Ahead of the race in Atlanta, Kyle Busch candidly spoke about the lack of mutual respect between NASCAR drivers today. Busch was quite critical of the recent happenings in the sport during races and claimed that everyone was out there to take advantage of the other, no matter the cost.

A week forward from that, it’s quite possible that we just saw an example of what Busch was talking about towards the end of the race at the Circuit of The Americas in Austin between Trackhouse Racing teammates and a Hendrick Motorsports driver.

Daniel Suarez bumps Ross Chastain and Alex Bowman after the race in COTA

During the cool-down lap, Daniel Suarez, who finished 27th at the end, sped through the field and bumped past his teammate Ross Chastain and caught up with Alex Bowman.

From the bumper cam footage, it’s clear Suarez was pretty frustrated with the #1 and #48 as he bumped them both before having what seemed like a heated conversation with them.

This frustration in the Mexican’s mind likely stems from the incident during the overtime when Chastain hit Bowman, who subsequently hit Suarez. And while Bowman and Chastain finished inside the top 5, Suarez was out of the top 20.

Considering this with the fact that Suarez largely ran inside the top 5 for the majority of the race, his anger and frustration was pretty justified. But was the way he approached Bowman and Chastain in the end justified too?

Or is it an example of Busch’s comments on the lack of respect?

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Kyle Busch claimed drivers have lost respect for each other in NASCAR

Last week, Busch claimed drivers today have “completely lost any sense of respect” for each other. “That’s where the problem lies, is that nobody gives two s**ts about anyone else,” he said.

“It’s just the problem where everybody takes advantage of everybody as much as they can, we’re all selfish, granted, but there was an etiquette that once did live here,” he added.

Busch claimed that this etiquette was started by Mark Martin and followed by a number of legends like Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon, Dale Jr, and others. But now, according to the two-time Cup champion, “that’s gone.”

Perhaps the Suarez–Chastain–Bowman incident after the checkered flag in COTA was an example of this.

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