Ross Chastain Speaks About ‘Tough Conversations’ With NASCAR’ After Controversial Outburst, While Defending His Right to ‘Handle Himself’ on Track

Although it was Denny Hamlin who won the Kansas race, the driver that made it to the headlines was, yet again, none other than Ross Chastain. Right now, he is the talking point of every NASCAR social media post and podcast. Well, everyone likes to be popular, right? But it is surely not fun when it would cost a lot. This is something that is being experienced by Chastain after his brawl with Noah Gragson.

While it was an on-track incident that made Gragson confront Chastain, it eventually ended up being a full-fledged brawl between the two drivers in the pit lane, where the #1 driver even punched the rookie in outrage. Both the Trackhouse Racing driver and Legacy Motor Club driver stole the limelight. Though fans loved the drama, Chastain later put the whole ‘punchgate’ fiasco behind him as he declared a truce with his latest rival.

Ross Chastain reveals his side of the story!

Every action has a reaction, and this one action from Chastain brought consequences. Recently, making an appearance on The Pat McAfee Show, he poured his heart out and shared his feelings. Pat, the host of the show, asked him, “Do they [NASCAR] love it [fighting]? Do they have to quietly? So you guys get yelled at for it? Do you maybe think about with how good you throw that right hand?”

Chastain smiled and very calmly responded to his question. He said, “NASCAR wants us to compete, right?” and explained how their schedule for racing has them face-to-face with their competitors every weekend for over thirty-eight races in a year.

He said, “We don’t have weeks or months at a time to not see each other and, forget about what happened in the last race. Every week, we go back and we race again. So that’s why you see stuff tend to get fired up more because it’s not just one or two races a year.”

“So yeah, they didn’t love it.”

“I had to have some tough conversations. After Sunday, there was a lot within the team and Trackhouse, there was a lot of tough conversations with NASCAR. And with my family, look, I don’t want my memaw and my meme, right my grandmother’s, to see me fighting.”

“But ultimately they understand that I had to handle myself.”

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Fans go ga-ga over Ross Chastain’s antics!

Chastain got a pretty fair chance to talk about his side of the story in the interview. And it seems that fans are loving it. A few fans also believe that this is what NASCAR really needed and hope to have more drivers who aren’t afraid ‘to rattle the cage and are there to win.’

“Dude is box office. He’s responsible for the 2 biggest things that’s happened in NASCAR over the last 12 months.”

“Ross has a chance to bring Nascar back to some kind of mainstream relevancy. Ross is the real deal. Thank yew for the Nascar content boys!”

“Ross! I love ya, man! I’ve been a fan from trucks on up and I love your character and attitude. I was rooting for you all day at Kansas and can’t wait to go back this fall. Gonna have to get a pit pass for sure. Hail Melon!!”

“This is EXACTLY what NASCAR needed. And the powers that be need to understand that as soon as possible.”

“Ross is the man. NASCAR needs drivers who aren’t afraid to rattle the cage and are there to win.”

“I love Ross and Noah. Nascar needs these guys. Not the sawft drivers.”

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