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Ross Chastain refuses to speak after wreck with William Byron at Texas

Ross Chastain politely refused to speak with the media after his wreck with William Byron at Texas Motor Speedway.

[autotag]Ross Chastain[/autotag] had an opportunity to win the NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway; however, it quickly turned into a nightmare scenario. Chastain couldn’t stay on Elliott’s right rear quarter panel through Turn 3 and took the white flag in second place. Then, the Trackhouse Racing driver and William Byron made contact, which caused him to wreck for a 32nd-place finish.

According to The Athletic’s Jeff Gluck, it was a frustrating end for Chastain, who refused to speak after his release from the infield care center. Chastain has yet to win during the 2024 NASCAR season despite ending last year on a high note by winning the season finale. The race in Fort Worth, Texas, represented his best shot in 2024 to this point.

Now, the driver of the No. 1 car will look forward to Talladega Superspeedway as his next chance at a victory. Chastain won the spring race at Talladega in 2022 and has been successful in some superspeedway events. It remains to be seen if anything happens between him and Byron moving forward, but a win seems close for the No. 1 team.

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William Byron discusses wreck with Ross Chastain on final lap at Texas

William Byron discusses his wreck with Ross Chastain on the final lap at Texas. Find out what Byron said about making contact with Chastain!

[autotag]William Byron[/autotag] didn’t have the car to compete for the victory in the NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway, but he still came home with a good finish. Byron ended up in third place after making contact with [autotag]Ross Chastain[/autotag] on the final lap. Chastain ended up crashing and finishing in 32nd place after a rough final lap.

Following the event, the driver of the No. 24 car talked about his accident with the Trackhouse Racing driver. Byron didn’t like doing that to a fellow Chevrolet teammate, but he didn’t expect Chastain to block him that late.

“I just had a big run. [Ross Chastain] and I race really well, and I didn’t want to wreck him there, but he blocked me late, which is understood,” Byron said. “It’s racing at the end, but I was already there, and unfortunately, we made enough contact to where it got him squirrelly, and it happened.”

“So, I hate that that happened, but it’s the last lap, and I had the run, so I am going to just take the run. I didn’t expect it, but I don’t want to do that to a fellow Chevy guy, and we always race really well.”

Luckily for Byron, he still finished in third place after winning at Martinsville Speedway the previous week. It will be fascinating to see what happens moving forward between the two drivers. Will Chastian try to initiate some revenge or will they be OK? Hopefully, the NASCAR world doesn’t find out at Talladega Superspeedway this weekend.

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Ross Chastain talks about Sonoma’s new repave after testing in 2024

Ross Chastain talks about Sonoma Raceway’s new repave after testing in March. Find out what Chastain had to say about Sonoma’s new surface!

[autotag]Ross Chastain[/autotag] hasn’t been horrible at Sonoma Raceway since joining the NASCAR Cup Series full-time in 2021; however, there is potential for more success. Chastain has competed in three races since 2021 for three top-10 finishes. The Trackhouse Racing driver has a best finish of seventh place twice. In 2023, Chastain ended the day with a 10th-place finish.

Alongside Martin Truex Jr. and Josh Berry, Chastain was one of three drivers to test Sonoma’s new race surface after a recent repave. Chastain talked to the media and discussed the new surface. Overall, the expectation should be racing that Sonoma hasn’t seen in its history.

“The repave is super gripped up – we’re north of 2.5 seconds faster than the track record,” Chastain said. “We kept going faster throughout the day as we got rubber into the track. It was just about me chasing the grip because there was so much new asphalt…As we got our Goodyear rubber into it, we made a rubber line where we ran – it’s definitely dirty off-line but they’ll sweep that tonight and it will widen out with more cars.”

“Yeah, it’s fast. The pavement has so much grip that now the rumble strips feel really slick because you’re going so much faster. Everything is faster – I’m not using the curbs as much as I used to – I’ve evolved throughout the day…I saw some fall-off – actually more than I thought. I had definite grip-loss on the car and it showed in the lap time. I had more than I expected for a repave.”

Based on Chastain’s comments, NASCAR could be in for a very fast track at Sonoma in June. Also, it is positive to see some tire falloff as it produces better racing and allows drivers to make moves. Hopefully, Sonoma can keep its fast racing and tire falloff when NASCAR arrives for its only date of the 2024 season in June.

