Ross Chastain stole some of the thunder from NASCAR’s championship weekend. He’s not making any apologies.
Ross Chasten drives down the frontstretch during a NASCAR Cup Series Championship auto race at Phoenix Raceway, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023, in Avondale, Ariz. Chastain didn’t give an inch throughout the race, frustrating Blaney, who won his first career NASCAR championship but couldn’t get past the No. 1 Chevrolet to win the race. There was little doubt Chastain had a fast car — he led a race-high 157 laps, including the final 31 — and pulled away as Blaney and Kyle Larson fought for the championship.
Chastain said he wasn’t going to do something dumb to put Blaney into the wall, but he also wasn’t going to move out of the way. It was Chastain’s second win this season. He also won at Nashville in June and was eliminated from the playoffs in the round of eight. He was runner-up in the standings last year to champion Joey Logano and raced for the title at Phoenix.
But his fifth career win on Sunday showed he plans to be a force in the coming years. Chastain, Larson, Blaney, Byron and Bell are all young drivers who should be battling each other for titles over the next decade.
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