Kevin Harvick: Ryan Blaney latest example of pit stops right on the edge of disaster

Kevin Harvick believes Ryan Blaney’s pit troubles during the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway were a microcosm of a larger issue in the NASCAR Cup Series.

First off, during the latest episode of Harvick’s Happy Hour, the former NASCAR Cup Series champion explained what went wrong for Blaney during the race he won in 2023, as a loose wheel ended up causing him to wreck, ending his evening even earlier than Mother Nature ended the race.

“Well, they left the wheel loose, it looks like to me, and then it sawed the wheel in-half, and then the wheel fell off and he banged into the wall,” Harvick stated. “So this is the aftermath of what you’re seeing here. But Blaney — they were going to be in the top ten, I felt like. Pretty solid.

Played a good strategy there, and wound up getting the track position that they needed. But ultimately, in the end, didn’t play out for them all night, and wound up with a bad finish.

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While the loose wheel was the culprit for Blaney’s trouble, Harvick believes there’s a larger issue at play, involving pit crews trying to save every second they can on pit road, and it’s not always working out in the favor of their driver.