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2024 EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix odds, picks and predictions

Beat the sportsbook: The best bets for Sunday’s 2024 EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas, with NASCAR expert picks and predictions.

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The NASCAR Cup Series moves to the Circuit of the Americas Sunday for the 2024 EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix. The green flag is scheduled to drop approximately at 3:30 p.m. ET (FOX). Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s lines around the 2024 EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix odds, and make our expert NASCAR picks and predictions.

2024 EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix: What you need to know

  • 23XI Racing driver Tyler Reddick is the defending champ, snapping the early dominance of Chevrolet in the first 2 Cup races in Austin
  • Hendrick Motorsports driver Chase Elliott won the inaugural Cup race at this track in May 2021, with Trackhouse Racing’s Ross Chastain picking up checkers in March 2022
  • Elliott has made 2 Cup starts at the track, finishing with a win and a 4th-place finish, while leading 5 laps
  • Chastain is close on Elliott’s heels with a dominant 3.0 Average-Finish Position (AFP) in 3 Cup starts, finishing 1st in 2022, sandwiched by a pair of 4th-place runs in 2021 and 2023
  • Reddick leads all active drivers with 43 laps led in 3 Cup races, followed by Chastain (35) and Hendrick’s William Byron (28)
  • Byron has posted a 9.3 AFP in 3 Cup races at COTA, finishing 5th, 11th and 12th
  • 23XI Racing’s Bubba Wallace has had a nightmare 3 runs in Austin over the years, finishing 37th, 38th and 39th, with all 3 starts resulting in DNFs
  • Trackhouse Racing’s Daniel Suarez also hasn’t fared well in 3 Cup starts at COTA, posting a 28.0 AFP with finishes of 24th, 27th and 33rd despite a 7.3 Average-Start Position and 16 laps led

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2024 EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix – Expert pick

Odds provided by BetMGM Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 5:42 a.m. ET.

CHASE ELLIOTT (+1200) has been dominant in his 2 Cup starts at COTA. He missed last season’s run due to injury. The most popular driver in the sport is in dire need of a victory, as he is winless since Oct. 2, 2022 at Talladega.

Elliott was completely blanked in 2023, and so far in 2024 he has managed just a single top-10 in 5 starts. That top-10 finish came last week at Bristol, and the 5 laps he led at the Coliseum were his first since he ticked off 13 laps in front at the Daytona 500. Perhaps he’ll carry over his momentum from Bristol into this weekend’s race at a track he has fared well, albeit a brief sample size.

2024 EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix – Contender

ROSS CHASTAIN (+1400) has a little bit longer odds, but we’ve seen him do extremely well in 3 Cup races at COTA since the venue became part of the official schedule in 2021.

Chastain has 3 top-5 finishes, including the 2022 victory, and he has never finished lower than 4th. If you’re a little more on the conservative side, you can get CHASTAIN TOP-10 FINISH (-130), or you can still double up by taking CHASTAIN TOP-5 FINISH (+180). Again, he has finished 4th or better in all 3 Cup starts at the track, so both props are quite attractive.

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2024 EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix prop picks

MATCHBET – ROSS CHASTAIN Over Daniel Suarez (-190)

It’s a little on the pricey side, but Chastain is a good bet to finish higher than Suarez at COTA.

Chastain, the watermelon farmer, has never finished lower than 4th in 3 Cup runs in Austin, while Suarez has finishes of 24th, 27th and 33rd for that ugly 28.0 AFP in his 3-race history at the track.

Suarez has had the hot hand this season, already punching his ticket to the playoffs with a victory in Atlanta. But Chastain is the play here, and it likely won’t be close.

KAMUI KOBAYASHI TOP-10 FINISH (+250)

It’s a little on the far-fetched side, but it’s worth a roll of the dice at plus-money for the chance to more than double up.

Former F1 driver Kobayashi makes his 2nd-career Cup, driving for 23XI Racing. There was a report Denny Hamlin stated Kobayashi was faster than 23XI driver and Cup regular Reddick in the COTA simulator, for whatever that’s worth. He’ll be behind the wheel of the No. 50 Toyota on Sunday. Kobayashi has raced at the Circuit of the Americas before, albeit in a completely different machine. But he knows the track, and he is worth a roll of the dice at this price point.

