[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.”
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“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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