Joey Logano confronts Ross Chastain after Chicago smash-up
The Team Penske driver was fired up after getting spun out in the closing laps of the race
Joey Logano, Team Penske Ford
Photo by: Logan Riely / Getty Images
On a late-race restart at Chicago, things got wild at the entry of Turn 1. Ross Chastain ended up getting spun sideways, and the first car he saw after getting straightened out had an immediate bullseye on it.
That was Joey Logano in the No. 22 Ford, who was directly behind Chastain when the incident began, however, video shows that he (and several others) were pushed into the No. 1 car.
Chastain immediately hit Logano in the next corner, sending both the Penske driver and Ricky Stenhouse Jr Jr. spinning. While Logano rebounded to finish 11th -- one spot behind Chastain -- Stenhouse's day was over.
"Ross better get the f****** information right before he goes and wrecks somebody," Logano radioed to his team after the incident. "There's f****** six cars behind me wrecking into me, and then he destroys me from four back. That motherf*****."
Stenhouse shared a video of a watermelon being smashed on his social media, an obvious reference to Chastain, who is an eighth-generation watermelon farmer and commonly referred to as the 'Melon Man.'
As for Logano, he took a far more direct approach. He confronted Chastain after the race and shared his frustrations.
While the particulars of the conversation aren't known, Logano later told FOX Sports' Bob Pockrass of the conversation: "He [Chastain] admitted he wrecked me on purpose, which means he should get fined ... that's not okay."
After being told that Chastain may have been trying to get payback on whoever spun him, Logano replied: "Typical Ross. He just sees red and does dumb stuff."
Logano also referenced the fact that this is not the first run-in for these drivers, who are two of the most aggressive drivers on the grid. They had an incident at both COTA and Martinsville. Following their Martinsville run-in earlier this week, Logano said Chastain "races like a jackass every week.
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