NASCAR Driver Claps Back at Ross Chastain Days After Physical Altercation

On Monday and Tuesday, it’s already moved on, and we go on to the next one. But the stuff that people say, those words, they don’t go away. So it’s a little bit sad to me the way that he just couldn’t control himself and the stuff that he said.”

Suarez further claims that this does not affect how he sees Chastain as a competitor, but he has lost respect for him as a person and a driver.

“I mean that stuff is really going to last a little bit longer than a week, especially for me, because I lost a lot of respect for him as a person and also as a driver. But on the racetrack, I think everything is going to be the same. He’s just another competitor,” he concluded.

This isn’t even the first instance of things souring between former teammates, but what’s clear is that things between the two drivers aren’t going to be warm and cordial anytime soon.

Ross Chastain Would’ve Done Things Differently

While Ross Chastain refused to speak to the press on the day of the incident, he opened up a few days later, admitting he could have handled the incident better, and that his anger got the better of him in that moment.

“In the moment, I definitely was hot and angry and would do things differently if I had time to think about it. Definitely would not have swerved into him after the race. I didn’t mean to. I would do that different if I could go back. And then I wouldn’t shove him, for sure,” he said.

However, he was also quick to add that he wasn’t too pleased with the conversation Suarez tried to have with him, and that he did not take any accountability for the contact that happened during the race.

“I was over the conversation that he was trying to have, wanted him to leave, asked him to leave, and he didn’t leave. I wanted him to back up. Was too close and just didn’t want to hear anything else he was saying because he wasn’t taking any accountability, and I wanted him to,” he concluded.