
Chastain’s Playoff Push Meets Bristol’s Black Walls
Ross Chastain has never won—or even led a lap—at Bristol, but he holds a 19-point cushion in Saturday’s cut race.
Ross Chastain has never won—or even led a lap—at Bristol, but he holds a 19-point cushion in Saturday’s cut race.
Ross Chastain arrived for his Nashville Superspeedway press conference Saturday still wearing a smile – and his winner’s ring – from Sunday’s victory at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
For a while Sunday, NASCAR’s longest race looked like a one-man show starring William Byron.
The NASCAR Cup Series left Kansas Speedway on Sunday night, and none of the remaining 12 Playoff drivers could draw much comfort from the Hollywood Casino 400 that had just ended.
Ross Chastain hadn’t smashed a watermelon in nearly a year, but on Sunday night, that all changed.
Trackhouse Racing’s Ross Chastain won his first pole position of the 2024 season – and second of his career – Saturday afternoon at the historic Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International road course.
While Chase Briscoe made his Playoff situation much clearer by winning at Darlington to clinch a berth, he made it much fuzzier for the drivers fighting for points.
The margin between the last driver currently eligible for the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs and the first driver out is a mere 21 points.
The ‘win-and-you’re-in’ system that defines NASCAR’s Playoffs mean a points position is never certain until the postseason begins.
The battle for one of the few remaining points positions in the Playoffs was incredibly close entering Michigan, with zero points in it.