Onboard camera reveals why Martin Truex Jr. was angry with Ross Chastain during Brickyard 400

Ross Chastain’s onboard camera has shed some light on why Martin Truex Jr. was upset with the No. 1 Chevrolet during Sunday’s Brickyard 400.

Truex Jr. was hoping to kiss the bricks and add a victory at Indianapolis Motor Speedway to his illustrious resume during his final attempt, but it wasn’t meant to be for the Joe Gibbs Racing wheelman. He made contact with the wall, and it was elementary afterwards, as he never regained his momentum.

While the NBC broadcast caught Truex Jr.’s distain with Chastain, it missed their original contact that sent the No. 19 out of whack. Thankfully, Chastain had an onboard camera, which you can check out below, to see the No. 1 shove Truex Jr. from behind in Indianapolis.

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As you can see, Truex Jr. was right to be a little peeved at Chastain. While the Trackhouse Racing wheelman has turned down his aggressive driving over the last year and change, he still occasionally finds himself in an unfortunate situation or two, and that’s what happened Sunday with the No. 19.

To make matters worse, Truex Jr. and Chastain both don’t have a win in 2024, so they’ll need to make the playoffs on points, unless they’re able to find Victory Lane before the cut-off. Neither has come particularly close in recent weeks, so incidents like the one we saw above are more detrimental than ever.

Perhaps Ross Chastain has some payback coming his way from Martin Truex Jr. when NASCAR returns from a two-week hiatus. It certainly wouldn’t be out of the realm of possibly, after Truex Jr. sees how the No. 1 dumped him on Sunday.

NASCAR addresses controversial overtime restart decision between Ryan Blaney, Kyle Larson

Meanwhile, NASCAR had some explaining to do following another controversial finish in 2024, this time in the Brickyard 400. Kyle Larson came away with the win, but not without a bit of discontent from drivers, fans, and teams.

Going into the first overtime of two, Brad Keselowski and Ryan Blaney made up the front row. Keselowski had control of the restart, choosing when to take off at any point in the restart zone, or allowing the flagman to start the race at the end of the zone. 

Keselowski pulled onto pit road before the green flag as he ran out of fuel. Kyle Larson then snuck into his spot, and it appeared he took off on the restart before Ryan Blaney. 

According to the rules, once Keselowski dipped out, Blaney gains control over the restart. 

NASCAR says Larson didn’t do anything wrong and did not jump the start, according to Bob Pockrass of FOX Sports.

From the onboard shot from Larson’s car, it appears he did jump the restart. The race does not restart at the first line in the zone. It is a zone for a reason. The control car can choose to takeoff at any point in that zone, and the other car on the front row, this time Larson, has to wait for that. 

NASCAR doesn’t believe much happened, or anything for that matter. Larson walks away with a crown jewel win. But this one isn’t going to sit right with many.

On3’s Jonathan Howard contributed to this article.