NASCAR driver repeatedly says ‘velvet’ during press conference

What was supposed to be a routine Ryan Blaney press conference took a turn towards the peculiar Friday at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Perhaps either for his own amusement or to win a bet (the Sprint Cup rookie wouldn’t say), Blaney incessantly used the word “velvet” as he spoke with reporters. Altogether, he said “velvet” five times during the nearly 10-minute interview session and began laughing so hard after the third utterance that he had to stop speaking to compose himself.

Here is how Blaney incorporated “velvet” Friday:

-- “Hopefully, this race will go as smooth as velvet this weekend.”

-- “We just need to find a little bit more speed and a little bit more consistency and I think that will get our season back on track and we’ll be able to hopefully buy some new velvet sheets or something like that that will help.”

-- “The further you move up this track is really smooth, pretty much like velvet, and you’ll be able to find grip up there.”

-- “I just like the word, velvet. I had some velvet ice cream back there in the cooler and it was really good.”