A pair of NASCAR Chevy drivers had a dustup that might’ve cost The Bow Tie Brand a win at Nashville Superspeedway on June 30th, 2024. In a chaotic race that saw five Overtime finishes, Kyle Larson, driver of the No. 5 Chevy Camaro ZL1, and Ross Chastain, driver of the No. 1 Camaro, made contact, punting the latter into the wall and killing his race car, while Larson went on to finish eighth.
On the first Overtime restart, Larson started behind race leader Denny Hamlin, driver of the No. 11 Toyota TRD Camry, with Chastain on the front row to his outside. Larson sent his race car after Hamlin when the race went green, wearing out Hamlin’s rear bumper, but failed to account for Chastain, who had cut down the track. The two NASCAR Chevy racers hit; Chastain backed hard into the wall and went spinning into the pack, collecting several other cars, including the No. 8 Camaro of Kyle Busch.
“I just hung on the 11’s [Hamlin’s] right rear, got a good start, and was turned around backwards,” Chastain said after the race. “I didn’t see what happened… it’s so good to be leading laps, fighting the guys that had been running up front all day and all night.”
Larson admitted that his miscalculation resulted in unintentionally taking out Chastain, who wound up 33rd.
“Yeah, I was with Denny, Denny on the front, and I was just going to try to wash him – get into him, to wash him off the bottom, to get myself some clean air,” Larson said. “I just ran in really deep, got really tight and drove into Ross. So yeah, hate that, for sure.”
Busch, meanwhile, was taken out from fourth place when Chastain struck him. NASCAR, interestingly, allowed him to have his spot back on the next restart. He was subsequently passed by over a dozen cars as he plummeted through the field. He finished 27th.
Up front, Joey Logano’s No. 22 Ford Mustang Dark Horse managed to save enough fuel to win.
| Finish | Start | Car Number | Driver | Team | Laps Run | Laps Led | Car |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 | 22 | Joey Logano | Shell Pennzoil Ford | 331 | 9 | Ford Mustang |
| 2 | 36 | 71 | Zane Smith # | Jockey Outdoors by Luke Bryan Chevrolet | 331 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 3 | 6 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | Monster Energy Toyota | 331 | 16 | Toyota TRD Camry |
| 4 | 22 | 41 | Ryan Preece | HaasTooling.com Ford | 331 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 5 | 9 | 17 | Chris Buescher | BuildSubmarines.com Ford | 331 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 6 | 18 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Menards/Ideal Garage Doors Ford | 331 | 26 | Ford Mustang |
| 7 | 24 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | Columbia Sportswear Company Toyota | 331 | 0 | Toyota TRD Camry |
| 8 | 4 | 5 | Kyle Larson | HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | 331 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 9 | 37 | 31 | Daniel Hemric | Cirkul Chevrolet | 331 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 10 | 16 | 10 | Noah Gragson | Bass Pro Shops Winchester Ford | 331 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 11 | 28 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger(i) | Celsius Chevrolet | 331 | 1 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 12 | 1 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | FedEx Toyota | 331 | 70 | Toyota TRD Camry |
| 13 | 33 | 51 | Justin Haley | Pinnacle Home Improvement Ford | 331 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 14 | 12 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Ally Chevrolet | 331 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 15 | 10 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Discount Tire Ford | 331 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 16 | 15 | 77 | Carson Hocevar # | Zeigler Auto Group Chevrolet | 331 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 17 | 32 | 38 | Todd Gilliland | gener8tor Ford | 331 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 18 | 13 | 9 | Chase Elliott | NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet | 331 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 19 | 7 | 24 | William Byron | Valvoline Chevrolet | 331 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 20 | 21 | 7 | Corey LaJoie | Garner Trucking Chevrolet | 331 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 21 | 19 | 14 | Chase Briscoe | Rush Truck Centers/Cummins Ford | 331 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 22 | 31 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | Tootsies Orchid Lounge Chevrolet | 331 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 23 | 8 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Interstate Batteries Toyota | 331 | 2 | Toyota TRD Camry |
| 24 | 17 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. | Bass Pro Shops Toyota | 331 | 0 | Toyota TRD Camry |
| 25 | 5 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | Consumer Cellular Ford | 330 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 26 | 2 | 4 | Josh Berry # | Overstock.com Ford | 327 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 27 | 27 | 8 | Kyle Busch | zone/Thorntons Chevrolet | 319 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 28 | 25 | 21 | Harrison Burton | DEX Imaging Ford | 312 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 29 | 29 | 50 | * Corey Heim(i) | Mobil 1 50th Anniversary Toyota | 312 | 0 | Toyota TRD Camry |
| 30 | 23 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Artesano Hawaiian/Oscar Mayer Chevrolet | 312 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 31 | 35 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | Massey Motor Freight Toyota | 306 | 0 | Toyota TRD Camry |
| 32 | 11 | 3 | Austin Dillon | BREZTRI Chevrolet | 305 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 33 | 20 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Busch Country Chevrolet | 304 | 45 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 34 | 34 | 43 | Erik Jones | Family Dollar Toyota | 287 | 0 | Toyota TRD Camry |
| 35 | 14 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Love's/Fleetguard Ford | 239 | 31 | Ford Mustang |
| 36 | 3 | 20 | Christopher Bell | DEWALT Concrete Solutions Toyota | 227 | 131 | Toyota TRD Camry |
| 37 | 30 | 15 | Riley Herbst(i) | Monster Energy Zero Sugar Ford | 201 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 38 | 38 | 66 | * Chad Finchum(i) | Cooper&Hunter Ford | 132 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
# – Rookie
i – Points ineligible
* – Part-time driver
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