Ross Chastain surprised, disappointed by Joey Logano's 'jackass' comments at Martinsville

Ross Chastain said he was “confused” by Joey Logano‘s post-race at comments at Martinsville. Logano called out Chastain for “racing like a jackass every weekend.”

The three-time Cup Series champion was upset at Chastain for — in his mind — causing his final stage spin at Martinsville. Chastain and Chase Briscoe raced side-by-side, the former throwing a block on the bottom headed into the corner. Chastain’s block caused the inside line to stack up. Briscoe’s car went up the track and into Logano.

Chastain disagreed with Logano’s characterization of how he drives his racecar. He believes the criticism wasn’t warranted.

Ross Chastain was surprised and didn’t appreciate the comments from Joey Logano’s after Sunday’s race at Martinsville Speedway when Logano said he races like a jackass every week: pic.twitter.com/RokMULoUtY

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Ross Chastain shares confusion over Joey Logano’s comments

“I am confused by what he’s said,” Chastain said Wednesday, via Kelly Crandall of RACER/ESPN. “I haven’t heard since he got out of the car and had time to cool down and look at it. Don’t believe that [Briscoe] was trying to get to me. I don’t think that. When I got down in front of the 22 [Logano] the first time, there was a gap. Other guys had done that to me. That’s a very common move to get down in line. He took that opportunity to, I think, he hit me harder than he needed to.

“He’s mad from COTA. He says that I pushed a car into him late in the race. When I first heard about it, I honestly didn’t understand what they were saying he said. … I just couldn’t believe what they were saying and what they were telling me he said. I would hope that he looked at it and had a little clear mind. He’s a three-time champ. He can say what he wants, but those words have a lot of weight and to just get out and spew that, call me those names is not appreciated. Not warranted I don’t think.”

Ross Chastain involved in another on-track incident

This is hardly the first time Chastain has caused an issue with another driver. At COTA, he made an enemy out of Chase Elliott on Lap 1. In 2022 and ’23, Chastain was involved in several on-track incidents that irked many in the garage.

Chastain was a bit calmer on the racetrack last season. He’s now gotten into it with two of the sport’s best in Logano and Elliott this season. Ultimately, however, Chastain was disappointed in Logano for putting him on blast.

“Honestly, pretty disappointing that he would do that, to take feelings he had from COTA and other races and then take Martinsville and get out and just blast that. If you give him five minutes maybe he calms down, I don’t want to speak for him,” Chastain said. “He won a stage, so he knew he was getting interviewed. I was sixth. I didn’t get interviewed. They take the top five and the stage winners. Honestly, surprised is an understatement to hear what he said and don’t agree with what he’s saying.”