Ryan Blaney admits he 'deserved' retaliation by Ryan Preece at Texas

In my mind, I deserved to get used up for sure for what I did. I was guilty as charged but I don’t know if I deserved to get junked for what I did, but it’s just one of those racing things. I know why he was upset, I used up a bunch of track, he was mad, and he decided to retaliate.  Ryan Blaney said in an interview with Bob Pockrass

The move on lap 181 had lasting repercussions for the No.12 Ford Mustang driver on the next lap. Blaney claimed that Preece wanted to retaliate, and he did so by slashing across him and ramming him into the wall. This deemed it necessary for the 30-year-old to come into the pits for necessary repairs and eventually finished his race in 33^rd, eight laps behind the leader.

Ryan Blaney claims Ryan Preece did not have to wreck him to take his revenge

Before his clash with Preece, the No.12 driver was lighting the fire on the track, quite literally. However, the reigning champion, despite feeling he deserved to have faced some consequences, reckoned that it was a bit too much to be put in the wall by his competitor.

Like I said, he had every right to retaliate I’m just, like man, you didn’t have to wreck me, you can move me out of the way just don’t wreck me. It’s just one of those things, move on from it. Ryan Blaney said

The 30-year-old claimed the SHR driver was right to retaliate against his sketchy manoeuvres. However, he deemed Preece’s revenge to be a bit too much and instead would have settled for a similar move that he made on him.

Despite the clash, Blaney wants both of them to move on from the incident. Moreover, both drivers would be looking on to the next race in Talladega and hope to not collect each other yet again.