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Which NASCAR driver has the most wins at Circuit of the Americas?

Which NASCAR driver has the most wins at Circuit of the Americas? Check out who tops the list in Austin, Texas!

NASCAR doesn’t have a long and storied history with Circuit of the Americas, but it has put on some great races dating back to the 2021 season. Since that point, the NASCAR Cup Series has only competed in three races. However, which NASCAR driver has the most wins at Bristol? The answer is not clear, as it is a three-way tie.

[autotag]Chase Elliott[/autotag], [autotag]Ross Chastain[/autotag], and [autotag]Tyler Reddick[/autotag] have one win at Circuit of the Americas, which makes them the most successful drivers at the track in NASCAR history. They each have won races in their own ways. Elliott won due to weather, Chastain won due to moving A.J. Allmendinger and Alex Bowman on the last lap, and Reddick won by pure domination.

Any driver can add their names to the list this weekend and make it a four-way tie for the top spot. If not, one of Elliott, Chastain, or Reddick can take a firm grasp on the lead spot. It will be fun to see who manages the road course the best on Sunday afternoon.

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Chastain quickest in Cup Series practice at Las Vegas

Ross Chastain was the fastest overall driver Saturday in NASCAR Cup Series practice at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, leading the way at 184.269mph (29.305s). The Trackhouse Racing driver ran 22 laps in practice but his fastest lap was his second. Noah …

Ross Chastain was the fastest overall driver Saturday in NASCAR Cup Series practice at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, leading the way at 184.269mph (29.305s). The Trackhouse Racing driver ran 22 laps in practice but his fastest lap was his second.

Noah Gragson was second-fastest in practice at 183.661mph, Ty Gibbs third at 182.859mph, Tyler Reddick fourth at 182.846mph and Denny Hamlin fifth at 182.723mph.

Bubba Wallace was sixth at 182.673mph, Chase Briscoe seventh at 182.439mph, William Byron eighth at 182.346mph, Kyle Larson ninth at 182.328mph and Chris Buescher rounded out the top 10 at 182.094mph.

Cup Series point leader Kyle Busch was 17th fastest in practice. His lap was 181.421mph.

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Derek Kraus was 34th fastest in practice at 177.293mph. Kraus is making his Cup Series debut in the No. 16 Chevrolet for Kaulig Racing.

There were two incidents — the first, for Ryan Preece, was significant.

Preece spun on his own in Turn 2 and made contact with the left side of his Stewart-Haas Racing Ford Mustang Dark Horse to the outside wall. It was Preece’s fourth lap on track.

The other incident was for Todd Gilliland, who scrubbed the wall off Turn 2. Gilliland was in the second group of drivers who got on track for practice.

There are 37 drivers entered in the Pennzoil 400. In addition to the 36 charter teams, JJ Yeley is entered in the No. 44 for NY Racing Team.

Kyle Larson led the way in the best 10 consecutive lap average. It was Larson over William Byron, Tyler Reddick, Kyle Busch, and Zane Smith.

10 NASCAR drivers share what they love — and don’t — about the Daytona 500

“It’s one of the few things that — having been in the Cup Series for 13, 14 years now — still give me chills.”

LOS ANGELES — The Daytona 500 is unlike any other NASCAR race. It’s the biggest event on the 36-race schedule, and it kicks off the season each year at Daytona International Speedway, NASCAR’s iconic 2.5-mile track.

It’s a crown-jewel race in the sport, and drivers would do just about anything to take NASCAR’s most coveted checkered flag. But it has and continues to elude many of the sport’s best competitors.

Before the start of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season, For The Win caught up with several drivers at the Clash at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, a preseason exhibition race, to talk about the Daytona 500. We asked them what their favorite and least favorite things are about the race, and their answers didn’t disappoint.

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Q&A: Kevin Harvick on wanting to be the John Madden of NASCAR broadcasts and reuniting with Clint Bowyer

“It’s as relaxed as I’ve ever been coming into the first race of the season,” Kevin Harvick told For The Win.

LOS ANGELES — Kevin Harvick retired from NASCAR at the end of the 2023 Cup Series season after 23 years at the sport’s highest level. But he didn’t go far.

