People are going to be people. Racers are going to be racers. Chase Elliott? He was doing nothing more than being Chase Elliott.
That's how the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series champ broke his left tibia on Friday, an injury that will keep the Georgian out of his No. 9 Chevy for at least the next few weekends, hoping to return with a medical waiver from the sanctioning body that will allow him championship eligibility despite a springtime spent out of the cockpit.
Let's be completely clear, though: He wasn't being careless, he wasn't being reckless.