Ross Chastain's Chances For Victory End After A Bump From Carson Hocevar
5 hours agoRoss Chastain was a relative non-factor in the first half of Sunday's Atlanta race, as he rarely ran in the top 10 until he stayed out of the pits during the Stage 2 caution when the other leaders pitted. However, on the ensuing restart, Chastain immediately took the lead from Chase Briscoe with the help of Shane van Gisbergen and ran consistently near the front for the rest of the race, leading seven times for 25 laps. He beat the leader Kyle Larson to the line on the overtime restart but ultimately fell to eighth after his protege Carson Hocevar bumped him out of the racing groove, which caused him to lose his momentum. Although Chastain missed out on what could have been a possible win and confronted Hocevar after the race, he still did what he needed to do in avoiding a crash.
Source: Racing Reference
Source: Racing Reference