Ross Chastain’s Pit Crew Under Fire as “Petty” Act Against Kyle Larson Comes to Light
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Kyle Larson and Ross Chastain have been battling it out on the track for the past few weeks. Both drivers were involved in several crashes, and the most recent one occurred at Darlington on Sunday.
Before Sunday’s incident, Larson won the Xfinity Series race on Saturday. However, his pit crew members did not show up during his Victory Lane celebration; hence, they received plenty of flak from the NASCAR fans.
The Incident that started all this
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During the Wurth 400 at Dover Motor Speedway, Chastain collided with Brennan Poole, which sent Poole spinning. Unfortunately, Larson was behind Poole and could not avoid his car. Eventually, he finished the race in the 32nd position.
Larson’s Lonely Victory Lane celebration
Notably, Larson’s Xfinity Series pit crew at Darlington works for Chastain in Cup Series. As per reports, Larson made a hand gesture to the pit crew after the incident in Dover. Hence, the pit crew decided to opt out of Larson’s Xfinity win celebration at Darlington.
Many fans took to social media and called out the pit crew, as one fan wrote, “Loyal. But also a little petty. How often do you get a chance for a victory lane celebration?” Another fan said, “Maybe they’re salty their full time driver doesn’t make it to victory lane, so they thought it would be disrespectful to attend a driver makes it there all the time.”
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