“You’re Gonna Kick Yourself..” – Bubba Wallace Insider Reveals Why Chase Elliott Was at Receiving End of Ross Chastain Gamble

Last weekend at the Phoenix Raceway, Joey Logano won the race and the title. However, the action unfolded behind him, between his championship rivals. To be precise, there was an incident between Chase Elliott and Ross Chastain, where the latter spun out the former. In light of this, NASCAR spotter Freddie Kraft explained why Chastain took the gamble.

He said, “The way I looked at it was, we talked about it on here. Restarts are the only chance to pass anybody. If you’re not aggressive on a restart and you’re just like, ‘Nah, I’m gonna let him come down on me’. Now you’re stuck behind him the rest of that run. I think that we put a lot of emphasis, me and Bubba, me and Landon. Just make whatever forward momentum that you can take. If you’re stuck behind somebody, you’re gonna kick yourself. That’s at every race track, not just Phoenix. I just feel like, you’re fighting for every inch, especially if its a guy you’re racing for the championship.”

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Ross Chastain had everything to lose when he did that move on Elliott

Kraft did have a point because the overall race was a dreadful bore. There were hardly any overtakes and Logano was largely untroubled in the lead, aside from restarts. No one else could catch him, so Chastain decided to throw caution to the wind for one of the restarts.

So he snuck down the inside of the #9 car, but Elliott was already closing the door. As a result, the Hendrick Motorsports driver ended up spinning off the track and derailing his championship chances. As for the rest of the race, it honestly looked like everyone was in their own separate races and a Sunday afternoon drive. In the end, Ross Chastain finished the race in 3rd place, with Christopher Bell in 10th and Elliott down in 28th.

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