Ryan Blaney Sends a Chilling Warning to Kyle Larson over Wild Gateway duel

Kyle Larson and Ryan Blaney and their duel at the World Wide Technology Raceway was the one to witness as the two put forth some great racing action. Both Blaney and Larson were battling fiercely for fifth place near the end of Stage 2.

However, the two were involved in an accident as Blaney’s chances to score a positive finish were ruined from thereon. Now, the #12 driver issues a warning to the HMS star amid his antics at Gateway. Both Cup Series champions in Kyle Larson and Ryan Blaney, raced close to one another and fought for the P5 position for the majority of Stage 2 at the Enjoy Illinois 300.

Blaney seemed to have the upper hand and was running ahead of the HMS driver mid-way through the race. However, Larson seemed desperate to make a move on the #12 driver and rammed his car into the rear of the Penske star, sending the latter spinning off the track.

Ryan Blaney lost control of the car but safely avoided hitting the wall and ending his race early. However, by the end of the race, Kyle Larson got hit with karma and could only finish in P12, losing crucial position. Meanwhile, Blaney went on to achieve a great turnaround in results and finished P4 and scored great points in the playoff race. As such, the #12 driver wasn’t that angry with Larson by the end of the race.

Ryan Blaney insisted that even though Kyle Larson’s crash into him wasn’t with malicious intent, he would still remember it. Blaney pointed out that he still got crashed into and had to work hard to move up the pack. Hence, the 31-year-old would keep it in the back of his mind for the next time he sees Larson racing on the track and run him a bit tighter and make his life difficult on the track.

Even though it wasn’t done with malicious intent, I’ll still remember it. I still got the s**t end of it and got turned around and had to come from the back. You remember stuff like that. It’s not anything grudgey or something like that; it’s just those racing situations that you think about the next time you run with that person.

Ryan Blaney told NASCAR.com.

Ryan Blaney reveals the ‘different conversation’ if he did not finish P4

At first, Kyle Larson managed to keep control of his car after ramming into Ryan Blaney and took the P5 spot away from him. Larson suffered from a botched pit stop strategy and lost crucial positions on track to ultimately finish in P12.