DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — NASCAR's newest champion will wreck one of his best friends to win a race. An exhibition race! Nothing but the trophy at stake. Chase Elliott perhaps offered a sneak preview of what's to come in his title defense when he knocked Ryan Blaney out of his way in the closing stretch of the Busch Clash. The two are tight — they vacation together — and Elliott had little remorse. “I think you have to try to win the race. I mean, if I’m sorry about trying to win a race, I’m in the wrong business here,” Elliott said after Tuesday night's race on the road course at Daytona International Speedway.