Ross Chastain shocked together with his final to first drive in a backup automotive on the Coca-Cola 600, making historical past as the primary driver to win from fortieth in NASCAR’s longest race. Whereas he needed to battle William Byron for the win on monitor, he had face a special form of battle after accumulating the checkered flag.
Following his celebratory watermelon smash, which the eighth-generation racer does after each victory, Chastain climbed into his automotive and drove again to pit highway. As soon as there, a fan in a blue hoodie reached within the automotive, showing to congratulate him earlier than snatching the hat from atop his head.
“Hey! Hey! Give me that hat again.” Chastain could be heard saying by way of the in-car digital camera. “Give me that (expletive) hat again!” Apparently, an overzealous fan reached into the race automotive and grabbed the No. 1 Jockey hat from atop Chastain’s head earlier than attempting to run off with it.
Chastain explains what occurred
Ross Chastain, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
Photograph by: David Jensen / Getty Photos
“Yeah, that was unlucky,” mentioned Chastain within the post-race press convention. “A man was on pit highway. He was tremendous excited. He reached in, I high-fived him. I did not know him. And he identical to grabbed my head. I assumed he was simply saying, ‘oh yeah good job buddy.’ then he simply pulled the hat after which he did this little dance and mentioned ‘I obtained your hat. I obtained your hat.’ And I used to be like, no give it again,’ and he ran away.
“I simply shut the automotive off and I pointed and the NASCAR safety and Tony Lunders was there and the safety group. I used to be, like, that is my successful hat. It rode within the automotive. Each week, each race automotive I ever drive, I take the hat with the opening in it so I can put it on the shifter. It rides on the transmission tunnel each race. And I put that on the shelf. It means rather a lot to me and I am not gonna give that away.”
Added Chastain: “I used to be a bit of brutal with the phrases I used to be saying however I needed the hat again. He was working away, like he knew what he was doing, and he grabbed it off my head and I did not like that.”
Fortunately, he obtained his hat again, which he’ll pair together with his newly acquired trophy for successful one in all NASCAR’s prestigious crown jewel occasions.
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