this year has morphed more towards late model dirt stocks that are on FloRacing. Those guys generally strive to avoid contact and the racing is frequently terrific. Ryan here perfectly described why my interest with Cup racing has waned. It’s just not fun watching Cup for me.

[@iillestrs2153]

Love blaney, all time favorite ❤

[@slayer6936]

I thought I was watching the truck series racers in the cup cars!!

[@kb3tus]

These guys have become arca drivers

[@longjohn526]

I don't watch NASCAR for road races, there are already series for that kind of racing .... Can you imagine NASA or the TransAm road racing series saying "We are going to race at Bristol and Atlanta next year"?

[@jimcunningham61]

Clearly not a Larson fan lol

[@garyrolen8764]

There's no need to run 400 miles with the current situation. Run three sets of 3 laps, shuffling the field each time, you'll get basically the same results as this 400 mile "race".

[@katofkittyville2958]

I love watching nascars bump bang and ultimately crash but it was getting totally stupid at the end,was like watching an extremely expensive demolition Derby lol

[@SENDittt]

These cars just suck. Supers suck. Short tracks suck for the most part. Road courses suck unless they find a reason for an overtime. 1.5s are better but that's canceled out by the fact drivers are getting hurt on routine hits. Go back to the previous gen and forget this ever happened

[@512undertaker]

It's having stage playoffs points is the problem all these drivers thinking they need 1 to 10 extra points and focusing on this rather than focusing there efforts on big picture and getting good postion or winning the race as well as some constant fear of losing their ride for the next season and them having to think that making good runs especially in playoffs is going to change an outcome that by now its already set in stone