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Ross Chastain Breaks His Silence After Getting Cussed By Bubba Wallace & Making New Enemies in Kansas for Kevin Harvick Crash

Published 09/17/2022, 1:15 PM EDT

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Ross Chastain has conveniently positioned himself as Public Enemy no. 1. Although it added more context to his car number, he doesn’t seem to take it too seriously. After last weekend’s race at Kansas, the watermelon man put his name on two more drivers’ hit lists. One of them is the latest new winner in the 2022 season, Bubba Wallace, and, the other is of course Kevin Harvick.

But the Trackhouse racing driver is actually apologetic about what he did.

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Chastain drives into every race, knowing well enough that half the grid will come after him any moment they see fit. Of course, it keeps piling up, but it all started back in Pocono, where he hit Denny Hamlin. And he’s well aware of his actions, as he accepts his fate.

He talked about it ahead of Friday practice at Briston Motor Speedway. Ross said, “I can’t speak for what other people are thinking. I just know that I hit the wall nice and hard at Pocono.”

Well, at least he knows what’s coming for him. But he’s quite apologetic about it, too. In fact, he acknowledged that what happened to Harvick was his fault, and he apologized.

“Didn’t lift in time, didn’t leave him enough room, forced him into the wall.”

He accepts that Harvick’s crash “was still my fault.”

WATCH: Bubba Wallace X-Rated Radio Message on Public Enemy No.1 Ross Chastain in Kansas

But, in this process, he made another enemy that got tangled up in the Harvick-Chastain mess-up at Kansas. Of course, we’re talking about Wallace.

Earlier this season, the watermelon man made an enemy with Kyle Busch, the last person anyone would want to piss off. And of course, him being who he is, devised a whole new verb for victims of the Trackhouse driver. Call them “Chastain’d”

Bubba Wallace is among the many drivers going after Ross Chastain

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Of course, Wallace got tangled up when Ross hit the #4 car. And he was not happy at all. Well, sure, he did go on to win his first race this season, so that unhappy state didn’t last too long.

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But the whole process brought out a caution, and a very agitated Bubba yelled, “God, f**k, Ross!”.

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WATCH THIS STORY: Bubba Wallace contemplates calling Daniel Ricciardo for sensational F1-NASCAR swap amidst ongoing Project91

But it sure would be difficult to drive knowing the entire playoff grid is coming to wreck you. But do you think he deserves the slack he gets? Or has he become a victim of his previous mistakes?

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Hetul Katyal

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Hetul Katyal is a NASCAR and F1 Writer at Essentially Sports. Currently pursuing his degree in Journalism from Delhi College of Arts and Commerce. When the Stock Cars rev up, you can find him cheering Chase Elliott and Kyle Busch, in hopes of seeing one of them drive to the Victory Lane.
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Ranvijay Singh