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Brett Griffin Slams NASCAR’s Move to Put Ross Chastain Back in His Original Running Position After Denny Hamlin Wreck

BySrijan Mandal

Jul 13, 2022 | 10:30 AM EDT

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Recently, Daniel Hemric’s spotter Brett Griffin bashed NASCAR. He wasn’t happy with NASCAR for letting Ross Chastain get ahead of the pack at Sunday’s race.

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Podcast, he said, “Ross Chastain after he hit Denny Hamlin he had to slow down. And after all, this was said and done, NASCAR, under caution, put Ross Chastain all the way back up in the same position he was running in before he wrecked Denny Hamlin.”

He added,

“so he caused the wreck. He was in the wreck. He slowed down as a result of the wreck. He did not maintain “race speed” and NASCAR let him drive by four or five guys that were not in the wreck and put him back in front of Hamlin.”

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He concluded by saying,

“And I just don’t understand for the life of me. How you have all this technology and all these replays and all these things in place, SNT data. And you literally let this guy cause a wreck, be in the wreck, slow down for the wreck, and then put him back in his original running order.”

Ross Chastain caused a nine-car pile-up at Atlanta

Last Sunday’s race at Atlanta Motor Speedway saw Chastain bump into Truex Jr. Immediately after that, Martin spun around and was dragged along with Ross. That led to several other cars also hitting each other and losing position.

In the aftermath of Chastain’s adventures, a total of nine cars had been involved in the wreck. Ruining the race for many. Chastain’s unnecessary bumping didn’t help anyone, not even himself. But then, in a wild turn of events, NASCAR decided to put him back up to where he last was before the crash.

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Not to forget that #1 driver was very recently under a lot of fire after he caused crashes with Denny Hamlin and Chase Elliott at WWT Raceway.

The multiple-car pile-up at Atlanta Motor Speedway involved Kyle Larson, Michael McDowell, Kyle Busch, Joey Logano, Austin Dillon, and others.