![]() Perhaps Chastain can embrace the role of the villain. Many drivers have told The Associated Press that one of the series' problems is the lack of identifiable stars in the Cup Series. The series has struggled to attract audiences, and sections of empty seats at Kansas Speedway on a bright, sunny Sunday were the latest evidence of it. Yet the furor also begs the question: Is Chastain exactly what NASCAR needs these days? Dale Earnhardt had a reputation for policing the way drivers acted on the drack, and many others from NASCAR's heyday did the same thing. That was a little too aggressive, in my opinion.”īack in Wallace's day, it wouldn't have taken long for someone to retaliate. He could have controlled that a little better. “I got no respect from him,” said Hamlin, who won Sunday's race at Kansas, “so I chose not to give him any.”Ĭhastain, who was fifth at Kansas and leads the NASCAR Cup Series points standings, was even criticized by Hall of Famer Rusty Wallace, who was a guest analyst on the Fox broadcast at Dover: "He's got a steering wheel in his hand and a brake and a gas (pedal) at his feet. Last month, Denny Hamlin had a $50,000 fine and 25-point penalty upheld after he acknowledged on his weekly podcast that he intentionally wrecked Chastain on the last lap of the Phoenix race in March. I guess that’s something he’s been known to do here recently. “I haven’t really seen the replay, but it felt like I just got ran over really for no reason 80 laps into the race,” he said. ![]() Larson vented over his radio about Chastain while Poole was more pointed in his criticism during a televised interview. The incident came six days after the NASCAR Cup Series ran its rain-delayed race at Dover, and Chastain got into the back of Brennan Poole, sending him up the track and taking Kyle Larson out of the race in the process. ![]() When you have guys like Chase Elliott and other guys telling you to beat his ass, everyone is just sick of him.” "I’m sick and tired of it,” Gragson said afterward, while dropping a few expletives of his own. The latter dust-up led to a wild scene on pit road, where Chastain threw a haymaker at Gragson and the two had to be pulled apart by security. The latest incident came Sunday at Kansas Speedway, where Chastain first earned a torrent of expletives over the radio from Kyle Busch, then squeezed Noah Gragson into the wall with about 60 laps to go. ![]()
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