After gaining some on-and-off broadcasting experience with Fox Sports since 2015, the 48-year-old former driver of the No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford joined Fox’s booth full time as an analyst, working alongside Mike Joy and fellow former NASCAR driver and teammate Clint Bowyer. And he’s pumped about his new day job.

“I’m super happy with the way that everything has worked out,” Harvick — a future NASCAR Hall of Famer with the 2014 Cup championship, the 2007 Daytona 500 trophy and 60 Cup wins — recently told For The Win. “And for me, it’s as relaxed as I’ve ever been coming into the first race of the season and not having to worry about that competitive mindset.”

For the first time in more than two decades, he doesn’t have to worry about how fast his car is or being collateral damage in someone else’s wreck. And with his new gig, he’s at ease with a 24-year Fox veteran like Joy alongside him and running the booth.

“It’s hard to have somebody talking in your ear, talking about what you’re talking about on the screen and make sure everything’s going in the in the right direction,” Harvick said. “So having Mike be able to steer the ship and keep us all under control definitely takes a lot of pressure off.”

Ahead of NASCAR’s 2024 season-opening Daytona 500 — which is set for Sunday at 2:30 p.m. ET on Fox — For The Win caught up with Harvick to discuss how he’ll approach broadcasting, Trackhouse Racing driver Ross Chastain taking over his iconic Busch Light paint scheme and why he’ll still always be a vocal advocate for drivers.

This interview has been condensed and edited for clarity.

Ross Chastain’s discusses his altercation with Tyler Reddick at the Clash

Ross Chastain discusses his altercation with Tyler Reddick after the Busch Light Clash. Find out what Chastain had to say about Reddick!

The Busch Light Clash at The Coliseum is a place where feelings get hurt ahead of the official beginning of the 2024 NASCAR season at Daytona International Speedway. This is due to the 0.25-mile track configuration as drivers bump into each other. This is what happened with [autotag]Ross Chastain[/autotag] and [autotag]Tyler Reddick[/autotag], as the No. 1 car made contact with the No. 45 after the race.

It looked like Reddick moved Chastain out of the way in the race’s final corner with a spin in front of them. The Trackhouse Racing driver wasn’t happy in the car and talked to FOX Sports’ Bob Pockrass about the incident after the event. Outside of the No. 1 entry, Chastain had a calmer tone.

“Yeah, I felt like when that last wreck happened, [Tyler Reddick] just drove through us,” Chastain said. “I mean, everybody ran into everybody…I just feel like at the end, Tyler took advantage of the wreck ahead and pushed his way through.”

“Me and Tyler are buddies; I can’t wait to get back on the bike with him or something and see how strong he’s gotten through the offseason.”

Chastain is not one to shy away from confrontation, and while nothing serious happened on Saturday night, it shows that he will continue to be himself. There was no driver carrying more momentum into the new campaign as Chastain after winning at Phoenix Raceway. Now, he will look ahead and try his best to claim his first Daytona 500 victory in two weeks.

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Ross Chastian’s schedule, paint scheme for Busch Light in 2024 revealed

Ross Chastain’s schedule, paint scheme for Busch Light in 2024 has been revealed. Check out Chastain’s paint scheme and schedule for 2024!

[autotag]Ross Chastain[/autotag] gained one of NASCAR’s biggest sponsors when Busch Light left Kevin Harvick and Stewart-Haas Racing after the 2023 season. This came after Harvick retired from the NASCAR Cup Series. Now, Chastain is the next to run the famous Busch Light cars. On Monday morning, his new paint scheme and schedule for the 2024 season were revealed.

Trackhouse Racing released Chastian’s newly designed Busch Light paint scheme, which is very sharp. The No. 1 car has more blue than Harvick’s previous scheme, as the 2024 livery has been named the “Iconic” paint scheme for the season. Chastain will run the No. 1 car at the Busch Light Clash at The Coliseum to start the campaign.

Most notably, Chastain will run the entry at the Daytona 500 in February, the Go Bowling at the Glen in September, the Bank of America ROVAL 400 in October, the Championship Race in Phoenix, and more. The No. 1 team has a new primary sponsor, and the paint scheme is living up to the hype as Chastain looks for his first Cup Series championship.

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