Ross Chastain and Noah Gragson's Fight: A Full Breakdown of the NASCAR Brawl
The Fight
Ross Chastain and Noah Gragson fight after the NASCAR Cup Series finish in Kansas! pic.twitter.com/EEbA4VeVZ0
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One person commented: "Even the actual track house employees didn't jump in...but some random dude in a non team or NASCAR issued shirt stops Noah from doing what any other human Would do in that situation. Annoying."
prevnextCloser Look
Here's what happened on pit road between @NoahGragson and @RossChastain. pic.twitter.com/MMcOLASlgq
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Another person commented: "I haven't watched NASCAR regularly since Earnhardt died but if they had let these boys exchange a few blows before breaking them up I might would watch the next race. Nothing worse than breaking up a fight after the first punch. Gotta give the man a chance to get that punch back at least."
prevnextWhat Ross Chastain Said
Here's what Chastian said about the contact that ignited the fight: "I got tight off of (Turn) 4 for sure. Noah and I have a very similar attitude on the race track, and we train together, we prepare together, we know each other's … every little bit about each other. Yeah, definitely crowded him up off of 4, and he took a swipe at us in 3, and then he came down and grabbed a hold of me, and a very big man once told me we have a no-push policy here at Trackhouse."
prevnextWhat Noah Gragson Said
"Just got fenced by the 1," Gragson said. "He took care of us at Talladega. We're Chevrolet teammates and he didn't work with us there, and then fenced us here and I'm just over it. Nobody else has the balls to at least confront him, so if you don't at least just grab him and do something, he's just going to keep doing it, and I'm over it. It's the second time. I have respect for (Chastain team owner) Justin Marks and the rest of the Trackhouse team, and that's why I'm not wrecking him on the race track, but I'm ready to fight him. I didn't even get a shot in because the security guards got in the middle of it, but nobody confronts the guy. He just keeps doing it, and I'm sick and tired of it."
prevnextKyle Busch Enters the Room
Kyle Busch is another driver that has issues with Chastain. While talking on the radio during Sunday's race, Busch said, "He's pissed because I'm pissed that he races like a f—ing a–hole, and so I doored him twice down the backstretch like 'this is your warning, boy.'"
prevnextNot the First Time
A week before the fight, Chastain got bumped into Brennan Poole during the Cup Series race at Dover International Speedway, leading to Poole and Kyle Larson to crash. Larson expressed his unhappiness with Chastian to his team on the radio, while Poole told Fox Sports' Jamie Little that Chastian "needs to get his butt whooped."
prevnextWhat Happens Next?
It finally happened. pic.twitter.com/lHtBauJIZp
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) May 8, 2023
It's not clear if NASCAR will discipline Chastain and Gragson for the fight. But it would not be a surprise if Gragson got some love from the drivers for confronting Chastain for his aggressive racing. It will be interesting to see what happens next week when NASCAR is at Darlington Raceway for the Goodyear 400.
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