Chase Elliott snaps back at crew chief over Denny Hamlin comment: 'Ship me a f***ing physics-defying button'

Chase Elliott isn’t in the best of moods in the early part of Sunday’s Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

After getting told over his team radio that Denny Hamlin was having trouble passing on the racetrack, Elliott unloaded a fiery response back, making light of how hard it is to pass for everyone.

“The 11 can’t even pass the 34th-place car,” Elliott was told, via Jeff Gluck of The Athletic. “If you figure out what you need to pass, it’s going to be game on.”

Elliott responded: “If you can ship me a f***ing physics-defying button, that’d be great. Other than that, you’re f***ed.”

Chase Elliott takes exception to blend line violation in Brickyard 400

Elliott, who started third, received a blend line violation by NASCAR during Stage 1 of the race. NASCAR felt that Elliott did not abide by the rules as he blended back on track off of pit road.

Elliott not only disagreed with the decision, but was fuming, as he had been racing for the lead prior to green flag stops. After the penalty and his pass-through on pit road, Elliott came out a lap down and pretty ticked off.

“That’s not right,” Elliott said on his radio. “I did exactly what the f***ing sheet said to do.”

Davey Segal of SiriusXM NASCAR Radio also reported on radio chatter.

“I mean what the f***?! … I do exactly what they f***ing tell us to do,” Elliott said. “They didn’t say line, they said racing surface, so you tell me how the f*** I was on the racing surface.”

Elliott entered Sunday’s race just three points in front of Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kyle Larson in the chase for the regular season points championship.